Shadows Of The Third Reich - Sitzkrieg, The Phony War > .
WW2: The Beginning, "The Phony War" - AP > .
Phoney War, the Admiral Graf Spee and the Altmark Incident - HiGu > .
Showing posts with label Wehrmacht. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wehrmacht. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Sitzkreig Hesitation
Shadows Of The Third Reich - Sitzkrieg, The Phony War > .
WW2: The Beginning, "The Phony War" - AP > .
Phoney War, the Admiral Graf Spee and the Altmark Incident - HiGu > .
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020
Dornier Do. 335
- Maximum speed: 763 km (474 mph, 412 kn) at 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
- A-6 690 km/h (430 mph; 370 kn) at 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
- Cruise speed: 685 km (426 mph, 370 kn) at 7,200 m (23,600 ft)
- Economical cruise speed: 452 km/h (281 mph; 244 kn) at 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-8
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Pt.2 > .
A lot of the characteristics that make the 190 a deadly fighter are difficult to quantify. It's not the planes speed, maneuverability or any other easy to measure performance standard. In fact, for most of the war, it's performance was only about average as compared with other front line fighters. What made the 190 special was the designer Kurt Tank's design philosophy which was unusual at the time.
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Mapping WW2 in Europe
World War I - summary of the "Great War" - GeHi > .
Interbellum, WW2, and aftermath:
From post-WW1 humiliation to defeat of nationalist belligerence in WW2 > .
World War II in Europe: Every Day > .
42 maps that explain World War II - Vox:
Changing the Map of Europe Back to 1914 - AcCe > .
Changing the Map of Europe Back to 1933 - AcCe > .
The Cold War - summary of main stages of conflict - GeHi > .
42 maps that explain World War II - Vox:
Changing the Map of Europe Back to 1914 - AcCe > .
Changing the Map of Europe Back to 1933 - AcCe > .
The Cold War - summary of main stages of conflict - GeHi > .
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
40-5-10 Benelux Invasion & Battle of France 44-6-6
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. In the six weeks from 10 May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and invaded France over the Alps.
In Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes and then along the Somme valley, cutting off and surrounding the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium, to meet the expected German invasion. When British, Belgian and French forces were pushed back to the sea by the mobile and well-organised German operation, the British evacuated the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and French divisions from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo.
German forces began Fall Rot (Case Red) on 5 June. The sixty remaining French divisions and two British divisions made a determined resistance but were unable to overcome the German air superiority and armoured mobility. German tanks outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France, occupying Paris unopposed on 14 June. After the flight of the French government and the collapse of the French army, German commanders met with French officials on 18 June to negotiate an end to hostilities.
On 22 June, the Second Armistice at Compiègne was signed by France and Germany. The neutral Vichy government led by Marshal Philippe Pétain superseded the Third Republic and Germany occupied the north and west coasts of France and their hinterlands. Italy took control of a small occupation zone in the south-east and the Vichy regime retained the unoccupied territory in the south, known as the zone libre. In November 1942, the Germans occupied the zone under Case Anton (Fall Anton), until the Allied liberation in 1944.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Oil Logistics - WW2
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Oil - Hitler's Only Chance to Win the War? - WW2 > .23-7-22 Saudi Arabia’s Catastrophic “Everything” Problem - Real > .
Oil - Curse - Penny Wyse >> .
Synthetic fuel or synfuel is a liquid fuel, or sometimes gaseous fuel, obtained from syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, in which the syngas was derived from gasification of solid feedstocks such as coal or biomass or by reforming of natural gas.
Common ways for refining synthetic fuels include the Fischer–Tropsch conversion, methanol to gasoline conversion, or direct coal liquefaction.
Common ways for refining synthetic fuels include the Fischer–Tropsch conversion, methanol to gasoline conversion, or direct coal liquefaction.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Friday, November 1, 2019
40-7-10 Battle of Britain Begins
How RAF Prepared For Luftwaffe's Offensive | Battle Of Britain | Timeline > .
Radar developments > .
Bizarre Origins of Radar Technology - Time > .
Battle of Britain and Artie Holmes' Hurricane - HiGu > .
Radar developments > .
Bizarre Origins of Radar Technology - Time > .
Battle of Britain and Artie Holmes' Hurricane - HiGu > .
13 Hours That Saved Britain > .
Battle of Britain 3 | Their Finest Hour (WW2 Doc) - Time > .
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps the period of large-scale night attacks known as The Blitz, that lasted from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941. German historians do not accept this subdivision and regard the Luftschlacht um England (Air Battle for England) as a single campaign lasting from July 1940 to June 1941, including the Blitz.Battle of Britain 3 | Their Finest Hour (WW2 Doc) - Time > .
