An unlucky Schwere Kampfwagen IX (SKIX) destroyed in anambush near La Gleize by the Belgian resistance, 1944.
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An unlucky Schwere Kampfwagen IX (SKIX) destroyed in anambush near La Gleize by the Belgian resistance, 1944.
The Tanque Liviano Yacaré.
After the fall of Britain, Michael Dewar began a long journey that, eventually, ended in 1936 when he settled in Buenos Aires. La Plata was one of the big powers of South America and it was re-arming herself very fast. Thus, he accepted an offer from the Argentinian goverment to work at Fábrica Platense Militar de Municiones de Armas Portátiles (FAPMMAP) [Military Munitions Factory for Handheld Weapons of La Plata] under the name of Pedro Matthies. Dewar moved to Córdoba in late 1937 with some of his British and Canadian co-workers he had recruited after being offered the job at the FAMMAP. While there, Dewar worked together with Lieutenant Colonel Alfredo Aquiles Baisi to design the Tanque Liviano Yacaré (Light Tank Yacaré), which was to inspired the US designers to create the T6 Medium tank.
The Yacaré was armed with an enloganted version of the 75 mm Krupp Model 1909 Field Gun used by the Platensian Army in a rotating armored turret. Too lightly armoured, the Yacaré was only used to train future tank crews.
The Tanque Mediano Nahuel.
Dewar then proposed a heavier version armed with a 105 mm gun, the Nahuel. This new design was enthusiastically supported by Colonel Juan Domingo Perón, General Edelmiro Farrell, and Counter Admiral Alberto Tesaire and it was lavishly funded by the government of La Plata. The armament was changed to a 90 mm gun based on a local design, and the effort employed around 80 different factories and establishments, with all three elements of the Fuerzas Armadas de la República de La Plata [Eng. Armed Forces of the Republic of La Plata] being involved in the development. The Air Force supplied the engines, which were licensed and modified Lorraine-Dietrich 21BE’s manufactured by Fabrica Militar de Aviones [Plane Military Factory] between 1935 and 1936 and the Navy offered its ship armor laboratory and the communication system, which Oscar Baisi, Alfredo Baisi’s brother, worked on.
Nahuel tanks being assembled in Esteban de Luca.
In 1940 the Nahuel was placed into production and was first shown off to the public in an exhibition on June 4th 1941. The initial order of 360 Nahuels was reduced in 1942 to 250, 150 of them rearmed with the British 17 Pounder (76.2 mm/3 in) gun. In 1978 the Nahuel suffered its most notable modernization, when its firepower was greatly increased by mounting a 105 mm L44/57 FTR gun produced by Fábrica Militar de Río Tercero.
The last Nahuel remained in service with the Platense army until May 1998.
Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and Empress of India sitting on a chair in a courtyard, probably in Halifax, Canada in 1940
Catherine of Greece and Denmark, youngest daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophia of Prussia, born in 1913, the young and beautiful Greek princess caught the attention of King Edward VIII in the late 1930s, which caused quite a stir in Canadian newspapers buzz about the king's romance with the Greek princess. The two were introduced by relatives and got along well, being photographed together at numerous parties throughout the Dominion of Canada, becoming officially engaged on January 08, 1938.
The British and Greek royal families gather at the wedding of King Edward VIII and Katherine of Greece and Denmark in Ottawa, Canada on May 21, 1938
King Edward and Katherine of Greece and Denmark were married in a lavish ceremony in Ottawa on May 21, 1938, although their marriage was made out of mutual feelings, it also served to consolidate the alliance between the Entente and the newly formed the Hellenic Empire, the wedding took place less than a month after the end of Canadian intervention in the Second American Civil War and the defeat of the Combined Unions of America, while a feeling of preparation for the recovery of the home islands spread throughout the empire, this would prove correct because a few weeks later the Savoy Crisis would lead to the beginning of the Second Weltkrieg after the French invasion of Switzerland on July 16, 1938.
