Taifun – German Anti-Aircraft Rocket The Taifun was an unguided rocket developed in 1944 by Flak-Versuchskommando Nord, EMW at Peenemünde. It had a … Posted June 27, 2022 (updated April 22, 2023) by Patrick
Blohm & Voss BV 246 Hagelkorn – German Guided Glide Bomb The BV 246, nicknamed Hagelkorn, was a German Guided Glide Bomb developed by the Blohm & Voss company. … Posted June 15, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick
Yokosuka MXY-7 OHKA – Japanese Rocket-Powered Kamikaze Aircraft The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, which name means “Cherry Blossom”, was more of a manned flying bomb than an … Posted June 12, 2022 (updated February 5, 2023) by Patrick
Fieseler Fi 103R – Reichenberg – a German V1 based Suicide Jet Like the Japanese manned kamikaze missile Yokosuka MXY-7 OHKA; the German Luftwaffe had their own suicide aircraft. The … Posted June 4, 2022 (updated February 13, 2023) by Patrick
M2 Carbine with T3-A1 Dual Magazine Holder The most common accessory for extra ammo on the M1 during WW2 was a belt pouch on its … Posted May 26, 2022 (updated May 16, 2023) by Patrick
Former “Valentin” Power Transformer Building – Bremen, Germany A Power Transformator Building of U-Boot Bunker Valentin. [...]Read More... Posted May 19, 2022 (updated May 19, 2023) by Pascal
Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a – Schwalbe – German Jet Interceptor The Interceptor Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. In the role … Posted April 12, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick
R4M Orkan – German Air to Air Rocket The R4M Orkan – hurricane – was a German developed Air to Air rocket during the Second World … Posted April 10, 2022 (updated May 3, 2023) by Patrick
Rheintochter R1 – German Anti-Aircraft Missile The Rheintochter missile was a two stage anti-aircraft missile. The German army ordered the surface to air rocket … Posted April 7, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick
Bachem Ba 349 Natter – The First Vertical Take-off Interceptor This plane was more of a manned surface to air missile but it was not a kamikaze plane. … Posted March 24, 2022 (updated February 3, 2023) by Patrick
Fliegerhorst Twente – Twente, Netherlands When the Second World War broke out, the airfield was officially closed in 1940 and the hangar blown … Posted May 9, 2021 (updated June 15, 2022) by Patrick
Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The Netherlands Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. … Posted November 3, 2020 (updated December 31, 2022) by Patrick
Hexengrund – Torpedo test facility Gdynia – Poland Grey concrete buildings rise out the sea in the Gulf of Danzig, at first glance it looks like … Posted May 4, 2020 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick
National Filling Factory No.1 also known as Barnbow National Filling Factory No.1, also known as Barnbow, was a First World War munitions factory located at Cross … Posted March 12, 2018 (updated February 1, 2022) by Patrick
Project Riese, Dynamit Nobel AG, Mölke – Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, Poland Near the towns of Ludwikowice Kłodzkie and Miłków in Poland lie the remains of the Dynamit Nobel A.G. … Posted October 15, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick
Project Riese – Rzeczka, Dorfbach – Owl Mountains, Walim Poland Construction on Project Riese and Rzeczka started in 1943 and the Germans kept on digging until the Russian … Posted September 25, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick
Fontana Dam, North Carolina United States of America Beginning just after WW1, there was an American congressional effort to encourage industrial development in places like Eastern … Posted March 18, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
A Bailey Bridge along the Hoeksebaan – Hook of Holland, Netherlands This Bailey bridge lies in between the former positions of Widerstandsnest 31H and Widerstandsnest 32H along the former … Posted February 15, 2016 (updated October 5, 2022) by Pascal
