Military Tour Blog

Semi –Automatic Rifles GERMAN: In 1940 Germany needed a semi-automatic rifle to succeed the Gewehr 98 series. The Gewehr 41 was less successful than the Gewehr 43, but both saw service until the end of WW11 in 1945. Semi-Automatic Rifle Facts: GEWHR 41 CALIBER: 7.92 mm LENGTH: 46.25 inches (1.175 meter) LENGTH OF BARREL: 21.75 […]

Battle of the Atlantic Location: Atlantic Ocean Date: September 1939 – May – 1943 Commanders and Forces: German: 1000 U-Boats (Rear Admiral Karl Donitz) British: 9 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, 35 cruisers, 95 destroyers and 25 submarines. (Admiral Sir Charles Forbes) Casualties: German: 19,000 killed Allied: 85,000 killed Key Actions: After taking heavy losses in […]

I just wanted to post some of my photo’s from the 70th Anniversary of D-Day which I spent in Vierville sur mer, Normandy France, Omaha Beach. There were so many people there and the traffic was atrocious. Of course we “regular” people couldn’t get anywhere near a dignitary but there were a lot of veterans […]

  Western Front: The Ukraine Location: USSR Date: July – November, 1943 Commanders and Forces: German: 2.5 million troops. (Adolph Hitler) Soviets: 6 million troops Red Army. (Joseph Stalin) Casualties: German: 213,000 killed and wounded. Soviet: 430,000 killed and wounded. Key Actions: After the Battle of Kursk, the Red Army swept westward, driving back he […]

U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION The United States mobilized 67 Infantry Divisions in WW11. U.S. Infantry Divisions: • 1st-9th • 10th Mountain, • 24 th -38 th, • 40th-45th • 63rd • 65th • 66th • 69th – 71st • 75th – 81st • 83rd – 91st • 92nd • 93rd Colored • 94th – 100th • […]