Yokosuka MXY-7 OHKA – Japanese Rocket-Powered Kamikaze AircraftThe Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, which name means “Cherry Blossom”, was more of a manned flying bomb than an … Posted June 12, 2022 (updated November 15, 2023) by Patrick
Fieseler Fi 103R – Reichenberg – a German V1 based Suicide JetLike the Japanese manned kamikaze missile Yokosuka MXY-7 OHKA; the German Luftwaffe had their own suicide aircraft. The … Posted June 4, 2022 (updated February 13, 2023) by Patrick
M2 Carbine with T3-A1 Dual Magazine HolderThe most common accessory for extra ammo on the M1 during WW2 was a belt pouch on its … Posted May 26, 2022 (updated May 16, 2023) by Patrick
Former “Valentin” Power Transformer Building – Bremen, GermanyA Power Transformator Building of U-Boot Bunker Valentin. [...]Read More... Posted May 19, 2022 (updated May 19, 2023) by Pascal
Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a – Schwalbe – German Jet InterceptorThe Interceptor Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. In the role … Posted April 12, 2022 (updated August 4, 2024) by Patrick
R4M Orkan – German Air to Air RocketThe R4M Orkan – hurricane – was a German developed Air to Air rocket during the Second World … Posted April 10, 2022 (updated August 4, 2024) by Patrick
Rheintochter R1 – German Anti-Aircraft MissileThe Rheintochter missile was a two stage anti-aircraft missile. The German army ordered the surface to air rocket … Posted April 7, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick
Bachem Ba 349 Natter – The First Vertical Take-off InterceptorThis plane was more of a manned surface to air missile but it was not a kamikaze plane. … Posted March 24, 2022 (updated February 3, 2023) by Patrick
Fliegerhorst Twente – Twente, NetherlandsWhen the Second World War broke out, the airfield was officially closed in 1940 and the hangar blown … Posted May 9, 2021 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick
Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The NetherlandsNachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. … Posted November 3, 2020 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick
Hexengrund – Torpedo test facility Gdynia – PolandGrey concrete buildings rise out the sea in the Gulf of Danzig, at first glance it looks like … Posted May 4, 2020 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick
National Filling Factory No.1 also known as BarnbowNational Filling Factory No.1, also known as Barnbow, was a First World War munitions factory located at Cross … Posted March 12, 2018 (updated February 1, 2022) by Patrick
Project Riese, Dynamit Nobel AG, Mölke – Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, PolandNear the towns of Ludwikowice Kłodzkie and Miłków in Poland lie the remains of the Dynamit Nobel A.G. … Posted October 15, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick
Project Riese – Rzeczka, Dorfbach – Owl Mountains, Walim PolandConstruction on Project Riese and Rzeczka started in 1943 and the Germans kept on digging until the Russian … Posted September 25, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick
Fontana Dam, North Carolina United States of AmericaBeginning just after WW1, there was an American congressional effort to encourage industrial development in places like Eastern … Posted March 18, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
A Bailey Bridge along the Hoeksebaan – Hook of Holland, NetherlandsThis Bailey bridge lies in between the former positions of Widerstandsnest 31H and Widerstandsnest 32H along the former … Posted February 15, 2016 (updated October 5, 2022) by Pascal
Zis-5 plant in the UralAZ factory in Miass, Ural Russia[...]Read More... Posted December 8, 2015 (updated August 31, 2024) by Patrick
Project Riese – Osówka, Säuferhöhen – Owl Mountains, Walbrzych PolandIn 1943 Minister of Armament and War Production Albert Speer, started, to talk about project Riese with the … Posted December 6, 2015 (updated August 11, 2022) by Patrick
