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Fw: Re: Aircrew lynchings	30 Jun 2004 16:37 GMT	1
Someone posted: > >It would be interesting to know the motivation of the Luftwaffe > >or Wehrmacht people who intervened to save the downed > >Allied aircrews. Was it some sort of military respect
Re: P-61 Black Widow	29 Jun 2004 18:11 GMT	8
"Dave" <davew50789@aol.combeehive> wrote in message news:cb7kh2$4k9@gazette.corp.bcm.tmc.edu... > Interesting. I thought that the P-61 had a good combat record in both Europe > and the Pacific. I assumed that the reason that we don't see more historical
On D-Day, 80% of the German military was fighting Russia	29 Jun 2004 18:09 GMT	13
Is there a counter to the argument that the importance of D-Day is over blown because 80% of the Nazi forces were committed to the Eastern front fight with Russia? http://www.counterpunch.org/dday06042004.html
Calais	29 Jun 2004 18:09 GMT	14
I saw a show about smashing the German defenses on June 6th, D day. Calais was very well defended and the rest of the sectors were still catching up. Fortifications were not near done. I wonder if the German's could have done something similer to what the allies did with ...
WWII US Counter Intelligence and Recruitment	29 Jun 2004 16:39 GMT	1
I am currently researching a family member lost during WWII, and I was wondering if anyone out there with knowledge of counter intelligence and recruitment strategies could help me out. My main question is were there ANY US groups that would recruit soldiers under the guise
Battlefield Typewriters and Mimeographs	29 Jun 2004 00:51 GMT	3
The quantity of typed documents coming out of each Company and Battalion and every other unit all the way up was really a lot -- status reports (Morning Reports, After Action Reports, Journals), operation instructions, General and Special Orders, commendations, equipment requests, ...
Fw: Chinese/US/British Identification Hanky	28 Jun 2004 16:56 GMT	3
"Pete Hughes" <hughes309@hotmail.com> wrote June 23 about a relative: > his box of war-era souvenirs has this 11" x 14" four-flag > 'hanky' of very lightweight material:
Casualities	28 Jun 2004 16:55 GMT	2
I havw tried to find numbers of casualities in the D-Day, but obviously google is too difficult for me. Can anybody give me an URL where these numbers can be foud?
The sylinder box the germans soldiers wore	28 Jun 2004 00:12 GMT	5
what was it for, holding granades ?
Evolution of puttees and weights in pants?	28 Jun 2004 00:12 GMT	2
IIRC, Cdn forces used 9mm spent rounds (Sten Gun ammo?) stuffed inside shoelaces for pant weights. 1. The weights were put on over the bare leg under the pants. 2. Boots were then put on, puttees wrapped around the end of the pant leg,
Warsaw Rising - Forgotten Soldiers of WW II	26 Jun 2004 07:05 GMT	5
recently, about 3 weeks ago on CNN I saw full program about Warsaw Rising of 1944, the event that is nearly completely forgotten in Western media (because of not much proud betrayal of Western politicians according to the above event).
Smallest ASW vessel to sink U boats?	25 Jun 2004 17:09 GMT	9
The smallest Asw vessel I know of to sink a U Boat was an 82 ft sub chaser - CS13 of the Cuban Navy which accounted for the U 176 on May 15 1943 off Cal Sail Bank. There were a number of sinkings by 165 ft Coast Guard
Chinese/US/British Identification Hanky	24 Jun 2004 16:57 GMT	1
My father-in-law was a gunner on a supply ship owned by the Army, operated by the Navy, and crewed by the Coast Guard. He says his ship looked a lot like the one in the longer shots in _Mister. Roberts_: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/ArmyFSHankRogers.html
Roosevelt knew before the attack on Pearl Harbor?? Any truth to this?	24 Jun 2004 01:09 GMT	14
According to a website called threeworldwars.com, they believe or have evidence that Roosevelt knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor before it started. The story begins on September 1, 1939, when the war started, Roosevelt was asked by a reporter whether America would stay
Hitler's Death....Was he alone?	23 Jun 2004 16:36 GMT	12
Was Hitler alone when he chose to shoot himself? Was there any particular reason he chose that moment? eg. Was he in a position to be captured? What ever happened to the body?