Standing alone and in need of large amounts of food stuffs, war materials etc., the only available option was the shipment of goods by sea. This engagement between our countries gave birth to two words linked whenever the Second World War was mentioned, the "Convoy" and the "Wolf pack". Manufacturing and Technical Information

In a microcosm of the grander continental war, the dessert conflict had a complement of sweeping offensives, sieges, and stubborn defenses. Africa Institution The cufftitle that distinguished the members of the Wehrmacht that fought in North Africa …

High Seas Fleet Destroyer Minesweeper E-Boat Auxiliary Cruiser Blockade Runner U-boat U-Boat Combat Clasp Coastal Artillery Naval Combat Clasp Small Battle Unit War Badges Index by Sebastián Bianchi The Blockade runner badge was instituted on April 1, 1941 in order to reward the ship members who participated to attempt or actually break the ...

High Seas Fleet Destroyer Minesweeper E-Boat Auxiliary Cruiser Blockade Runner U-boat U-Boat Combat Clasp Coastal Artillery Naval Combat Clasp Small Battle Unit War Badges Index by Sebastián Bianchi Merchant ships were regularly used by the Kriegsmarine to assist its contingent of u-boats, destroyers, cruisers, and battleships in the ...

Heinz Sydekum awarded the KURLAND band on 20.4.45 – a common date of awarding of the cuffband. Sydekum’s unit suffered terribly throughout the war, seeing some of the heaviest fighting with the center and southern German armies …

Iron Cross of the Wehrmacht (World War II German Army) page of the German World War II Medals, Awards and decorations.

The recipient of the German Cross in Gold had to already be a holder of the Iron Cross 1st Class 1939 or of the 1939 Clasp (Spange) to the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. It required at least the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords to receive the German Cross in Silver.

Germany’s war in North Africa began on 12 February 1941 with the arrival of Rommel’s staff (Aufklärungsstab Rommel) in Tripoli, Libya and ended two years later on 13 May 1943 with the final surrender of Heeresgruppe Afrika in Tunisia.

Studio portrait of a former Army paratrooper (now member of II./FJR1) taken at "Gordon Studios" in Den Haag (where II./FJR 1 were quartered in private houses right after the taking of the rail and road bridges at Moerdijk, on May 10, 1940) This photo is dated May 30th, 1940 (Mei 30, 1940) and was taken a short time after the Iron Crosses were awarded for this operation.

Iron Cross of the Wehrmacht (World War II German Army) page of the German World War II Medals, Awards and decorations. An apolitical history site. Iron Cross 2nd Class