by Andrew Arthy | Aug 11, 2018 | Eastern Front, Fw 190, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Schlachtgeschwader 3, Schlachtgeschwader 4, VVS
Luftflotte 1 was a badly overstretched air force in mid-August 1944, as it tried to assist Heeresgruppe Nord against several Soviet land offensives in Estonia and Latvia. From north to south, Luftflotte 1 supported: Armeeabteilung Narwa, which occupied a line between...
by Andrew Arthy | Jul 27, 2018 | eArticles, No. 111 Squadron, P-51 Mustang, Pilots, Publications, RAF, Spitfire, Tunisia, Western Front
A new biography eArticle is now available, this time telling the story of an important but little-known Australian fighter pilot and unit leader, Barry E. Gale, who served with distinction over Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean. The eArticle is available on...
by Andrew Arthy | Jul 3, 2018 | Bf 109, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 11, Jagdgeschwader 51, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Schlachtgeschwader 10
By 3 July 1944 the Soviet summer offensive, Operation BAGRATION, had soundly defeated the German Heeresgruppe Mitte, and was in the process of securing one of its major objectives, the city of Minsk. Thousands of German troops from 4. Armee had already been taken...
by Andrew Arthy | Apr 2, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 109, Jagdgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Western Front
After the German occupation of France in the early summer of 1940, a minor landing ground near a small town in northern France became a vital base for the fighter aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 2. This small town was Beaumont-le-Roger, and the nearby airfield would be a...
by Andrew Arthy | Feb 10, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, eArticles, Luftwaffe, North Africa, Publications
One of our loyal readers has been kind enough to review ‘Rommel’s Eyes Over the Battlefield: Stories of 2.(H)/14 – Part One’. Here is what he had to say about the eArticle, which is available here: Rommel’s Eyes Over the Battlefield: Stories of...
by Adam Thompson | Dec 26, 2017 | A Little Bit of Everything, Jagdgeschwader 301, Luftwaffe, Publications, Research, USAAF
One of the most rewarding aspects of any research, in any field, is the moment when you uncover something that truly has the potential to change the way people think about a topic. It is that moment where you really do find yourself exclaiming under your breath in...