This is a blog about world history in general, world war ii, i, vietnam war, middle ages, boer war, weapons, and biographies of famous people, etc.
The Hampden was a four-seat medium bomber used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II. It was designed by G R Volkert and developed by Handley Page, entering service in December 1938. Total production numbered 1,532 aircraft: 500 were built by Handley Page, 770 by English Electric, and 160 by the Canadian [...]
During World War II, the Panzerjäger company of the German infantry regiment was a fully motorized unit which consisted of four platoons, each with three antitank guns and a total of 12 light machine guns; a company chief (Oberleutnant) with company troop (13 men) using cars and motorcycles; and a combat supply train with one [...]
The Model 187 Baltimore was a four-seat light bomber built by the American firm Glenn L Martin for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and used during World War II, entering service in early 1942. The first of 50 Baltimore Mk I aircraft was shipped to the United Kingdom in October 1941. Since the RAF [...]
The German Army reconnaissance units, which were partly motorized, with the golden yellow service arm color, were a remarkably mixed group. They did not exist in peacetime and were formed only upon mobilization in 1939, out of the thirteen cavalry regiments that were subordinated to the army corps at that time. At the end of [...]
The Fiat G.50 Freccia was an Italian fighter aircraft used by the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Air force) during World War II. It was developed by Fiat and first flew on February 26, 1937, entering service in 1939, with the 51st and 52nd Italian Air Wings. The G.50 Freccia (Arrow) was a single-engine, low-winged aircraft, and [...]
In the 13th century, the Mongol horsemen of the Asian steppe were some of most effective warriors in the world in those days. Under the leadership of Genghis Khan and his successors, they created an empire that stretched from China and Korea to the eastern edge of Europe. Totally without humane sentiment, the Mongols had [...]
