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Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War ...
The BMW R75 is a World War II -era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW. The BMW R75 stands out by its integral two-wheel drive design, with drive shafts to both its rear wheel and the third side-car wheel, from a locking differential, as well as a transfer case offering both road and off-road gear ratios ...
76.2 mm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf D: 76.2 mm antitank gun on a Panzer II Ausf D chassis 76.2 mm PaK 36(r) auf Panzerjäger Selbstfahrlafette Zugkraftwagen 5t: 76.2 mm Soviet antitank gun on a Sd.Kfz. 6: 77 mm WD Schlepper 50PS: 77 mm gun mounted on a Schlepper 50PS: 88 mm FlaK 18 auf Zugkraftwagen 12t
Germany and the Second World War. Germany and the Second World War ( German: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg) is a 12,000-page, 13-volume work published by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (DVA), that has taken academics from the military history centre of the German armed forces 30 years to finish. [ 1][ 2]
The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel on 8 May 1945 ( VE Day) in Karlshorst, Berlin. After German leader Adolf Hitler 's suicide and handing over of power to grand admiral Karl Dönitz on the last day of April 1945 ...
Category. : World War II military vehicles of Germany. Appearance. This category is for articles about military vehicles developed by Germany and introduced during the World War II period. For earlier vehicles see Category:Interwar military vehicles of Germany.
Japan, South Korea and Poland [citation needed] are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years. [ 17][ 18][ 19] South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early 1990s.
The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A winter edition of the games was subsequently created; the first edition was organized by the Italian ...