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Flak towers: then and now

Air Warfare Fortification Germany 4 Min Read

The construction of FlaktĂĽrme (Flak towers) in major cities began in response to the first bombs falling on Berlin in August 1940. Flak tower complexes consisted of a G-Tower (Gefechtsturm, Combat tower) and an L-Tower (Leitturm, Lead tower). In total eight of these complexes were completed: in Berlin (3), Hamburg (2) and Vienna (3). Another 14 were planned, potentially extending…

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Conrad II (ca. 990-June 4,1039)

Conrad II, 12th-century stained glass depiction, Strasbourg Cathedral The first monarch of the new royal dynasty of the Salians, Conrad (Konrad) II was born circa 990 to Heinrich, son of Duke Otto of Carinthia and grandson of Duke Conrad of Lotharingia (d. 955). After his fathers death, he was raised…

Austria Germany Operations Prussia Wars 23 Min Read

Frederick Invades Austria a Second Time; Siege of Olmütz I

On March 15, 1758, the king marched from his winter quarters in Breslau. He started on the third campaign of this conflict, waiting until the frosts were gone and the cold winter winds had subsided. The headquarters was moved to Kloster-GrĂĽssau and the army was encamped between there and Landshut.…

Germany Warship 9 Min Read

König Wilhelm (1869)

König Wilhelm was also designed for ramming. Between 1862 and 1893 more warships were sunk or heavily damaged by accidental ramming than were sunk in battle. A deck plan of the ship in its original form. Despite the high freeboard, the weather deck is almost entirely clear of equipment. The…

Biography Germany 13 Min Read

Hans-Joachim “Jochen” Marseille

Marseille was one of the most unusual of Hitler’s junior commanders. Constable and Toliver wrote that he “was an anachronism. He was a knight born a few centuries too late, a beatnik born 15 years too soon.”16 A unique cross between a relentless killing machine and a hippie, Marseille had…

Germany History 14 Min Read

Military Organisation of the Holy Roman Empire

Although firmly rooted and fairly well developed in the Rhineland, Franconia, Lorraine (the old Lotharingia) and Burgundy, feudalism in its widest sense was never as strong in Germany as in, say, France or England, and true knighthood and the customary granting of fiefs was unknown in Germany until the 12th…

Germany Medieval 12 Min Read

The Prince-Bishop

The Prince-Bishop Albero of Trier Archbishop Albero von Montreuil – Archbishop of Trier in Lorraine from 1131 to 1152 – was an energetic Prince-Bishop involved in the Church reform, imperial politics and territorial rule. This Prince-Prelate often worked with Pope Innocent II, Pope Eugene II and St. Bernard of Clairvaux…

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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…