The Polish Navy of the Second Polish Republic (1919–39) was prepared mostly as means of supporting naval communications with France in case of a war with the Soviet Union. However, after it became apparent that the aggressive side would be Germany, and the entrance to the Baltic Sea would be blocked, three out of four… Read more »
Walter Buch born 24-10-1883 in Bruchtal, Baden, was a German jurist German jurist, official in Nazi Germany and SS Obergruppenführer. He was also Martin Bormann‘s father-in-law. After the end of World War II in Europe, Buch was classified as a major regime functionary or “Hauptschuldiger” in Denaziffication proceedings in 1949. On 12 November of that year, he committed suicide. Born… Read more »
The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 18:36 near Compiegne, France, by officials of Nazi Germany and the French Third Republic. It did not come into effect until after midnight on 25 June. Signatories for Germany included senior military officers like Wilhelm Keitel. the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht, while those on the French side were more… Read more »
Karl Kaufmann was born in Krefeld on 10 October 1900. He served as a war volunteer in World War I and in the Brigade Hermann Ehrhardt (1919–1920). A founding member of the NSDAP in 1921; after the re-establishment of the party, he rejoined in 1925 and quickly became one of Adolf Hitler’s favourites. He was appointed Gauleiter… Read more »
The German Army was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht , the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it was demobilized and later dissolved in August 1946. The Wehrmacht also included the Kriegsmarine (Navy) and the Luftwaffe (Air Force). During World War II, a total of about 13 million soldiers served in the German Army. Most army personnel… Read more »