Dec 15, 2024 · Interesting, von Rosen was also good friends with Hermann Göring, active for a time with the National Socialist Bloc, and was a sympathiser with the German Nazi regime. He …

Dec 28, 2023 · The first major blunder was made in 1936. When Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe, was urged by his staff to develop heavy strategic bombers he answered: “The …

Dec 30, 2014 · During the Nuremberg trials Göring made an appeal asking to be shot as a soldier instead of hanged as a common criminal, but the court refused. An hour before he was to be …

Sep 3, 2021 · We are talking faction favourite units, such as the Heer's GrossDeutschland, SS's LSSAH or Luftwaffe's Hermann Göring Divisions. These units could have up to 6 motorised …

Dec 18, 2016 · Lieutenant-Colonel Tropea is killed leading the tank (Semovente) attack & is posthumously awarded the Silver Medal for Military Valour. The incredulous British survivors …

Jul 18, 2024 · It is true many nations (due to technological advances) do not need to degrade "free" citizens into slave soldiers, but wait until they are hard-pressed and the survival of …

Dec 11, 2022 · “Earlier on that same day, 1 August, the commander of the 2nd Tank Army Guards Major General A.I. Radzievsky issued an order to go on the defensive on the line …

Apr 2, 2016 · "At 05:00 he initiated Operation "Richard" and ordered the Kampfgruppe of 4th Parachute Division and the Hermann Göring Panzer Division to defend the roads leading from …

Feb 22, 2018 · A Hunger Plan created under the authority of Hermann Göring foresaw that "many tens of millions of people in this territory will become superfluous and will die or must emigrate …

Sep 30, 2021 · Fat Hermann was another liability the Luftwaffe laboured under but even with a sharper hand in control, matching the allies was just beyond their capacities. Interestingly, …