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Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, also known as the Me 109, was Germany's most important single-seater fighter plane throughout the Second World War (1939-45). Produced in greater numbers than any other German plane, the fighter was a match for the...
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Stuka Releasing its Bombload
A photograph of a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber releasing its bomb load during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Stuka Dive-bombers in Poland, 1939.
A formation of Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber during the attack on Poland in 1939 in the first year of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)
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Battle of Kursk, July 1943
A photograph showing Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers flying over German Panzer III tanks and other vehicles on the Orel front of the battle of Kursk in July 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Stuka in Desert Camouflage
A Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber, captured in North Africa in 1941. (Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago).
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Ju 88 Rear Cockpit Machine Guns
The rear cockpit machine guns of a Junkers Ju 88 bomber. The aircraft was flown by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War (1939-45).
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Blitzkrieg - The Lightning War Tactic of Combined Arms
Blitzkrieg ('lightning war') is a military tactic combining air and land forces deployed at speed against the enemy's weaker points while the rear lines are simultaneously disrupted by acts of sabotage and bombing. Speed, concentration, and...
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Afrika Korps - Germany's Elite Desert Force
The Deutsches Afrika Korps (DAK) was an elite German armoured unit that fought in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). The Korps was initially led by Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) before he was promoted to lead a larger force of...
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Siege of Tobruk
The siege of the port of Tobruk in Libya (April to Dec 1941) by Axis forces during the Second World War (1939-45) lasted 242 days and became a symbol of Allied resistance. Besieged by land but still supplied by sea, Tobruk was of vital strategic...
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London Blitz
The London Blitz was the sustained bombing of Britain's capital by the German and Italian air forces from September 1940 to May 1941 during the Second World War (1939-45). The objective was to bomb Britain into submission, but despite almost...
