Sd.Kfz 138/2 – “Hetzer” The Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), later known as Hetzer (“pursuer/hunter”), was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis. The project was inspired by the Romanian…
During World War II, Paderborn was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1944 and 1945, resulting in 85% destruction, including many of the historic buildings. It was seized by the US 3rd Armored Division after a pitched battle 31 March –…
An American soldier says goodbye to his wife and child before shipping out to serve in WWII. Pennsylvania Station. New York City, 1943
Assigned to the Ninth Air Force the 416th Bombardment Group, they were equipped with Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft, seen here wearing the invasion stripes – alternating black and white bands on the wings and fuselage – an attempt to increase…
Color picture of Free French colonial troops supported by American tanks during the fighting of the Italian campaigns, May 1944. They passed in front of abandoned Italian M42 Semovente 75/18 850(i) from German Panzerjäger-Abteilung 171 “Kleeblatt” (Cloverleaf). Submitted December…
Panthers, Tigers, and Panzers, Oh My!
The Warsaw uprising was the largest single operation undertaken by any resistance movement during World War Two. The Armia Krajowa – The Polish Resistance Home Army were aiming to liberate the city of Warsaw from the occupying forces of Nazi Germany.…