American versus German regiments reporting on actions around Kemmel 31 august 191827th and 30th American DivisionsOn 30.08, the enemy made a surprise move that tested the doughboys. In the early…
Born in Osterode am Harz (in the Kingdom of Hannover) on July 27, 1851, Johann Hans von Zwehl joined the military in 1870 with the “Graf Schwerin” (a.k.a. Third Pomeranian)…
Although of poor quality, this photo is extremely interesting given that it seems to portray an actual frontline/combat situation. Something rare, given that most of the best-known Great War ‘combat’…
Well, this is going to be an article, that start from the end. During the last few months, I have shown you a few Bavarian Military Merit Crosses in Bars. The…
Fritz Höhn was born in Wiesbaden on May 31, 1896. He began his military service in the elite Seventh Guards Infantry Regiment.SOLDIER TURNED AIR FIGHTERHöhn began his aerial duty in…
I will cover this space today, because our friend Chris is busy. I would like to thank him also for his help with this board.I may have opened a new…
The American 27th division arrived in France at the end of May 1918 send to a trainings camp 20 kilometres north of Abbeville. On the 30th of June they were…
Today for Gus' Gear, I am going to take a second look at a Tschako that was posted on March 10th. There was someone who thought it was a police…
Rui’s RenditionsDefensive machine gun position on P-class Zeppelin 'LZ 77' (LZ 47), 1915-16LZ 77 took part in 6 air raids against targets in the UK and France until its destruction…
Today I will be showing 2 Medals bars, with 2 Decorations each. From all of them, just 1 medal has to do with the First World War. Still, I think…