Tag: Luftwaffe

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18th August 1940: “The Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain during the Second World War

18th August 2026
Tagged as: Battle of Britain, Blitz, Britain, Germany, Hardest Day, Luftwaffe, RAF, Royal Air Force, Second World War, World War 2, World War II

“The Hardest Day” saw the Luftwaffe lose more than 60 aircraft, while the RAF lost around 30 fighters together with experienced pilots whose replacement was increasingly difficult.

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16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland

16th October 2023
Tagged as: Air Raid, Aircraft, Britain, German, Luftwaffe, Scotland, Second World War, Spitfire

The light cruiser HMS Southampton and the destroyer Mohawk were damaged, while sixteen Royal Navy sailors died and 44 were injured.

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26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

26th February 2023
Tagged as: Aircraft, Germany, Goering, Hitler, Luftwaffe, Nazi, Soviet Union, Spanish Civil War, Treaty of Versailles, USSR

The German Empire established its first air force, the Fliegertruppe, in 1910 which saw extensive action in the First World War.

Tag: Luftwaffe

18th August 1940: “The Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain during the Second World War

16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland

26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

4th September 476: End of the Western Roman Empire when Romulus Augustulus is overthrown by the barbarian general Odoacer

3rd September 1260: Battle of Ain Jalut allows the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt to permanently halt the Mongol advance

1st September 1604: The Sikh Adi Granth first installed at the Golden Temple

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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