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Junkers Flugzeug-Werke AG
Junkers J.I (2nd series) Unit: Flieger-Abteilung (A) 290 Serial: J.838/17 Courbes, France, August 1918. Junkers CL.I Unit: Kampfgeschwader Sachsenberg Winter 1918-1919. Sachsenberg was a Navy ace pilot. He was a commander of this unit. His unit was a part of German Voluntary Corps which was created in 1919 of German…
January 1945: U-boat British Inshore Campaign
The German army had launched its large-scale counter-attack through the Ardennes against the Anglo-American forces on 16 December, and the U-boats were ordered to redouble their efforts to coincide with the assault. There had indeed been an increase in the number of U-boats at sea and sinkings achieved, see earlier.…
Kolberg in 1945
KoĹ‚obrzeg (Kolberg) in 1945. 80% of the city was destroyed during the war. In November 1944 Kolberg, a large Baltic seaport in the Prussian Province of Pomerania, was designated a stronghold as Festung Kolberg. It was one of the key German positions in the Pomeranian Wall, a vital link between…
Tunisian Air-bridge
Palm Sunday Massacre The patrols failed to intercept any formations of transports on the afternoon of the 18 April. In the evening, the Ninth Air Force’s 57th Fighter Group sent out all of its squadrons, including the 314th Squadron of the 324th Fighter Group, under its command. The 57th had…
The Rebirth of the German Cavalry
Late 19th century Prussian Cuirassiers The countryside around Konitz simmered in the warm September sun. The fields were not planted. There were no rivers and few trees. An occasional, gentle rise in the landscape was all that interrupted the drab flatness of the area. Located in the Baltic province of…
Euler-Werke, Frankfurt-am-Main
August Euler & His Airplanes 1908 – 1920 Volume 1: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes (Great War Aviation Centennial Series) Paperback – October 23, 2018 by Michael DĂĽsing (Author), Dr. Hannes Täger (Translator) The first German manufacturer of aircraft appeared in 1908 in a field near Darmstadt. The…