‘What General Weygand called the “Battle of France” is over. I expect that the battle of Britain is about to begin’ When Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke these words in the House of Commons on June 18, 1940, he did not know when and where Germany would first strike in its attempt to conquer the United …
A Brief History of Military watches Although not as precise as today’s wristwatches, timepieces were utilized in the military before the onset of the First World War. During that era, soldiers relied on pocket watches, which proved to be highly impractical as their hands were often occupied with equipment. To address this issue, a soldier …
The greatest fighter pilot in history, he was born on May 2, 1982 in the small Silesian town of Kleinberg near Schweidnitz. His father was a retired career military officer, and Manfred was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps – he entered the Wahlstatt Cadet Institute at the age of 11, developing a great …
The Observer or B-Uhr watches began to be supplied by the German Air Ministry to members of the Luftwaffe, under the specifications cited in ordinance FL 23883 starting in 1936 and were intended for Luftwaffe pilots. It reflected that the boxes should be dull and made of aluminized brass, gray bronze or steel, the latter …
