German Empire [1871-1918]

Brief chapters from the history of the development of the Prussian and German armies until the First World War. In the first part we deal with the period from the Thirty Years' War to the end of the reign of Frederick II. the Great.

Brief chapters from the history of the Prussian and German armies. The second part is devoted to the period since the conclusion of the reign of Frederick II. Great until the middle of the 19th century.

Ninety years ago, on April 1, 1918, the British Royal Flying Corps belonging to the ground forces, merged with the Royal Navy Air Service, creating the world's first independent air force, the famous Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force. However, this seemingly only administrative step fundamentally affected the lives of three men. At that time, air warfare raged in the sky and all three of them were fighters. Without this measure, the two would never have met with one unit, and one of them would not have saved the other's life. The third would not die, at least not under the circumstances I will tell you about now ...