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German Winter Morale

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The problems of German troop morale during the harsh winters of the Eastern Front — translation of German Taschenbuch für den Winterkrieg, August 1942 from the U.S. wartime publication German Winter Warfare, Special Series, No. 18, Military Intelligence Division, U.S. … Continue reading →

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Ju 87 B-2 with Ski Landing Gear

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Original Caption: Sowjetunion.- Feldflugplatz im Schnee. Wartung/Reparatur eines Flugzeugs Junkers Ju 87 auf Schneekufen; KBK Lw 4, Russia, 22 December 1941, Photographer: W. Wanderer. File is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-392-1334-04 … Continue reading →

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German Transport

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs of German transport on the Russian Front during Operation Barbarossa from the website’s photo collection. Cars lead a column of supply trucks past a destroyed bridge: Wehrmacht staff cars behind a truck of the 3rd Waffen SS Division … Continue reading →

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Russian Battleship Sevastopol

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Details and illustrations from a U.S. Naval Intelligence 1943 report on the Russian battleship Sevastopol: BATTLESHIP SEVASTOPOL GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Date laid down: 1909. Date commissioned: 1915. Normal displacement: 23,000 tons. Length overall: 594 feet. Beam: 87 feet. Maximum draft: 27 … Continue reading →

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