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The German army is often depicted as an epic, unstoppable machine. There’s no doubt that, at the outbreak of the First World War, it was the most formidably organised military force on the planet – bu
CHEMIN DES DAMES, FRANCE 16 APRIL – 9 MAY 1917
During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre’s rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders
On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying
BRANXTON, ENGLAND 9 SEPTEMBER 1513
In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn
