You've probably heard of the online platform Aukro. Aukro has a twenty-year history and has built up a strong base of users and especially collectors. It is collectibles ranging from numismatics to antiques to militaria that are highly sought after on Aukro. In particular, military collectibles is a strong category where you can find over 21,000 listings. Everything on Aukr is clearly categorized, so it's easy to find your way around and search directly in the category you're interested in.
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The LTV A-7 Corsair II is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV). The A-7 was developed during the early 1960s as replacement for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Its design was derived from the Vought F-8 Crusader; in comparison with the F-8, the A-7 is both smaller and restricted to subsonic speeds, its airframe being simpler and cheaper to produce. Following a competitive bid by Vought in response to the United States Navy's (USN) VAL (Heavier-than-air, Attack, Light) requirement, an initial contract for the type was issued on 8 February 1964. Development was rapid, first flying on 26 September 1965 and entering squadron service with the USN on 1 February 1967; by the end of that year, A-7s were being deployed overseas for the Vietnam War.
Cromwell was one of the better things the UK industry designed and manufactured during World War II. However, he arrived at the front of World War II too late, moreover, he was surpassed by modern German Tiger and Panther tanks in terms of firepower and armor. These tanks were also used in the fighting on the Western Front by the Czechoslovak Independent Armored Brigade, which arrived in Czechoslovakia in May 1945. Challenger and Comet I tanks were created on the chassis of the Cromwell tank until the end of the war, and then Charioteer during the Cold War.
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The Battle of El Alamein in Egypt rightly ranks among the most important battles of World War II, along with the Battle of Midway, the Eastern Front Battle of Stalingrad and others. The following article describes how this battle was fought.
The C-17 Globemaster III is the most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations. The inherent flexibility and performance of the C-17 force improve the ability of the total airlift system to fulfill the worldwide air mobility requirements of the United States.
In May 1943, Washington decided that another front in Europe, specifically France, would open in May 1944. The Soviet Union, led by Stalin, insisted and stressed the need for a multi-directional attack on Germany in order to relieve the Soviets, who had already fought the German occupiers for years at the cost of heavy casualties.
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In addition to the tens of thousands of fallen soldiers, the American Civil War also brought a great leap in the development of technology. Weapons development itself saw advances, primarily due to the invention of the Minnie bullet and the mass use of rifled barrels in both infantry weapons and artillery. The percussion revolver was no longer the preserve of high-ranking officers, and the Sharps rifle adorned not only sharpshooter units.
Auschwitz - Auschwitz, Březinka - Birkenau. Names that still terrify and tremor even those who have never been there. Millions of those who were there never returned. Auschwitz is synonymous with the most terrible concentration camp, German hell in Poland near our borders. Here is the story of one of the few lucky ones who managed to escape from this factory to death.
Photographic notes from our three-week trip through seven states of the USA - the first week
Photographic notes from our three-week trip through seven states of the USA - the second week
Photographic notes from our three-week trip through seven states of USA - the third week
King of the United Kingdom and British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last emperor of India (until 1947) and the last king of Ireland (until 1949) and the first head of the Commonwealth.
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Minuteman is a three-stage intercontinental ballistic missile for solid fuels, capable of carrying one, respectively more (Minuteman II and III) nuclear warheads (W59, W62 or W78). LGM in the designation of the missile means that the missile was designed to launch from an underground silo (L), to attack ground targets (G) and it was a guided missile (M).
The M270 MLRS rocket launchers were nicknamed "Iron Rain" by the Iraqi Army during the Gulf War for their high firepower.
The first production version of the Sherman, the most common American tank, with an amazing total of 49,234 vehicles manufactured. The Sherman first saw combat in North Africa.
The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers. It was also the basis of several other armored fighting vehicles including self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, and recovery vehicles. Tens of thousands were distributed through the Lend-Lease program to the British Commonwealth and Soviet Union.
The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet multi-role fighter forms the backbone of the US Navy air force. The first F/A-18E/F versions of the Block I version were put into service by the US Navy in 2001. Super Hornets have since begun to replace the older F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornets and F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft.
Member of the Slovak Air Weapons, participant in the anti-fascist resistance.
In late 1942, the Soviet High Command planned two strategic offensives. In the south it was Operation Uranus, the encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, using units of the Don and Stalingrad Fronts, and then creating the conditions for Operation Saturn, an offensive towards Rostov-on-Don. In the central part of the Eastern Front, it was then an effort to encircle the German 9th Army at Rzhev using units of the Kalininsky and Western Fronts - Operation Mars.
Another of Stalin's orders ...
Dear readers, fellow moderators, friends, year after year has come together and there is another time of Christmas preparations, but also rest and culture. Year after year, I think it has to get better, but it's still not better, so we have to try to make it better, regardless of the world around us. And here in the war still remains an oasis, where I return at any time of day or night to join our great team.
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After the attack on the Soviet Union, German troops quickly discovered what problems awaited them in difficult terrain without major paved road infrastructure. Especially in the period of "rasputica". It was a period when the whole flat country, including the roads, became muddy and marshy.
Another of Stalin's famous speeches from World War II.
The stories of the Jews during the Second world war come often "completely known" and examined to the smallest detail. The deportation and systematic murder of the Jews were enforced by the Nazis, mostly without resistance, perhaps with the exception of a few brave individuals who tried to help the Jews on their own. Yet there is a country that managed defeat the Nazis in the fight for the lives of its Jews. That country is Denmark.
It's dark all around you, the deafening roar of aircraft engines tearing at your eardrums. You're wearing thick flight clothes and you're still cold. The success of the mission and the lives of your comrades depend largely on your skills as a navigator. You don't have much to hand. Apart from a map, astronomical charts and an aerial sextant, you have an important helper on your wrist, a precision B-Uhr watch.
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Argentine troops invaded the Falklands on April 2, 1982 and quickly overcame the small fortifications of the British Marines in the capital, Port Stanley ...
The keel of the dreadnought USS Wyoming, the third ship of this name in the US Navy, was founded on February 9, 1910 at the William Cramp & Sons shipyards in Philadelphia and launched on May 25, 1911.
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