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  1. 1 Formation and unit restructures. 2 Service in World War II. 2.1 Invasion of Poland, campaign in the West and the Balkans. 2.2 Invasion of the Soviet Union. 2.3 Service in the Mediterranean. 2.4 Defence of the Southern Front. 2.5 Back to Germany. 3 Commanding officers. 3.1 Geschwaderkommodore. 3.2 Gruppenkommandeure. 3.2.1 I./JG 77.

  2. Jun 9, 2017 · Civilian Deaths in WW2. 320,000. - Civ Deaths from Holocaust. 277,000. Contributor: C. Peter Chen. Czechoslovakia was founded in Oct 1918 at the end of WW1, carved out of the defeated Austro-Hungarian Empire, inheriting some of Austria-Hungary's heavy industries. In the 1930s, as the Nazi Party gained power in Germany, the ethnic Germans in ...

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  4. Nov 18, 2015 · In June 1939, three months before to the start of World War II, German rider George Meier won the famous British Isle of Man TT, the first for a foreign rider on a foreign bike. In addition to the vaunted 750cc R75, BMW also supplied the military more than 36,000 side valve R12 motorcycles. The Wehrmacht used the following BMW models: R4, R12 ...

  5. Jagdgeschwader II (Fighter Wing II, or JG II) was the Imperial German Air Service 's second fighter wing. Established because of the great success of Manfred von Richthofen 's preceding Jagdgeschwader I wing, Jagdgeschwader II and Jagdgeschwader III were founded on 2 February 1918. JG II was assigned four squadrons nominally equipped with 14 ...

  6. As such perhaps a million troops from the WEST could have turned on Russia and Russia would have been crushed. Britain was in no shape to do launch any campaigns against Germany as the U.S. would not have been a major supporter. The minute Hitler declared war against the U.S. he was fighting a two front war.

  7. The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on 20 December 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, 2nd Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown 's B-17F Flying Fortress Ye Olde Pub of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was severely damaged by German fighters. Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler had the opportunity to shoot down the ...

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