By James Miller
The arrival and deployment of the Royal Flying Corps' Airco DH 2 in 1916 successfully eradicated the 'scourge' of aerial dominance loved by way of the Fokker Eindecker monoplanes. Spearheaded by way of No 24 Sqn and led by way of Victoria pass recipient Lanoe Hawker, the ungainly but nimble DH 2 - with its rotary engine 'pusher' configuration affording very good visibility and putting off the necessity for a synchronised computing device gun - had wrested air superiority from the Germans through the spring after which maintained it during the conflict of the Somme that summer time. although, through autumn German reorganisation had noticeable the beginning of the Jagdstaffel and arrival of the recent Albatros D II, a graceful inline-engined desktop outfitted for velocity and twin-gun firepower. hence, for the rest of the 12 months an epic fight for aerial superiority raged above the horrors of the Somme battlefields, pitting the manoeuvrable but under-gunned DH 2s - which have been additionally affected by sundry engine malfunctions - opposed to the fewer nimble but greater armed and quicker Albatros D IIs. after all the Germans could regain air superiority, 3 squadron commanders - of whom have been thought of pinnacles in their respective air forces - may lose their lives, and an up-and-coming pilot (Manfred von Richthofen) could triumph in a mythical dogfight and achieve unimagined heights scuffling with with strategies realized from a fallen mentor.
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The first of the new tank divisions was committed to the fighting, consisting of two T-26 battalions, the remnants of the International Tank Regiment, and other supporting units with a total of 104 tanks. The division was not used as a unified force nor had it ever been intended to be used as such. Instead, component battalions were assigned to support various divisional attacks. The fighting took place under difficult circumstances – extremely cold weather, The most widely manufactured armored vehicle in Spain during the war was the UNL-35 armored car built in Valencia on a light truck chassis.
The last major campaign in which Soviet tank crews participated was the bitter fighting for Teruel from December 15, 1937, to February 22, 1938. The first of the new tank divisions was committed to the fighting, consisting of two T-26 battalions, the remnants of the International Tank Regiment, and other supporting units with a total of 104 tanks. The division was not used as a unified force nor had it ever been intended to be used as such. Instead, component battalions were assigned to support various divisional attacks.
Com A pair of BT-5 fast tanks knocked out during the fighting along the Ebro near Caspe in April 1938. These were survivors of the ill-fated tank charge by the International Tank Brigade at Fuentes de Ebro on October 13, 1937. (NARA) F The fiasco at Fuentes de Ebro on October 13, 1937, was the swansong of the Soviet tank force in Spain. While Soviet tankers would continue to act as advisers, the number of Soviet tank crews continued to diminish and the force became mostly Spanish by the end of 1937.