Tiger I and Tiger II – The Most Feared Tanks of the War.H
C M6-8 minutes The infamous Tiger I was probably the most feared tank of World War II. It didn’t have the thickest armor or the most powerful gun used by German tanks, but upon its introduction in 1942, no tank…
WW2 Motorcycles: 9 Bikes That Appeared On the Conflict’s Frontlines.H
C M7-9 minutes Though less powerful and protective than other vehicles used during WW2, motorcycles were widely fielded throughout the conflict. They proved to be useful among messengers and reconnaissance troops, especially in fast-moving formations. The following is a list…
The Terrifying German ‘Revenge Weapons’ Of The Second World War.H
The first attacks Rescue teams and civilians help to recover a casualty after a V1 attack at Clapham in south London on 13 June 1944, the day the first flying bombs hit London. A week before, on D-Day, Allied armies had…
D-Day: 17 stunning photos from 1944 show how hard the Normandy invasion really was .H
C M1-2 minutes On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, forever reshaping the progress of the war and history during the D-Day operation. Thousands of ships, planes and soldiers from…
That Time the USS Wisconsin Collided With a Destroyer _.H
C M8-10 minutes On May 6, 1956, the USS Wisconsin, a massive Iowa-class battleship, collided with the USS Eaton, a smaller Fletcher-class destroyer, during a training exercise off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. The collision occurred as the Wisconsin was…
Erstaunliche Vintage-Fotografien, die das Alltagsleben in Berlin während der 1920er Jahre einfangen .H
Deutschland war im Ersten Weltkrieg besiegt, gedemütigt, litt unter einem enormen Mangel an Nahrungsmitteln und wurde von der Grippeepidemie heimgesucht, die Europa überrollte. Der Kaiser dankte ab und am 8. November 1918 wurde in Berlin widerstrebend eine sozialistische Republik…
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf.E (Sd.Kfz.181) Tiger I- The legendary World War II German tank .H
C M64-81 minutes There is no other tank in AFV history which has captured the popular imagination more than the Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Sd.Kfz.181 of WW2. Nothing epitomises armored conflict to the general public like its massive structure on the…
These 44 Pictures Of The German Side Show What The Allies Were Up Against On D-Day.H
Schwerste deutsche Küstenbatterie in Bereitschaft. Aufnahme: OT-Kriegsberichter Maier In June 1944, the Western-Allies had a tough test to pass. They had to breach the formidable Atlantic Wall, defended by the mighty German army. Even though it was just a…
SU-152: From Assault Gun to Tank Destroyer .H
Work on Soviet SPGs assigned at the plenum of the Artillery Committee held on April 14-15th reached their logical conclusion by the end of 1942. The light SPG concept turned into the SU-12, designed by factory #38’s design bureau…
WW2 Motorcycles: 9 Bikes That Appeared On the Conflict’s Frontlines .H
C M7-9 minutes Though less powerful and protective than other vehicles used during WW2, motorcycles were widely fielded throughout the conflict. They proved to be useful among messengers and reconnaissance troops, especially in fast-moving formations. The following is a list containing nine of the…