The Kanalkampf (Channel fight) was the German term for air operations by the Luftwaffe against the British Royal Air Force (RAF) over the English Channel in July 1940. The air operations over the channel began the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. By 25 June, the Allies had been defeated in Western Europe and Scandinavia. Britain rejected peace overtures and on 16 July, Adolf Hitler issued Directive 16 to the Wehrmacht (German armed forces), ordering preparations for the invasion of Britain, under the codename Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sea Lion).
The Germans needed air superiority over southern England before the invasion and the Luftwaffe was to destroy the RAF, assume command of the skies and protect the cross-channel invasion from the Royal Navy. To engage RAF Fighter Command, the Luftwaffe attacked convoys in the English Channel. ... British and German writers and historians acknowledge that air battles were fought over the Channel between the Battle of France and Battle of Britain; deliberate German attacks against British coastal targets and convoys began on 4 July. During the Kanalkampf, the Luftwaffe received modest support from shore artillery and the E-Boats of the Kriegsmarine (German navy).
Fighter Command could not protect adequately the convoys; the Germans sank several British and neutral ships and shot down a considerable number of British fighters. The Royal Navy was forced to suspend the sailing of large convoys in Channel waters and close it to ocean-going vessels until more protection could be arranged, which took several weeks. On 1 August, Hitler issued Directive 17, extending Luftwaffe operations to the British mainland and RAF-related targets and on Adlertag (Eagle Day, 13 August) the main air offensive against the RAF began. The Kanalkampf had drawn out Fighter Command as intended and convoy attacks continued for several more days. Both sides had suffered losses but the Luftwaffe failed to inflict a decisive defeat on Fighter Command and the RAF; the Luftwaffe had yet to gain air superiority for Operation Sea Lion.
Directive 17, August 1, 1940, Battle of Britain, Full text .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Adolf_Hitler%27s_directives .
ASV AI RDF ..
Battle of Britain & RDF ..
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40-6-1 Dunkirk - June 1 1940
Dunkirk, Dynamo, Little Ships - anth >> .
40-6-8 Dunkirk evacuation completed - never surrender > .
40-6-15 Italy declares war, Paris falls, Ariel begins > .
40-6-22 Soviets invade Baltic, RMS Lancastria sunk, Petain surrenders > .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria .
40-6-25 Operation Ariel ends > .
40-6-29 Canada takes refugees, threat to Britain imminent > .
40-6-8 Dunkirk evacuation completed - never surrender > .
40-6-15 Italy declares war, Paris falls, Ariel begins > .
40-6-22 Soviets invade Baltic, RMS Lancastria sunk, Petain surrenders > .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria .
40-6-25 Operation Ariel ends > .
40-6-29 Canada takes refugees, threat to Britain imminent > .
40-5-10 Chamberlain out, Churchill in, Invasion of 4 Neutral Nations
40-5-10 Chamberlain out, Churchill in > .
Britain Stops Trying to Appease Hitler; Turns to Churchill > .
1940 Invasion of Iceland - thg > .
Iceland by Royal Marines; Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands attacked by Nazis.
WW2 - Week by Week >> .
WW2 - Week by Week >> .
The campaign against the Low Countries and France lasted less than six weeks. Germany attacked in the west on May 10, 1940. Initially, British and French commanders had believed that German forces would attack through central Belgium as they had in World War I, and rushed forces to the Franco-Belgian border to meet the German attack. The main German attack however, went through the Ardennes Forest in southeastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg. German tanks and infantry quickly broke through the French defensive lines and advanced to the coast.
40-4-9 Invasion of Norway & Denmark 40-6-10
What went wrong in Norway? - Some Very Norsepicious Plans - Drach > .
1940-2-17 Altmark ⤑ WW2 Battle for Norway - Animarchy > .
The Nordic Front - WW2 - SuHo >> .
The Nordic Front - WW2 - SuHo >> .
WW2 - Week by Week >> .
40-4-20 > .
40-4-27 > .
40-5-4 > .
40-5-11 > .
40-5-18 > .
40-5-25 > .
40-6-1 > .
40-6-8 > .
Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage > .
Nordic Front - Finland & Scandinavia ..
Norway ..
Invasion of Norway & Denmark ..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung .
Finland:
Soviets invade Finland ..
European theatre ..
Greenland after fall of Denmark to Nazis > .
US forces occupy Greenland > .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II .
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Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage > .
Nordic Front - Finland & Scandinavia ..
Norway ..
Invasion of Norway & Denmark ..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung .
Finland:
Soviets invade Finland ..
European theatre ..
US forces occupy Greenland > .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II .
39-9-1 The Polish German War 39-10-6
Why didn't France attack Germany in 1939? - skip ad > .
World War II: The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War .
World War II: The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War .
The Atlantic - Retrospective World War II .
Vox - Nazi Invasion of Poland .
> History of Poland >>
Vox - Nazi Invasion of Poland .
> History of Poland >>
23-12-23 Why Poland is Divided - Present Past > .
24-3-14 German-Polish Tensions - Modern > .
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