The Battle of Monte Cassino was a series of four costly assaults by the Allies in the Italian campaign. The defending German forces held the Winter Line series of three defensive lines across Italy, centered around the town of Monte…
Leibstandarte personnel firing their Kar 98 bolt-action rifles and a captured SVT-40 during Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
Nebelwerfer – “Smoke Mortar” The Nebelwerfer was originally developed as a method of delivering poison gas and smoke shells, it was developed for the “Nebeltruppen” or smoke troops, this was all part of a disinformation strategy to fool the League…
Untersturmführer Gerhard Mahn, commander of 11th company, 9th regiment “Germania” of the 5th SS Panzer Division “Wiking” directs the actions of the division of armored personnel carriers Sd.Kfz.251. They are about to mount an attack against the Red Army…
WWII German Panther Crew The Panther was a German medium tank deployed during World War II on the Eastern and Western Fronts in Europe from mid-1943 to its end in 1945. It had the ordnance inventory designation of Sd.Kfz. 171.…
In the breakout from the Normady beachhead on the road to Perriers, two US GI’s take cover behind dead cows. In an exposed position like a road, any cover can be the difference between life and death.
Sturmpanzer IV in the Ardennes – Dec. 1944 Submitted December 19, 2016 at 11:09AM by Saferight via reddit
M10 in action near Saint-Lô, June 1944 US combined arms doctrine on the eve of World War II held that tanks should be designed to fulfill the role of supporting infantry in forcing a breakthrough, and then exploiting the breakthrough to…
Mk 108 cannon test fire on Spitfire Submitted December 16, 2016 at 01:20PM by Crowe410 via reddit