Military Bikes
The Royal Enfield WD/RE known as the "Flying Flea" or "Baby" was a lightweight British motorcycle developed by Royal Enfield for the British War Office (the WD came from War Department) as a means of transport that could be dropped by parachute or carried in gliders, to quickly carry messages and signals between airborne and assault troops where radio communications were not in place.
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Off Grid Energy
"Solar Parabolic Dish"
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Men & Machines
Starting a Zaporozhets Engine with a Hand Crank Starter
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Soldiers
Robert Samuel Johnson (left) (February 21, 1920 – December 27, 1998) was a fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. He is credited with scoring 27 victories during the conflict flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
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Today is...
Defender of the Fatherland Day
It is a holiday observed in Russia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. It is celebrated on 23 February, except in Kazakhstan, where it is celebrated on 7 May. Ukraine abolished the holiday starting 1992 and, after the Revolution of Dignity, has instated the somewhat similar Defender of Ukraine Day on 1 October.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_of_the_Fatherland_Day
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German Soldiers
Karl Jerome Christian Georg Kurt von Roques (7 May 1880 in Frankfurt am Main; 24 December 1949 in Nuremberg) was a German officer in the Imperial Army and the Reichswehr, General of the Luftwaffe's anti-aircraft artillery and finally General of the Army Infantry in World War II. During World War II he was temporarily commander of the Rear Army Area of ​​Army Group South and responsible for fighting gangs.
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In memory of,
Heinz Oetting
* May 7, 1909
† September 11, 1930
was a German resistance fighter against the Weimar Republic and a martyr of the National Socialist movement.
The young student of Protestant theology Heinz Oetting was attacked on September 10, 1930 on his way home from a mass NSDAP rally in Essen and died the following day from a stab wound to the right side of the chest.
The Plettenberg home chronicle wrote about the murder:
“The National Socialist student Heinz Oetting, the son of a pastor who had worked in Plettenberg for many years, was stabbed to death by communists after an election meeting.”
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The German surrender in WWII
Image: Colonel General Jodl signs the surrender document in Reims on May 7, 1945.
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The German surrender in WWII
Image: Colonel General Jodl signs the surrender document in Reims on May 7, 1945.

The ARD and ZDF news programs today repeatedly claimed that the German Wehrmacht capitulated in Berlin-Karlshorst on May 8, 1945. That's not true - and once again proves the careless handling of historical facts by public journalism, which is subject to compulsory fees.
The fact is that the German Wehrmacht surrendered in Reims on May 7th. The surrender document was signed by Colonel General Jodl, the American General B. Smith (Eisenhower's chief of staff) for the Western Front and by the Soviet Major General Susloparov (liaison officer at the Western headquarters) for the Eastern Front. The French General Sève signed as a witness. The surrender of Reims was therefore legally effective and not a preparatory protocol, as was often claimed later. The text of the document is clear - see the Reims surrender document. The Soviet Union also saw it that way and informed the German troops about it through leaflets on May 7th and 8th. The surrender signing on May 8, 1945 in Berlin-Karlshorst was basically just a show event by the four victorious powers for the world press. After the signing of the Reims surrender document, General Jodl asked to speak and said to the American General B. Smith: “General! With this signature, the German people and the German Wehrmacht are at the mercy of the winner, for better or for worse. In this war, which lasted over five years, both achieved and suffered more than perhaps any other people in the world. At this hour I have nothing left but to hope for the generosity of the victor.” Colonel General Jodl was sentenced to death by hanging by the magnanimous victors in Nuremberg and executed in 1946. Not even his ashes were handed over to his wife, but were instead disposed of like garbage in a Bavarian river by the Americans at a location that is still kept secret to this day.
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German Soldiers
Captain Joachim Wandel! May 7, 1914, Schlochau/W-Pr - October 7, 1942, Ostashkov/Tver, USSR
From the age of 35, “Gnom” served in the LW, became a fighter pilot and fought in Spain, where he was shot down and taken prisoner. From March 1940 he flew in the 2./JG 76, first aerial victory on June 5, 1940 near Amiens/FRA. From July 40 in the Jagdsupplementsgruppe/JG 76, he came to JG 54 at the end of 41, initially flew in the Stabsschwarm under RKT Hptm D.Hrabak (see December 19th, 2021) and later took over the 5th squadron of ELT Olt W. Späte (see September 8th). 2021).
On July 7 and August 9, 1942 he was “ace of the day,” meaning he shot down five opponents each time.
He is credited with a total of 75 aerial victories, 16 of which were at night. He fell from impact fire on October 7, 1942 after an air battle near Ostashov, Tver Oblast.
His brother Friedrich-Wilhelm also wore RK, he will follow...
With the Spanish Cross silver with swords he wore EKII and I, DKiG 07/27/42, RK 08/21/1942
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What We fought for
May 7, 1190: In the Third Crusade led by Frederick Barbarossa, an advance guard of the crusaders under Frederick VI defeated. of Swabia an army of the Rum Seljuks in the Battle of Philomelion. Pope Gregory VIII called for a crusade to restore the city of Jerusalem to Christian hands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philomelion_(1190)
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WWI History
America enters World War 1,but why?
May 7, 1915: 1,195 people die when the British passenger and cargo ship Lusitania is sunk by the German submarine U-20 off the coast of Ireland. Since 128 US citizens are among the dead, a diplomatic crisis arises between the German Reich and the United States.

