Pages of History (September): Night Witch

In Pages of History this month, you will find yourself at the center of events that took place in various theaters of war. From the USSR and Germany to Iran and India: participate in battles while using vehicles linked to these historic battles and get some prizes!

From September 1st until September 30th, you will be able to participate in 8 tasks consecutively. Completing each task will grant you a trophy with a reward, completing all of the tasks will earn you a unique profile icon!

Natalya Meklin enlisted in the 588th Bomber Regiment at her own request and was deployed to the front in the summer of 1942, when she was just 19 years old. She took part in the Tuapse Operation, carrying out bombing raids against enemy positions, supply routes, and crossings in the mountainous regions of the Western Caucasus. She continued flying combat missions until the end of the war, rising to the rank of flight commander and being awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

You can purchase this player icon for Golden Eagles until October 3rd (11:30 GMT) without completing tasks. To find it, go to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.

Trophy reward for each task

Completing each individual task will give you a trophy with one of the following rewards:

  • 20-50% RP booster for 3-10 battles
  • 20-50% SL booster for 3-10 battles
  • 3-5 universal backups
  • Premium account for 1 day
  • A random ground vehicle camouflage (out of those that can currently be unlocked or purchased with Golden Eagles)

Other terms

  • Tasks are available from 11:00 GMT until 11:30 GMT on the final day of each task.
  • Tasks can be completed in random battles except for “Assault” mode.

You can read a detailed description of which task is for which day and your overall progress by going to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.


Calendar

September 1st — September 5th

Bryansk Operation

Shortly after the victory at the Battle of Kursk, the Red Army launched an offensive near Bryansk. One of the most powerful partisan formations operated in the surrounding forests; it carried out large-scale acts of sabotage on the railways and joined the battle for the city as regular army units stormed it. Bryansk celebrates City Day on September 17th, marking the date of its liberation during this operation.

September 5th — September 8th

Berlin Victory Parade of 1945

On September 7th 1945, a joint Victory Parade took place in Berlin featuring the USSR, the USA, Great Britain, and France. This was the last large-scale event to bring together all the key Allies of the Second World War. The USSR used the parade to showcase a new piece of hardware: the IS-3 heavy tank; Great Britain displayed the Comet and Cromwell, the USA the M4A3E8 and M24, and France brought its time-tested Shermans.

September 8th — September 12th

Battle of Asal Uttar

The largest tank battle of the Second Indo-Pakistani War took place from September 8th to 10th 1965. Advancing Pakistani forces became bogged down in terrain that had been deliberately flooded and found themselves trapped in a U-shaped pocket. Indian Centurions confidently engaged the immobilized Pakistani Pattons, while pre-ranged artillery and air strikes finished the job. The Pakistanis later dubbed the battlefield the “Graveyard of Pattons”.

September 12th — September 16th

Baltic Operation

From September 14th to November 24th 1944, the Red Army fought the Wehrmacht in the Baltic states. Tallinn was captured on September 22nd and Riga on October 13th. On September 27th, a daring amphibious operation was launched against the Moonsund Archipelago with Finland’s support. As a result of the operation, almost the entire Baltic region came under Soviet control, while Wehrmacht Army Group North found itself trapped in the Courland Pocket.

September 16th — September 19th

Battle of Arracourt

From September 18th to 28th 1944, one of the largest tank battles of the Western Front took place near Arracourt, France. American Shermans faced off against German Panthers and won. Due to poor visibility, the Panthers could not capitalize on their key advantage: accurate, long-range fire. The Americans skillfully executed flanking and rear maneuvers and effectively coordinated with artillery and air support, achieving the near-total defeat of the enemy. By various estimates, Germany lost up to 200 tanks and self-propelled guns in the battle.

September 19th — September 23rd

Battle of Hürtgen Forest

On September 18th 1944, the longest battle in the history of the U.S. Army began. Having entered German territory from the west, American forces became bogged down for months in difficult forest terrain. The Germans were fiercely defending this area while planning a winter counteroffensive nearby in the Ardennes. The Americans suffered heavy casualties from mines, tripwires, and shelling, as well as from exhaustion and frostbite.

September 23rd — September 27th

Tuapse Defensive Operation

On September 25th 1942, the Wehrmacht launched an offensive against Tuapse, a key Soviet port on the Black Sea. The mountainous terrain and autumn weather hampered the advance of armored vehicles, while Soviet forces in the city were supplied by sea. In December, the Germans retreated: first from the Tuapse area and subsequently from the Caucasus altogether.

September 27th — September 30th

Operation Samen-ol-A’emeh

On September 27th-29th 1981, Iranian forces attacked Iraqi troops that had been besieging the city of Abadan for a year. The offensive began at night and was well-coordinated: the Iranians rapidly seized key roads and crossings, paralyzing the Iraqi forces. The city was recaptured, and the strategic initiative in the war shifted to Iran.

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588th Night Bomber Regiment: Time to bring the Po-2 out again!

Related music video:

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This would have been a nice opportunity to make Po-2 reruns but I suppose those are reserved only for hallowen.

pfp is very nice tho

Nice

Very cool picture and history for the night witches, still a shame we don’t see smaller nations nearly as much so any chance we could see Danish Ace Kaj Birksted, Norwegian Ace Svein Heglund? Both flew under the RAF during WW2 and Kaj also flew and commanded his own Norwegian squadron.

Kaj Birksted

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Svein Heglund

Additionally Vice-Admiral Aage Helgesen Vedel got together with other captains and soldiers of our navy to scuttle as much of our fleet as they could when Germany declared they would be using our ships for the war. He is one of the main reasons the Allies believed we weren’t part of the Axis as we had essentially destroyed most of our fleet in retaliation to Germany.

A.H. Vedel

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Strange helmets on the US soldiers at the loading screen.

What will return? Aren’t they just referring to assault arcade here?

Yep I got confused with Advance

Speaking of PO-2

Can you go back to the old system where if you just won a race during the Halloween event you got the PO-2? Rather than making it leaderboard style?

Sabaton time

Odd American helmets in that American image

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Soviet camouflage epaulets xd

It’s not a loading screen, it’s an old WT artwork (I think it’s from 2016).

stona why is this dev blog session so mid why is a simple even more exciting to the playerbase than devblogs😭