The Parachute-Panzer-Division 1 Hermann Goering (abbreviated: Parachute-Panzer Div 1 HG) was an armored division in World War II, although the German Air Force was formally placed under, but was used in the context of military organizations. Its soldiers were recruited from volunteers from organizations such as the Nazi Hitler Youth. They fought in the African [...]
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Operation Mincemeat
June 26th, 2012 
admin Operation Mincemeat (literally “mincemeat”) was a British plan during World War II intending to convince the German General Headquarters (OKW) that the Allies would invade the Balkans and Sardinia instead of Sicily, which was their real objective. The operation was designed to convince the High Command that the Germans had managed to intercept highly confidential [...]
Guy Simonds
June 26th, 2012 admin Guy Granville Simonds CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD, (born on 23 April,1903 in Bury St.Edmunds, England; died on 15 May, 1974) was a Canadian officer and general during and after World War II. Simonds was born in Bury St. Edmunds, and later emigrated with his family to Canada. During the Second World War, he commanded [...]
Alfredo Guzzoni
June 26th, 2012 admin Alfredo Guzzoni (Mantova, April 12, 1877 – Rome, 1965) was an Italian general. Biography After completing his studies in the School of War, he took part in the Italo-Libyan conflict of 1911. At the outbreak of World War Chief of the Division VII and XI until 1918, he was appointed as Chief of Staff of [...]
Operation Barclay
June 26th, 2012 admin Operation Barclay was during World War II as an Allied deception in support of the invasion of Sicily in 1943. By this operation, the military leadership deceived the Axis powers on the actual distribution of allied forces in the Mediterranean and the attention from the real target of Sicily of the Balkans was directed. For [...]