Queen Katherine of the United Kingdom attends a charity event in Marlborough without the presence of King Edward VIII in August 1947, a scene increasingly common in the 1940s
After several years of marriage, King Edward and Queen Catherine were unable to have a child, despite years of repeated attempts in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Queen Catherine showed no signs of any possible pregnancy in almost six years of marriage, because of this their marriage became increasingly cold and distant, although the couple remained together through the period of the Liberation of Britain (1943-1944) and the period of the British Reconstruction Authority (1944-1946). After the end of the Second Weltkrieg, Queen Catherine spent much of her time attending functions separate from the king, also making some extended trips to her homeland in Greece, in 1948 most reluctantly returning to her husband's side, the separation would become final after the abdication of Edward VIII in 1952
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Princess Elizabeth of York, pictured in her ATS uniform, having served as a mechanic in the Second Weltkrieg, April 1943, Dominion of Canada
Elizabeth of York was born on April 21, 1926 as the daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Government House, Halifax in Nova Scotia, Elizabeth was born less than five months after the arrival of the British royal family to the in exile in Canada in December 1925, being the first member of the royal family to be born in exile, her birth was seen with a certain melancholy by her family. Elizabeth grew up among exiles in Canada, living a quiet country life on the family estate in Halifax relatively far from the media spotlight, being third in the British line of succession behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, although Although her birth generated public interest, she was not expected to become queen, as Edward was still young and would probably marry and have children of his own, who would precede Elizabeth in the line of succession. When her grandfather, King George V, died in 1936 and her uncle succeeded as Edward VIII, she became second in line to the throne, after her father.
When the Second Weltkrieg broke out on 16 July 1938, young Elizabeth was 12 years old, Elizabeth and her younger sister Margaret remained relatively out of the War effort, although the princesses performed Christmas pantomimes in aid of the Queen's Wool Fund in Government House and participated in parties to raise funds for war, in 1942 Elizabeth joined the ATS and trained as a driver and mechanic, although she was only 16 years old. On January 15, 1944, Elizabeth and her sister Margaret mingled incognito with the celebrating crowds in the streets of Ottawa during the celebrations for the surrender of the Union of Britain that day, it would be on June 16, 1944 that the young Princess Elizabeth would step into the first time in Great Britain, when he disembarked with his family in Portsmouth.
Princess Elizabeth of York and her husband Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on their wedding day on November 20, 1947
Elizabeth of York would meet her future husband in 1938, during preparations for the wedding of King Edward VIII to Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Philip being the son of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark and, therefore, Catherine's first cousin, the two began exchanging letters during the years of the Second Weltkrieg. With the end of the war and the Liberation of Great Britain in 1944, Elizabeth's uncle, King Edward VIII began to educate her to succeed him, previously it was not expected that Elizabeth would inherit the throne, but after more than six years of marriage without any sign of children King Edward and Queen Katherine's relationship became increasingly cold and distant, the tired King Edward also believed that the new Britain needed to forget its traumatic past and Elizabeth's youthful figure was perfect for this role.
Philip and Elizabeth became officially engaged on 9 July 1947 after nine years of dating, marrying on 20 November 1947, the wedding was the first royal wedding held in Britain since the British Revolution of 1925 and was attended by the participation of several leaders from around the world, both from the Entente and the Reichspakt, Kaiser Wilhelm III would quote that "A royal wedding in Great Britain is the best sign that things are returning to normal on that island", although he had resigned to his rights to the Greek throne and converted to Anglicanism, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was allowed to retain his Greek and Danish royal titles and his children to adopt the surname of the royal House of Glücksburg, Elizabeth and Philip's marriage would be very happy and would produce five children: Edward Albert (1948), Alice (1950), Mary (1953), George (1957) and James (1962)
Prince Albert Frederick, Duke of York gives a speech to the Canadian population on the radio after being named Viceroy of Canada, November 02, 1944
With the Liberation of Great Britain in 1944 and the return of the British royal family to the home islands, there was great uncertainty about Canada's status in the new Status Quo, Canada had been the center of the British Empire in recent years and many Canadians did not like it. the idea of being abandoned in this way. On June 14, 1944, an Act of Parliament approved the elevation of Canada to the Status of Kingdom, which gave Canada a status that the other Kingdoms of the Commonwelth could not enjoy, created its own House of Lords to replace the Senate, this being composed of native Canadian nobles and British nobles who had chosen to stay in Canada after Liberation, and the creation of the Office of Viceroy, a member of the royal family who should serve as the King's greatest representative until the day of his death. The person chosen as the first representative of the position was obviously the younger brother of King Edward VIII, Prince Albert Frederick, Duke of York, the Duke would remain in office until his death in April 27, 1966.
