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 Fairey Swordfish was a carrier-borne torpedo-bomber aircraft deployed by the British Royal Navy during World War II. Developed by Fairey, the Swordfish first flew in 1934, entering service in 1935. By the outbreak of war in 1939 a total of 689 aircraft had been delivered. The Swordfish was a three-seat biplane powered by a [...]
Although Italy and Japan (two of the three main Axis nations) also turned out significant numbers of tanks before and during World War II, it is the German tanks which clearly stood out from the rest of the Axis nations’ armored vehicles. By the end of World War I the tank was a familiar sight [...]
The Italian Wars (1494–1509) saw the first large-scale demonstrations of the potency of field artillery and firearms on the battlefield. At Cerignola (1503), the Spanish fought from shelter behind a trench and earth parapet, subjecting the French cavalry to withering fire. At the battle of Ravenna (1512), the combat opened with a two-hour artillery duel, [...]
The overwhelming importance of carrier aircraft as power projection in warfare at sea was only dimly foreseen in the years which led up to World War II. Historically, it had been the battleship and the naval gunnery which had dominated the oceans ever since the days of the Spanish Armada right up to the Battle [...]
The Lehky Kulomet ZB vz.26 and vz.30 were Czech light machine guns used by the Waffen-SS and other German units during World War II. The vz.26 was a gas-operated weapon with a long gas piston under the barrel and fed from an adjustable gas vent about half-way down the finned barrel. Gas pushed the piston [...]
The Kawasaki Ki-100 was Japanese single-engine fighter aircraft used in World War II. It was developed by Kawasaki from the Ki-61, entering service in 1945 and seeing combat action in the last three months of the war. By the end of May, 1945, 272 Ki-61 airframes were converted to the new configuration, which entered service [...]
