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OPERATION ALBION I

Germany Naval History Russia 19 Min Read

German battleship Grosser Kurfürst photographed during Operation Albion in October 1917. In October 1917 the Germans executed the major Baltic naval operation of the war in the Gulf of Riga. With the Russian army disorganized by the revolution, the Germans resumed their advance and captured Riga and Dünamünde in early September. This enlarged the amount of Courland coast under German…

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Rommel’s Grand Tour

Following Hitler’s decision to give Kesselring complete charge in Italy, the OKW were all for disbanding the staff of Army Group B. But as von Rundstedt’s chief of Staff, General Günther Blumentritt explains, Hitler had other ideas: ‘Against this Hitler ordered its revival. He knew that in 1944 some-thing vital…

Biography Germany Naval 60 Min Read

Jürgen Oesten and the End of the U-boats

Jürgen Oesten Jürgen Oesten, like so many of his comrades, was approaching the end of a war that Germany was bound to lose, and everything in his life was going to change again. Oesten brought U-861 into the harbor of Trondheim, Norway, on 19 April 1945, after a three-month passage…

Aircraft Germany 8 Min Read

Sablatnig Flugzeugbau GmbH

Dr Josef Sablatnig was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and regarded as one of Germany’s ‘Old Eagles’. In 1903, he built his first aircraft, possibly a glider (there is no record of it ever having been flown), and deciding that there was more of a future for aviation in Germany, Josef…

Germany History 25 Min Read

The Saxon Kings of the German Kingdom I

In 962 Otto, who had also gained control of the Middle Kingdom, was formally crowned king of the Romans. The possessor of this title would, in time, be known as the Holy Roman Emperor. The coronation came to be seen as the founding of the Holy Roman Empire, an institution…

Germany History 21 Min Read

The Saxon Kings of the German Kingdom II

German heavy cavalry. 10th century In the meantime a revolt had broken out in Bavaria, where the son of Duke Arnulf, who had died at this time (937), refused to do homage to the sorely oppressed king. But here too Otto was soon master of the situation. The young duke…

Aircraft Germany 27 Min Read

Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH

Siemens-Schuckert D.III Serial: 8341/17. Seen here is D.III 8341/17 in ex-works finish of stained fuselage, natural metal cowl and five-colour lozenge on wings, rudder and elevators. The wing lozenge was applied at 45° to the leading edge. The interplane struts were also wrapped in lozenge fabric, possibly as protection against…

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German Schnellboot (S-boat)

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Focke Wulf Fw 190D-9 Dora

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

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A series of sharp but also intermittent conflicts broke out over control of Italy at…

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