I like the idea that Canada is rewarded in some way after helping the Exiles return. Makes the ending for Canada feel a little more satisfying, even if the change is primarily cosmetic.
Princess Elizabeth of York, pictured in her ATS uniform, having served as a mechanic in the Second Weltkrieg, April 1943, Dominion of Canada
Elizabeth of York was born on April 21, 1926 as the daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Government House, Halifax in Nova Scotia, Elizabeth was born less than five months after the arrival of the British royal family to the in exile in Canada in December 1925, being the first member of the royal family to be born in exile, her birth was seen with a certain melancholy by her family. Elizabeth grew up among exiles in Canada, living a quiet country life on the family estate in Halifax relatively far from the media spotlight, being third in the British line of succession behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, although Although her birth generated public interest, she was not expected to become queen, as Edward was still young and would probably marry and have children of his own, who would precede Elizabeth in the line of succession. When her grandfather, King George V, died in 1936 and her uncle succeeded as Edward VIII, she became second in line to the throne, after her father.
When the Second Weltkrieg broke out on 16 July 1938, young Elizabeth was 12 years old, Elizabeth and her younger sister Margaret remained relatively out of the War effort, although the princesses performed Christmas pantomimes in aid of the Queen's Wool Fund in Government House and participated in parties to raise funds for war, in 1942 Elizabeth joined the ATS and trained as a driver and mechanic, although she was only 16 years old. On January 15, 1944, Elizabeth and her sister Margaret mingled incognito with the celebrating crowds in the streets of Ottawa during the celebrations for the surrender of the Union of Britain that day, it would be on June 16, 1944 that the young Princess Elizabeth would step into the first time in Great Britain, when he disembarked with his family in Portsmouth.
Princess Elizabeth of York and her husband Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on their wedding day on November 20, 1947
Elizabeth of York would meet her future husband in 1938, during preparations for the wedding of King Edward VIII to Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Philip being the son of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark and, therefore, Catherine's first cousin, the two began exchanging letters during the years of the Second Weltkrieg. With the end of the war and the Liberation of Great Britain in 1944, Elizabeth's uncle, King Edward VIII began to educate her to succeed him, previously it was not expected that Elizabeth would inherit the throne, but after more than six years of marriage without any sign of children King Edward and Queen Katherine's relationship became increasingly cold and distant, the tired King Edward also believed that the new Britain needed to forget its traumatic past and Elizabeth's youthful figure was perfect for this role.
Philip and Elizabeth became officially engaged on 9 July 1947 after nine years of dating, marrying on 20 November 1947, the wedding was the first royal wedding held in Britain since the British Revolution of 1925 and was attended by the participation of several leaders from around the world, both from the Entente and the Reichspakt, Kaiser Wilhelm III would quote that "A royal wedding in Great Britain is the best sign that things are returning to normal on that island", although he had resigned to his rights to the Greek throne and converted to Anglicanism, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was allowed to retain his Greek and Danish royal titles and his children to adopt the surname of the royal House of Glücksburg, Elizabeth and Philip's marriage would be very happy and would produce five children: Edward Albert (1948), Alice (1950), Mary (1953), George (1957) and James (1962)
Prince Albert Frederick, Duke of York gives a speech to the Canadian population on the radio after being named Viceroy of Canada, November 02, 1944
With the Liberation of Great Britain in 1944 and the return of the British royal family to the home islands, there was great uncertainty about Canada's status in the new Status Quo, Canada had been the center of the British Empire in recent years and many Canadians did not like it. the idea of being abandoned in this way. On June 14, 1944, an Act of Parliament approved the elevation of Canada to the Status of Kingdom, which gave Canada a status that the other Kingdoms of the Commonwelth could not enjoy, created its own House of Lords to replace the Senate, this being composed of native Canadian nobles and British nobles who had chosen to stay in Canada after Liberation, and the creation of the Office of Viceroy, a member of the royal family who should serve as the King's greatest representative until the day of his death. The person chosen as the first representative of the position was obviously the younger brother of King Edward VIII, Prince Albert Frederick, Duke of York, the Duke would remain in office until his death in April 27, 1966.