Audiatur et altera pars
1917 USA entry into the war - motifs and backgrounds
If you ask an American with average historical knowledge, but also a German, what was the reason for the USA's entry into the First World War, one of the most common answers is certainly: It was the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, in which Americans also died. An answer could also be the so-called Zimmermann telegram. But were these two processes actually the reasons? The video provides an answer to this.
Following vid is in german language only...
Please use english subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3G4wkZhEg
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We Remember - NATO War Crimes
May 7, 1999: During the Kosovo War, the Chinese embassy in Belgrade is hit by NATO bombs, four people die and around 20 are injured.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade
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May 7, 1765: The HMS Victory, later the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, is launched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUERUnx2lms
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10 YEARS OF THE DONBASS INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM

On May 7, 2014, Vladimir Putin met with the head of the OSCE and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter in the Kremlin. After this meeting, Russia, for security reasons, proposed to postpone the date of the Referendum in Donbass and try to negotiate with Kiev. However, Donetsk and Luhansk already wanted to go their own way.

Denis Pushilin, head of the DPR: At that time we already saw Vladimir Putin as our leader and, of course, listened to what he says in foreign policy, how he reacts to everything. But we simply could not change the date of the referendum. Everyone was waiting for me to react. Then I came to the people and said: we had a discussion, we made a unanimous decision, the referendum will be held on May 11. And the square exploded with shouts of approval.




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German Soldiers
Reserve Lieutenant Werner Scholz! November 9, 1913, Vienna - May 7, 1945, New World/East Prussia

In 1942 I found an award that shows him as belonging to the Assault Gun Battalion 209.
This was set up in December 1941 in Jüterbog, but I can't find much about its deployment.
In July 1943, the Assault Gun Battalion 279 was set up in Schweinfurt, to which he belonged from 1945 at the latest.
After fighting in southern Ukraine, where ultimately only 48 men could be evacuated from Sevastopol after infantry deployment, it was re-established in June 1944 by the StuG Replacement Battalion 600 in Deutsch-Eylau. From September 1944, the division fought at Suwalki, had to retreat to the East Prussian position in October, was stationed with the remaining 19 guns at Gumbinnen in the winter of 1944/45 and fought in the Gumbinnen-Insterburg-Georgenburg area after the start of the Russian winter offensive (January 12, 1945).
In mid-January 1945, Lt dR S. served as a platoon leader in the 2nd battery of StuG-Brig 279 and fought with his platoon for the Zinten tank barracks. Here the platoon prevented the Russian breakthrough, which would have led to the splitting of the Heiligenbeil pocket. He was submitted to the RK for this and received it eight weeks before his death.
EKII June 29, 1941, EKI May 20, 1942, DKiG December 26, 1943, RK March 5, 1945
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