𝕽𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖘

Schwerer Gustav was a German heavy 800mm railway gun. The cannon weighed 1350 tonnes, and the shell weight was 7 tonnes. The railway gun shot in the radius of 47 km. The gun itself was used in siege of Sevastopol, siege of Leningrad. However, 𝔖𝔠𝔥𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔯 𝔊𝔲𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔳 was destroyed by the Germans itself to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 𝔚𝔲̈𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔯. The Fw 190A started flying operationally over France in August 1941, and quickly proved superior in all but turn radius to the Royal Air Force's main front-line fighter, the Spitfire Mk. V, particularly at low and medium altitudes. The 190 maintained superiority over Allied fighters until the introduction of the improved Spitfire Mk. IX. In November/December 1942, the Fw 190 made its air combat debut on the Eastern Front, finding much success in fighter wings and specialized ground attack units called 𝕾𝖈𝖍𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖙𝖌𝖊𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖜𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖗 (Battle Wings or Strike Wings) from October 1943 onwards.

𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔥𝔩𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔪 is German for "steel helmet". The Stahlhelm, with its distinctive "coal scuttle" shape, was instantly recognizable. The rounded edges provided better protection against shell fragments.

Bismarck battleship was the first of two 𝔅𝔦𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔨-𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔰 battleships built for Germany's 𝕶𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖌𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖊.  Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. 𝔐𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔱 𝔅𝔣 109 was one of the most advanced fighters of the era, including such features as all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear. It was powered by a liquid-cooled, inverted-V12 aero engine. The Bf 109 was flown by the three top-scoring German fighter aces of World War II, who claimed 928 victories among them while flying with 𝔍𝔞𝔤𝔡𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔴𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯 52, mainly on the Eastern Front.

Under the “𝔈𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔯 𝔎𝔞𝔫𝔷𝔩𝔢𝔯”, Otto von Bismarck, Germany grew from a loose confederation of weak states to a unified empire. His smart and dashing way of making politics led to the extension of German borders and the rapid growth of German industry.

Tiger IIs on the move in 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔠𝔥 (France), June 1944 . The official name of Tiger II tank is Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B. The informal name in German is  𝕶𝖔̈𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖗, which is translated into Royal Tiger, and incorrectly by the allies is King Tiger.

Tiger I in 𝔑𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔣𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔠𝔥 (Northern France), March 1944. The official name of Tiger I tank is Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E.

Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class "𝔓𝔞𝔫𝔷𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔣𝔣" (armored ship) served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. Comissioned January 1936, sank on 17 December 1939 by the British cruisers. It was medium sized “pocket” battleship.

𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖇𝖊𝖓𝖐𝖆̈𝖒𝖕𝖋𝖊 (Trench warfare) is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. The most famous use of trench warfare is the Western Front in World War I. It has become a byword for stalemate, attrition, sieges, and futility in conflict.

𝕻𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖑𝖍𝖆𝖚𝖇𝖊 (pickelhaube) is a spiked helmet worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by German military, firefighters, and police. Although typically associated with the Prussian Army, which adopted it in 1842–43, the helmet was widely imitated by other armies during this period. It is still worn today as part of ceremonial wear in the militaries of certain countries.

Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918 shortly before Germany’s defeat in World War I. Great speech, but the words led him to inevitable war. The German Empire at that time was known as 𝔎𝔞𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔠𝔥.

German column of panzers and mechanized infantry advancing through Ukraine, June 1942, typifying fast-moving combined arms forces of classic Blitzkrieg.

Blitzkrieg is a method of warfare whereby an attacking force, spearheaded by a dense concentration of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent’s line of defense by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them with the help of air superiority. Through the employment of combined arms in manoeuvre warfare, blitzkrieg attempts to unbalance the enemy by making it difficult for it to respond to the continuously changing front, then defeat it in a decisive 𝔙𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔱𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔱.