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The first usage of the term "flak jacket" refers to the armor originally developed by the Wilkinson Sword company during World War II to help protect Royal Air Force (RAF) aircrew from the flying debris and shell fragments thrown by German anti-aircraft guns' high-explosive shells (flak itself is an abbreviation for the German word ...
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
German infantry weapons in the Askifou War Museum, Crete Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II (1939–1945). ). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment, uniforms, and other equi
Comparative military ranks of World War II; List of equipment used in World War II; Imperial Japanese Army Uniforms; United States Army Uniform in World War II; Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1940–1943; Ranks and insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1943–1955
German anti-aircraft forces (dubbed Flak, an abbreviation of Flugzeugabwehrkanone, '[anti-]aircraft defense cannon') had been organized in the years 1939 and 1940 into Flak Detachments (Flak-Abteilungen), some of which were mobilized for the Battle of France and placed into the newly formed Flak Corps (Flakkorps), I Flak Corps and II Flak Corps, [1]: 363 which were attached to Army Group A, [2 ...
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
"Flak", a class of the Propaganda model advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky; Flak, "flat land" or "flat sandbank", a component of Germanic language area place names, e.g. Flakfortet; Flak jacket, protective clothing worn by soldiers and others to protect themselves from debris and shrapnel
The actions of the Axis' and Allied military or civilian authorities that fit the definition of genocide, or war crimes (including Nazi war crimes, Soviet war crimes, Allied war crimes, Holocaust, Nazi crimes against Soviet POWs et caetera) are left beyond the scope of the present article.