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Evaluating Armoured Warfare on The Eastern Front I

AFV Doctrine Germany Organisation Soviet Strategy 20 Min Read

Popular Mythology The Russo-German War in general, and armoured combat on the Eastern Front in particular, have remained popular subjects in English-language historiography of the Second World War for the past six decades. However, much of what Anglo-American readers know or think they know about armoured warfare on the Eastern Front has been shaped by self-serving memoirs such as Guderian’s…

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The Backbone of Der Deutscher Volkssturm: The Hitler Youth in WWII.

Compiled by A.M. de Quesada In order for a regime to survive time, there must be support for it in future generations. Hitler was well aware of this and planned for it. The Hitler-Jugend (Hitler Youth) was Hitler’s tool to ensure that the younger generation would be totally loyal to…

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German Schnellboot (S-boat)

Schnellboot S-80 torpedo boat Camo Operations with the Kriegsmarine S-boats were often used to patrol…

Focke Wulf Fw 190D-9 Dora

Arguably, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 evolved into wartime Germany’s most effective fighter, offering the Luftwaffe…

German Transport System WWII

German BR 52 locomotive, 1944 by FrĂ©dĂ©ric Mouchel A BR 52 locomotive at work during…

Flak towers: then and now

The construction of FlaktĂĽrme (Flak towers) in major cities began in response to the first…