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Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog beschikte de Duitse marine over een enorm aantal U-boten om het hoofd te bieden aan de geallieerde marinedreiging en om te verhinderen dat de broodnodige voorraden de frontlinies konden bereiken. Gedurende de gehele oorlog b

During the last 100 years the face of aerial warfare has changed almost beyond recognition. At the start of the twentieth century the plane was still very much in its infancy and it wasn't until August 1910 that the Americans conducted experimental flying

Na het beperkte succes van de Panzer I en II tanks tegen de vijand in de eerste jaren van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, realiseerden de Duitsers zich al snel dat er een nieuw type specifieke tankjager moest worden ontwikkeld, alsmede een nieuw militair wapen om

95th Rifles 1809 to Salamanca is the second DVD in 95th Rifles trilogy of films and part of The Peninsular Collection from BHTV and Pen and Sword Digital.The DVD explores the history of the 95th Rifles, who were masters of the battlefield and particularly

The 17th September 2009 marks the 65th anniversary of the start of the battle of Arnhem. This is the tragic story of the last bridge in the ill-fated 'Operation Market-Garden', and features rare newsreel footage of the Allied operation that was supposed t

The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) captured the events of Hitler’s war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a weekly cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II on land, sea and air. For the first time th

This war-time film was made in 1943 in order to help motivate the hard pressed German infantry to resist the increasing tide of Soviet armour. Made shortly before the introduction of the Panzerfaust it is a remarkable film in many respects as it features

The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) captured the events of Hitler's war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a weekly cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II on land, sea and air. For the first time the

The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) captured the events of Hitler's war on every front. Their footage was used to produce Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a weekly cinema newsreel detailing the events of World War II on land, sea and air. For the first time the