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Invasion of Great Britain in 1940, fiction or real operation with a chance of success?
The campaign against the USSR under the name "Fall Barbarossa" began planning the Wehrmacht High Command at Hitler's command shortly after the end of the war in France, and on December 18, 1940, the leader signed the campaign plan. Under one sun, there was no place for two so different and yet the same ideologies, and the non-aggression pact was a "Nordic trick" that allowed the Nazis to conquer Western Europe.
Given that in many media people still have to deal with many different versions of the meanings of the ranks of German soldiers of World War II, I decided to write a simple table based on the logic of the hierarchy of military ranks, and is not tied only to Czech or Anglo-American equivalents, which bring only confusion to the whole issue.
In 1939, Brest was the capital of the Polish voivodship. It was an important transport hub and military center of the central section of the eastern part of Poland. In March 1921, on the basis of the Polish-Soviet treaty, it became part of Poland with its fortifications.
The destination of my holiday this year was the Greek island of Crete and the resort of Maleme. This concept is probably well known to anyone interested in the history of the Second World War and therefore does not need to be specified in any particular way ...
During the Second World War, there were situations when their own units in enemy uniforms and with their armament were sent into battle. Sometimes it brought surprisingly good results, but sometimes the "Trojan horse" tactic missed the point and was not successful. Always, but this way of fighting was a big risk for its participants - in case of captivity they could not count on any regrets…
It is June 22, 1941. After the occupation of almost the whole of Europe, the troops of Hitler's Germany now stand on the border with Russia - on the border that was created after these two states divided the conquered Poland ...
After World War I, the Allies removed much of their armaments from their arsenal, disbanded a number of troops and radically reduced armaments spending. The last war was over, and many officials and military officials did not see much sense in spending significant resources on developing new weapons or tactics.
Rank comparison of the Army, Air Force, Navy and SS Weapons.
The article compares the numbers and quality of tanks, artillery systems and military aircraft in the armament of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army in the years 1940 - 1941. Based on this, it analyzes the preparations of Germany and the Soviet Union for a mutual armed meeting. Finally, it offers an interpretation of these facts against the background of Soviet pre-war strategic planning.
The article compares the numbers and quality of tanks, artillery systems and military aircraft in the armament of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army in the years 1940 - 1941. Based on this, it analyzes the preparations of Germany and the Soviet Union for a mutual armed meeting. Finally, it offers an interpretation of these facts against the background of Soviet pre-war strategic planning.
As well as the ranks of German soldiers of World War II, the naming of units in terms of the number of sizes can cause some problems. Basic and special groupings will be listed here.
The article is devoted to the description of the final battles of Stalingrad, as reported by the Nazi press of the time - specifically the daily Elbetalzeitung.
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