Tag: German Luftwaffe
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Eyes of the Fleet: The Arado Ar 196 and the Kriegsmarine’s Aerial Reach

History Daily Dec 30, 2025 Image: An Arado Ar 196 in flight during the Second World War. #AradoAr196 https://amzn.to/44Lzrpz Section I — Opening Throughout the world’s vast ocean expanses and contested spaces that existed during World War II, where the world’s various fleets maneuvered back and forth across the world’s oceans, and empires gambled their…
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The D-Day Landings. June 6, 1944

This 71-second video offers a visceral look into one of the most monumental days of the 20th century: the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Known as D-Day, this operation marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Western Europe. Over 150,000 troops from Britain, Canada, the…
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The Neuhammer Stuka Disaster, August 15, 1939.

Image: Junkers Ju87 B-1, the variant involved in the Neuhammer accident and the primary equipment of Stuka units for the first year of the war. August 15, 1939. The Junkers 87 Stukas of I/StG 76 were briefed to put on a dive bombing demonstration for a group of generals near Neuhammer in present-day Świętoszów, Poland,.…