Category Archives: Waffen-SS

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: April

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] April 1st April 1st, 1945: In the East, bitter fighting rages in the western suburbs of the fortress city of Breslau. In the Southeast, the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front (Tolbukhin) reaches Wiener Neustadt in its advance toward Vienna.In the West, the US Ninth […]

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: July

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] July 1st July 1st, 1940: German troops complete the occupation of the ChannelIslands, the only British territory ever captured by Germany duringWWII. The French government of Marshal Petain moves from Bordeaux toVichy. Marshal Balbo is replaced by Marshal Graziani as C-in-C ofItalian forces […]

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: March

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] March 1st March 1st, 1941: Bulgaria joins the Tripartite Pact of Germany, Italy and Japan,following Slovakia, Rumania and Hungary. March 1st, 1943: On the central front in the East, German troops begin theevacuation of the Rshev area. March 1st, 1945: In the West, […]

Croatian Axis Forces in WWII

On December 1st, 1918, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was proclaimed, a creation of the Treaty of Versailles. This new country was to unite the …