By Battle of Britain I refer to the air conflict of summer/fall 1940 over southern Britain. The British Royal Air Force were outnumbered in aircraft something like 2550 to 1960 according to the Wikipedia link in the previous paragraph, and there was some fear that they would run out of aircraft before the Germans. But presumably, these figures did not include the aircraft of the Royal Navy (under separate command). How much help did naval aircraft actually give to land based forces, and how m...| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
During the early months of the involvement of Japan in World War 2, Japanese land armies performed well against British, American and other Allied (Filipino, Dutch) troops. From my research, on books and internet, the usual explanation is that those troops were well-prepared, well-equipped, and had the experience of fighting in China. However, it seems that later in the war, those divisions were not noticeable any more: most of the fights occurred on the water and in the air, and Japanese onl...| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
I am interested in finding out more about the Chernihiv partisan junction which was an important force throughout the Great Patriotic War, and their leader Alexei Fyodorovich Fyodorov. Unfortunately, I am not educated enough to do some organized search as I do not have much clue which other forces throughout the war might've collided with the junction. I didn't have much luck online. I found an interesting article about the junction's operations in Bryanskaya and Orlovskaya oblasts from the a...| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
I was reading this article here, which includes an interesting photo of Hiroshima: The caption on the photo indicates that it was taken three weeks after the atomic bomb was dropped. The photo seems to show a 'scattershot' pattern of relatively small (I'm guessing maybe 50-100 feet in diameter, based upon the size relative to buildings and vehicles) and strikingly uniform blast/impact craters, spread across a wide area. My question is, what caused these? I know the simple answer is almost cer...| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
I'm interested in knowing how the guns' holes in battleships' turrets protected, if and when they were, and how was that protection designed and arranged, specially in relation to the guns' elevation| History Stack Exchange
One hour after Japanese bombers struck at Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941, Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia declared that "from one hour ago, Australia has been at war with the Japanese Empire." War was formally declared at 11:15 A.M., December 9, Australian time (8:15 P.M., December 8, American E.S.T.). Announcing Australia's recognition that a state of war existed, Prime Minister Curtin said at 7:30 A.M., American E.S.T., December 8: World War II: Australia Declares War on ...| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
This is something I've always wondered but couldn't imagine what the answer could be and haven't found much material elsewhere. Nazi Germany, paired with Italy and Japan, was waging war on the world| History Stack Exchange
Before delving into WW2 History, I used to think that Concentration Camps for the most part were either in Occupied Poland or Ukraine, to keep it away from the German population and make it easier to| History Stack Exchange
