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Jagdpanther – Sdkfz.173
Country	Nazi Germany
Role	Tank destroyer
In service	1944–1945
Built	415

The Jagdpanther (German: “hunting panther”), Sd.Kfz. 173, was a tank destroyer built by Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service in 1944 during the later stages of the war on the Eastern and Western Fronts. The Jagdpanther combined the 8.8 cm Pak 43 cannon, similar to the main gun of the Tiger II, and the armor and suspension of the Panther chassis. During the last stages of the war, limited German production resulted in small production numbers, shortage of spare parts, and shortened crew training periods of younger operators.

Source: Jagdpanther on Wikipedia

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After The Battle
Series	After The Battle
Sujet	The Battle of Arnhem
Period	World War II
Réf	Special Edition

A signed book After The Battle the magazine "Arnhem – After The Battle SE".

L'opération Market Garden was an Allied military operation of World War II that took place in September 1944. This was an attempt mainly by the British armies to take bridges across the main rivers of the German-occupied Netherlands. Success would have allowed the Allies to bypass the Siegfried Line and gain access to one of Germany's main industrial centers, the Ruhr.

This operation proposed by Montgomery had met with opposition from the American generals, Patton and Bradley, who wanted to continue their offensive to the south. In fact, the real motivation of the British field marshall was more in the realm of the ego than in a real strategic logic. According to the testimonies reported by the Irish-American journalist Cornelius Ryan, the disagreement between the commander-in-chief of the 21st British Canadian Army Group and General Dwight Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, was reaching new heights at that time and it was not far from the breaking point between these two strong personalities. This was the moment that Montgomery chose to launch his daring plan for an airborne operation, which was intended to unblock a blocked strategic situation by allowing a direct breakthrough in the Ruhr region, the economic heart of the Third Reich.

Source: Market Garden sur Wikipedia

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M4 Sherman
Pays	USA
Type	Medium Tank

Photo Gallery on an M4 Sherman, The Medium Tank M4 est le char américain moyen produit en plus grande quantité pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Près de cinquante mille exemplaires (toutes versions confondues) furent produits. Son surnom de « Sherman " was awarded to him by the British, when they received their first copies under the leasing law, continuing their tradition of naming tanks of American origin after the name of a famous Northern Civil War general from that country. The U.S. Army later adopted this nickname, and the Medium Tank M4 was then called " M4 Sherman ». Les Soviétiques surnomment les leurs « Emcha ».

Source: Sherman sur Wikipedia

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B-17F Flying Fortress
Country	USA
Role	Heavy bomber
First flight	28 July 1935
Built	12000+

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299/XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps’ performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract (to the Douglas B-18 Bolo) because the prototype crashed, the air corps ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances, becoming the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the four-engined B-24 and the multirole, twin-engined Ju 88.

Source: B-17 Flying Fortress on Wikipedia

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Photos bataille de Wolchow - Volkhov 1942

Battle of Wolchow
Sujet	Photos of the Battle of Wolchow
Description	Album de 288 photos of the Battle of Wolchow

The siege of Leningrad refers to the siege of the Russian metropolis now known as St. Petersburg by the Germans during World War II. The German operation was codenamed Operation Nordlicht (Northern Dawn). Despite colossal losses (1,800,000 men, including more than one million civilians), the 872-day siege, which began on September 8, 1941 and ended on January 27, 1944, and the city resisted until its release in 1944, during the longest siege in modern history.

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Photos of PzKpfw 38 tanks
Description	Album of 96 photos of tanks PzKpfw 38
Period	World War II
Keywords	PzKpfw 38(t)

The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (ce qui signifiait : « véhicule de combat blindé tchécoslovaque, modèle 1938 ») était le nom donné par les Allemands à un char d’assaut tchécoslovaque fabriqué dans les usines de chars Škoda qu’ils avaient mis au service de leur industrie de guerre durant l’année 1939 avant l’éclatement du confit. Le nom que lui donnait l’armée tchécoslovaque était LT vz. 38. Ce véhicule de combat blindé fut conçu par les Tchécoslovaques à partir de 1935. Il a eu du succès à l’exportation, avec 50 chars exportés vers l’Iran, 24 vers la Suisse et autant vers le Pérou. L’armée tchécoslovaque en commande 150, mais ceux-ci ne sont pas entrés en service avant l’occupation du pays par l’Allemagne en 1939. Les occupants allemands ont ordonné la poursuite de la production entre 1938 et 1942. Au total, lorsque la production cessa en juin 1942, 1411 Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (modèles A à G) avaient été fabriqués.

