Archive for December, 2011

Trafford Leigh-Mallory

This article is about a British officer in the Battle of Britain of World War II. Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory KCB, DSO and Bar (July 11, 1892 in Mobberley, Cheshire, November 14, 1944 at Grenoble, France) was a British air marshal. Leigh Mallory was squadron commander in World War I, then, especially in the training of [...]

Keith Park

This article is about a British General in the Battle of Britain of World War II. Sir Keith Rodney Park GCB, KBE, MC (June 15th, 1892, in Thames (New Zealand); on February 5, 1975, in Auckland) was a British air chief marshal of the Royal Air Force. In the First World War, he was a fighter [...]

Hugh Dowding

This article is about a British officer in the Battle of Britain of World War II. Hugh Caswell Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (April 24, 1882 in Moffat, Scotland; February 15, 1970 in Tunbridge Wells, County of Kent) was an officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and during the Battle of Britain commander of RAF Fighter [...]

Both powers at the beginning of the Battle of Britain

This article is about the power of both countries of Battle of Britain. In a battle of Britain, both countries had a large Air Force. The production of single-seat fighter aircraft was due to Lord Beaverbrook (Minister of Aircraft Production) in the months from July to September by an average of 440 pieces of the [...]

Both plans of Battle of Britain

This article is about the both plans of Nazi German and UK in the Battle of Britain.German plan of operation. Commander of the Air Force was General Field Marshal Hermann Goring. He has always had by his anticipatory obedience to Hitler, he on 19 July, created especially for him rank Reich Marshal of the Greater German [...]

Background of Battle of Britain

This article is about the background of Battle of Britain in World War II. In the 1930s, the role of air forces in a war of politicians as well as by the military was seen as crucial. This opinion was based on the successes of the First World War by German airships and bombers to [...]

Battle of Britain

This article is about a campaign in the World War II. The Battle of Britain was the attempt by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) in the Second World War, between summer 1940 and early 1941 with bombing missions against the British military attacks against British cities and the capitulation of Great Britainto enforce or at [...]

Hans Cramer

This article is about a Nazi German officer in the Desert War of North African Campaign. Hans Cramer (13 July, 1896 in Minden, 28 October, 1968, ibid.) was a German officer, most recently General of Armoured Troops in the Second World War. Cramer was the Prussian Cadet Corps, and became effective on 10 August, 1914, [...]

Sallum

This article is about a battlefield in the Desert War of North African Campaign. Sallum, Shallum or also as Sollum, is a border and seaport located on the northwest coast of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Shallum is located east of the border to neighboring Libya and about 145 km from the Libyan city of [...]

Royal Horse Artillery

This article is about a British Army in the Desert War of North African Campaign. The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) is a unit, part of Royal Artillery, established in 1793 to support the cavalry. Before World War II, there were the artillery batteries stationed on horseback inLondon: the 11th Regiment and 12th Regiment RHA. The [...]

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