Being in London and driving its streets, you’re simply struck by the city’s deep history. Wars were fought over the course of centuries in Northern Europe. And one of the primary reasons London still exists in such a similar form is because of the way Britain repeatedly defended its land. That’s the premise behind a project taking place off the [...]
Desertwar.net reports: This page describes the organization of theLuftwaffe and was part of the Wehrmacht, meaning the chain of command (starting from the highest level, the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, down to the operational level with the Luftflotte, they depended on their Geschwader time, Gruppe and Staffel), training, life in the barracks, the salary of the staff and the symbols of armed force. Organizational [...]
Between 1940 and 1941, both Houses of Parliament were in fact convened at Church House in Westminster due to a fear that the Chambers might be bombed while the Houses were sitting. The Palace was damaged by air raids on fourteen different occasions during the war. On 26 September 1940, a bomb which fell into Old Palace Yard caused severe [...]
During the war it was inevitable that Allied aircraft would fall into the hands of the Luftwaffe or its allies due to accidents , pilot error, or from careful reconstructions of crashed aircraft. Captured Allied Fighters were ferried from airfield to airfield to train Luftwaffe pilots on combat techniques against certain types of Allied fighters. Heavy bombers found their way [...]
Luftwaffe Aces – German Aces of WWII Rank Full Name Kills Remarks Maj Erich ‘Bubi’ Hartmann 352 Units: 7, Stab III, 9./JG52, JG53 Notes: World top ace. Bf-109, Caucasus. Maj Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Barkhorn 301 Units: JG2, 4./JG52, II./JG52, JG6, JV44 Notes: Eastern front. Maj Guenther Rall 275 Units: III./JG52, II./JG11, JG300 Notes: Eastern front, Bf-109, FW-190. Oblt Otto ‘Bruni’ Kittel [...]
The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (often called Gotha Go 229 due to the identity of the chosen manufacturer of the aircraft) was a German prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II. It was the first pure flying wing powered by jet engines. It was given the personal [...]
A memorial to the victims of a World War II air raid on the Isle of Wight is to be erected 70 years after the attack. Twenty people were killed when German planes attacked Newport with bombs and cannon fire in April 1943. Christine Pascoe, 79, who was among the injured, had campaigned for the victims not to be “forgotten”. [...]
The German Kreigsmarine never really embraced the use of aircraft carriers in WW2. Hitler showed little interest in this type of Naval vessel and its operation. The chief of the Luftwaffe, Herman Goering, was always jealous of his command over all forms of aircraft, and did all in his considerable power to stymie Admiral Raeder’s plan to build up to four aircraft [...]
Historynet reports: On the afternoon of December 2, 1943, 1st Lt. Werner Hahn piloted his Messerschmitt Me-210 reconnaissance plane over the port of Bari, in southeastern Italy. Cruising at 23,000 feet, his aircraft made a telltale contrail as he streaked across the sky, but Allied anti-aircraft crews took little notice. Still unmolested, the German pilot made a second pass over [...]
Surface-to-Surface Missiles A-4 The A-4, also known as the V-2, was a ballistic missile. Its rocket engine used liquid oxygen and alcohol, pumped in the thrust chamber by specially developed turbopumps. The V-2 could carry its 910kg warhead at distances up to 320km. Once launched it could not be intercepted. The launchers were mobile, including a so-called Meillerwagen to carry the missile itself. [...]
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