Articles related to "German Army"

Following the British introduction of tanks into combat at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, the German Army developed a number of methods to stop armor advances.

From a peacetime standing army of 870,000 men the grey coated war machine of the Kaiser eventually put almost fourteen million under arms to fight the whole western world

It was events earlier in 1944, which to a large extent led to the Battle of the Bulge being launched by the German Army after been planned by Adolf Hitler himself.

The Tank Abwehr Gewehr, or T-Gewehr, was the first anti-tank rifle and dangerous to both its crew and targets.

When the Allies occupied the German colony of New Guinea at the opening of WW I a German officer led a four-year expedition to retain the island, surrendering in 1919.

The Imperial German Army in WWI sought to break the static nature of combat on the Western Front in 1916 through the use of elite troops known as Stormtroopers.

Stormtroopers performed dangerous missions resulting in a constant need for an influx of fresh recruits.

The battle of Kursk was fought between the Red Army and the German army. The outcome of this battle was fundamental to Germany's eventual defeat.

For shoppers unable to decide from the many models available, here are some good all round performers.

Field Marshall Douglas Haig is often seen to be the reason for the BEF's failings during WW1. But is he actually to blame, or are there other factors?

Ernst Jünger fought as a member of the German Army from 1914-1918, serving by war's end as an elite Stormtrooper.

The 1914 battle of Tannenberg which was the most stunning German victory of World War One over the Imperial Russian Army

Although the Belgian army was only a tenth the size of the German army, it still delayed the Germans for nearly a month.

Between June 1942 and January 1943 the German army and its Hungarian, Italian and Romanian allies were involved in a struggle of epic proportions against the Soviet army.

What is so uniquely effective about the German Way of War? Can today's American army successfully model itself after the German (Prussian) army?

Small Luxembourg, shamed by her performance under German occupation in World War One, vowed to fight in World War Two.

Canadians at the ready, the Allies took on the Germans at Amiens, France, surprising the overconfident enemy in covert assaults. The battle was won, but thousands lost

Life and works of German author Erich Maria Remarque, best known for antiwar novels.

Starting with a company sized group of under a hundred poachers in 1940 it grew to a full sized division of nearly 6000 by 1945. Its ORBAT and TOE is detailed below.

Bloody battle was devastating for Canadian soldiers mired in deep mud, but recapturing Passchendaele Ridge was crucial. There were 15,000 Canadian casualties.

With the Bulge secured, the 75th Infantry Division assists in the elimination of the Colmar Pocket in eastern France, before returning to Holland and entering Germany.

Beginning the war dressed for fashion and equipped with the most unreliable weapons, the redoubtable French "Poilus" stopped the German juggernaut and saved his country.

Hitler and the German High Command bit on the deception of Operation Fortitude and the results were successful Allied landings on the Norman Coast of France in 1944.

The young Lauri Allan Törni served as legendary commander of ski-borne, machinegun toting Jaeger troops in the Finnish Winter War as well as World War Two.

German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles was generally an adverse one. The Germans were in many respects shocked by their defeat in the First World War.

A monument to trench warfare in one of the most beautiful parts of France reminds modern travelers of the brutality and senselessness of territorial war.

Part of the success of the German Stormtroopers in the First World War was the direct result of careful preparation and focusing on limited objectives.

Not much is known about the Free India Legion recruited by Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany and Japan to fight for the cause of independent India in World War II.

The Battle of the Bulge is known officially as the Battle of the Ardennes. Fighting between Allied and Axis forces waged from December 16, 1944 until January 25, 1945.

A broad range of weapons were developed in the First World War, and the flamethrower held a position of horror for the troops.

Seeking to retain tactical gains seized during attacks the German Army, from 1914-1918 developed a general purpose light machinegun.

Hitler had Hermann Pohlman design the Junkers 87 dive bomber specifically to be used as a weapon of terror. The Stuka was to drastically change warfare forever.

Was he Hitler or Schickelgruber? This article offers facts about Hitler's name, his moustache, his artwork, and his nationality. It also looks at the women in his life.

In April 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge in northern France, the first significant Allied victory on WW I's Western Front in more than two years.

In military service for more than fifty years, the C96 Mauser Military Pistol ushered in the era of semi-automatic weapons on the modern battlefield.

Princess Helena of Great Britain, Queen Victoria's daughter, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenberg raised their four children in England.

East Germany was created as a result of the circumstances surrounding the defeat of Nazi Germany and the onset of the Cold War.

The combat experiences of Colonel von Epp during WWI directly affected his tactical decisions during the German Revolution, 1919.

Following the battle of Cambrai the German High Command began an active campaign to employ salvaged British Tanks.

Brief biography and works of Günter Grass, considered an important contemporary German writer, famous for The Tin Drum, a part of Danzig Trilogy.

One of the best things to do before traveling to a country as complicated as Russia is to read up on its history and culture. Here are some books to get you started.

Six decades after World War II, historians still debate which battles really stopped the Germans and gave victory in europe to the Allies.

May 2010 will mark 70 years since WW II Operation Dynamo gave rise to the phrase "the Dunkirk spirit". Just what was that spirit and what did the operation achieve?

Many a live was lost in the brutal street battles of post WW I Germany. One of the most prolific groups of that era was the Rotfront - The Red Frontline.

Brief biography of German composer Carl Orff, his life, career, list of works. Famous for scenic cantata Carmina Burana.

After a fairly good run at the box office, Bryan Singer's Valkyrie hits the high-def format, filled with informative tidbits about the men who tried to kill Hitler. 8/10

On April 22, 1915, Canadian troops held the line in the Ypres salient when the Germans used poison gas for the first time in WW I.

World War Two spanned six ravaging years. The damage and death toll was obvious to all, but less apparent were the impacts that WWII had on the start of the Cold War.

A recent documentary Battle Plan: Blitzkreig illustrates how the strategy of "lightening war" was used with great effectiveness recently in Iraq and during World War Two.

The German dye industry made many, varied chemicals including dyes for textiles and cells. Domagk's studies of one dye that killed microbes resulted in a Nobel Prize.