World War II Tanks and Planes

United States' 1/4 Ton Amphibian Truck added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:19:00 +0000

I was just having a conversation the other day how it would be so cool to have an amphibious vehicle. Here I've added one to my site, the Amphibious Jeep.

United States' 1/4 Ton, 4x4, Truck, "Jeep" added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:05:00 +0000

I've now added a page for the American Jeep.

United States' M3A1 Scout Car photos added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Here's some more photos of the M3A1 Scout Car from Life Magazine that was sent to me by Mark Holloway:

British and South African updates

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:38:00 +0000

To reduce the number of blog entries for minor updates, I'll start to combine them when I can. Here's some minor updates for the following:

South Africa: Marmon-Herrington

United Kingdom: Crusader Mk I, Valentine Mk II, Universal Carrier, Cruiser Mk II

Britain's Matilda II Infantry Tank updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:36:00 +0000

Added some minor updates and some clean up for the Matilda II.

Britain's Matilda I Infantry Tank updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:31:00 +0000

I've made some minor updates to the Matilda I Infantry Tank page.

Britain's Bren Gun Carrier updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:07:00 +0000

I've made some updates to the British Bren Carrier.

Britain's Morris CS8 Truck and CS9 Armored Car added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:02:00 +0000

The British Expeditionary Force was the first to use the Morris CS8 GS 15cwt truck and the Morris CS9 Armored Car in it's units. The British armored forces continued to use them after the fall of France.

The Marne, 1914, The Opening of World War I and The Battle That Changed The World, Holger H. Herwig, 2009 review

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:55:00 +0000

I’ve been fortunate that my local library continues to purchase new books and from all sorts of different subject areas. I subscribe to their RSS feed to see what new books are coming in and put holds on the ones I’m interested in. Lately, the past 6 months or so, I’ve been trying to read about other time periods in history. The library has been getting a few books on World War I, and since I know so little about it I pick them up.

The Marne was very detailed in that it started at the initial mobilization of troops that the many different countries that fought in the first months of World War I underwent.
The Marne primarily talks about the battles from the standpoint of the leaders and the commanding generals that fought up to and in the Battle of the Marne.

Holger H. Herwig says that much of his research includes sources that were locked behind the Iron Curtain until the fall of the German Democratic Republic in 1989-1990.

The Germans had hoped that they would mobilize faster than the French, attack them and eliminate them so that they could then focus on the war against Russia as it was felt they would take even longer to mobilize.

The German Armies were able to very quickly fight their way almost to Paris. Herwig goes over what some felt were the mistakes made by some of the German commanders that deprived them of victory. He doesn’t hold any punches back on the failings of the French and British Army commanders that nearly lost the war by their own severe mistakes.

Now there was something strange with this book, it spent 2/3 to 3/4 of its pages leading up to the Battle of the Marne, and then suddenly the battle was over and the post analysis was made by Herwig. Maybe I’m just not clued into the intricacies of what is completely considered the Battle of the Marne.

I did find the book interested for its high level view but I do prefer the books that have the foot soldiers view of the battle more.

Britain's Handley Page Hampden bomber photos added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:06:00 +0000

I've added a couple of photos, from Usenet, of the Handley Page Hampden bomber.

Britain's Cruiser Mk IV, A13 Mk II updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:31:00 +0000

The Cruiser Mk IV has some minor updates made to it.

Britain's Light Tank Mk VI updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:25:00 +0000

I've made some minor updates for the Light Tank Mk VI.

France's Laffly S15T artillery tractor added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:06:00 +0000

Continuing with the addition of some trucks, here's a new page for the French Laffly S15T artillery tractor.

Poland's Polski Fiat PF-618 light truck added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:58:00 +0000

The Polski Fiat PF-618 light truck has now been added.

Britain's Bedford OYD GS 3-Ton truck added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:45:00 +0000

I've added a page for the Bedford OYD GS 3-ton truck.

Britain's Number of Tanks in Units, May 10, 1940 added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:55:00 +0000

Definitely only an approximation of the number of tanks in Britain's units as of May 10, 1940.

France's Citroen-Kegresse P19 added

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:01:00 +0000

I've added a page for another French half track, the Citroen-Kegresse P19. Don't have much information on it or pictures, so if anyone wants to send me some photos that would be great!

France's AMC Schneider P16 half track updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:22:00 +0000

In the late 1920s France produced around 100 of the AMC Schneider P16 half tracks.

France's Char Léger 17R (Renault FT-17) updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:38:00 +0000

Another holdover from World War I, the French Army still had around 1,300 FT-17s in operation when the Germans invaded.

France's Char Léger FCM-36 updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:56:00 +0000

The French built tanks intending for them to just be infantry support. The FCM-36 was such a vehicle that was built in small numbers.

France's Char 2C (FCM-2C) update

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:31:00 +0000

A leftover from World War I, the Char 2C was to be a break through tank however that war ended before it was produced. Only ten were constructed right after World War I and probably eight were operational at the time of the German invasion. One source says the Germans bombed them on their railway flat cars and destroyed them and another says they were destroyed by their crews to avoid being captured.

France's Unic P107 half track updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:03:00 +0000

I've made separate pages for the different half tracks the French Army used during the invasion by Germany that I have listings for. I've updated the Unic P107.

France's Number of Tanks in Units, 1940 updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:17:00 +0000

I've made some more additions to the Number of Tanks in Units page.

Panhard 178 armored car updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:15:00 +0000

The Panhard 178 is now updated.

France's Char B1 bis updated

noreply@blogger.com (wwiivehicles.com) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:30:00 +0000

Keeping up on doing minor updates. This time for the Char B1 bis.