The Nazis advocated killing children of “unwanted” or “dangerous” groups either as part of the “racial struggle” or as a measure of preventative security. The Germans and their collaborators killed children for these ideological reasons and in retaliation for real or alleged partisan attacks. The Germans and their collaborators killed as many as 1.5 million children…. Read more »
The RAF underwent rapid expansion prior to and during the World War II. Under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan of December 1939, the air forces of British Commonwealth countries trained and formed “Article XV squadrons” for service with RAF formations.Under a parallel agreement, the Joint Air Training Scheme, South Africa trained 33,347 aircrew for the… Read more »
The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II. Germanny’s military air arms during World War I the Luftstretkrafte of the Army and the Marine-Fliegersabteilung of the Navy , had been disbanded in May 1920 as a result of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which stated that Germany… Read more »
The affair began with a mistake made by the German aviator Major Erich Hoenmanns , the fifty-two-year-old base commander of Lodderheide airfield, near Münster. On the morning of 10 January, he had been flying a Messerschmitt BBf 108Taifun, an aircraft used for reconnaissance, liaison, and other miscellaneous roles, from Loddenheide to Cologne when he lost his way;… Read more »
The Nuremberg Laws were antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany. They were introduced on 15 September 1935 by the Reichstag at a special meeting convened at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) The two laws were the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour, which forbade marriages and extramarital intercourse between Jews and Germans and… Read more »