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During his declaration of war, Hitler did not mention the Gleiwitz incident but grouped all provocations staged by the SS as an alleged "Polish assault" on Germany. The Gleiwitz incident is the best-known action of Operation Himmler, a series of special operations undertaken by the Schutzstaffel (SS) to serve German propaganda at the outbreak ...
Alfred Helmut Naujocks (20 September 1911 – 4 April 1966), alias Hans Müller, Alfred Bonsen, and Rudolf Möbert, was a German SS functionary during the Third Reich.He took part in the staged Gleiwitz incident, a false flag operation intended to provide the justification for the attack on Poland by Nazi Germany, which ultimately culminated in starting World War II.
Maxim Gorky I, a fort knocked out of action by five 800 mm shells on 17 June 1942 Model in the Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr Dora was the second gun produced. It was deployed briefly during the Battle of Stalingrad , where the gun arrived at its emplacement 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the city towards the end of August 1942. [ 19 ]
Nazi Germany staged a false flag attack on the tower in 1939, which was used as a pretext for invading Poland, beginning World War II. Gliwice Radio Tower Gliwice Radio Tower ( Polish : Wieża radiostacji w Gliwicach ) is a miniature painting on glass by Paweł Brodzisz, created in 2024.
Franciszek Honiok (1896 – 31 August 1939) was a Polish man who is famous for having been the first known victim of World War II, on the evening of 31 August 1939. [1] [2]
During World War II, Italy regularly mounted cannons on portee trucks. Also, permanent installation of guns on trucks and armored cars were done on ad-hoc basis, therefore many self-propelled guns had no official name besides descriptive type of truck plus type of cannon. Below is the grossly incomplete list of these self-propelled weapons.
The Luftwaffe was the air force of Nazi Germany prior to and during World War II. Luftwaffe styles of uniform and rank insignia had many unique features between 1935 and 1945. By Hitler's decision on February 26, 1935, the Luftwaffe was to be officially the third branch of the Wehrmacht as of March 1, 1935. The new Luftwaffe was faced with the ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.