Source: Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) sur Wikipedia

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Henschel HS123
Publisher	Wydawnictwo Militaria
Series	Aviation Military
Period	World War II
Réf	004

Signed documentation Wydawnictwo Militaria the magazine "Henschel HS123 - Wydawnictwo Militaria 004 - Book" .

The Henschel Hs 123 fut le dernier sesquiplan de combat de la Luftwaffe. L’appareil répondait à un programme de la Luftwaffe pour un avion de chasse apte au bombardement en piqué. Il était construit entièrement en métal (une rareté pour un sesquiplan, même pour l’époque) et possédait des formes assez massives. Il fit son premier vol le 1er avril 1935 et les premiers appareils de série intégrèrent la Luftwaffe in the fall of 1936.

Il n’intégra les unités de chasse que durant une très courte période et ne fut construit qu’à 260 exemplaires pendant une année, en raison de sa conception obsolète et l’arrivée prochaine de chasseurs aux performances plus prometteuses (tel que le Messerschmitt Bf 109). Il fut donc surtout employé comme avion d’assaut et bombardier en piqué, notamment durant le début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, lors des campagnes de Pologne, de France et durant les premiers combats en Russie. Obsolète, il fut ensuite reversé aux écoles de bombardement en piqué.

Source: Henschel HS123 on Wikipedia>

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PZL P.38 Wilk - Wydawnictwo Militaria 003 - Livre

PZL P.38 Wilk
Editor	Wydawnictwo Militaria
Serie	Aviation Military
Period	ww2
Ref	003

Une documentation signée Wydawnictwo Militaria la revue «PZL P.38 Wilk – Wydawnictwo Militaria 003» .

The PZL.38 Wilk (“wolf”) (PZL-38) was a Polish fighter-bomber developed and manufactured by PZL state factory in 1937. It was a twin-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction, metal covered. The fuselage was semi-monocoque, elliptic in cross-section. The crew of two – pilot and rear gunner/bombardier/observer sat under separate canopies, far from each other, fitted with dual controls. A canopy of pilot’s cockpit opened aside. Three part wing, outer parts were built around light closed profiles.

Wings fitted with slats and split flaps. Twin vertical stabilizers. Engines in underwing nacelles. Retractable landing gear, with main wheels retracting into engine nacelles, and a rear skid. Three-blade variable (P.38/I) or two-blade fixed propellers (PZL.38/II). Fuel tanks in wings – 500 l. Armament: fixed 20 mm FK-A gun (planned) and two 7.92 mm PWU wz.36 machineguns in the fuselage nose, twin 7.92 mm PWU wz.37 machinegun of a rear gunner, hiding in the fuselage. It could carry one 300-kg bomb.

Source: PZL P.38 Wilk4 sur Wikipedia>

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190S
Pays	Germany
Type	Bomber hunter
Description	Album de 24 walk-around photos of the fighter-bomber Focke-Wulf Fw 190S

Photo gallery on a Focke-Wulf Fw 190S, The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 He was a single-seat, single-engine fighter-bomber used by Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1941 until 1945. The FW-109 never succeeded in completely replacing the Messerschmitt Bf 109 as the Luftwaffe's main fighter, although it was superior to it. It was produced in more than 20,000 copies. Thanks to its versatility from a modular construction, it gave birth to a large number of derivative models that allowed it to replace the Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) as a ground troop support aircraft, and the Messerschmitt Bf 110 as a heavy fighter to fight the bombers, when the latter two aircraft became far too vulnerable to continue being sent into combat. He was the first true fighter-bomber of the Luftwaffe.

Source: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 on Wikipedia

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Jagdpanzer 38(t) - Hetzer- Sdkfz.138/2
Pays	Germany
Type	Tank hunter

The Jagdpanzer 38(Sd.Kfz. 138/2) known as Hetzer (que l’on peut traduire approximativement par Traqueur ou Trappeur en allemand), est un chasseur de char allemand de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, construit sur la base du châssis du Panzer 38(t) tchèque. Le Jagdpanzer 38(t) est conçu pour obtenir un meilleur rapport qualité-prix que les ambitieux programmes des Jagdpanthers et Jagdtigers de la même période. Basé sur un châssis existant et fiable, il évite ainsi les problèmes mécaniques inhérents aux blindés plus lourds.