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Of course we're talking about (eventually Squadron Leader) Wladyslaw G ny s :wink: Regards, Michal Jungiewicz Hi Michal, Had to double check, but yes, they are one and the same. Do you have any idea why he published his book using the spelling Wlade k rather than Wladyslaw ? A very interesting and ...

All sick, evil villains need a sidekick:

The Polish fighter pilot, Wladek Gyns, was first ordered to Romania and then took a ship, via Malta, to Marseilles (a main gathering for Poles in France). Gyns and a Polish squadron then fought, rather desperately, together with the French air force for a short time. After parting with the doomed Fr...

According to the Stroop report itself; Units used in the action. Average number of personnel used per day. SS Staff & Police Leader 6/5 Waffen SS: SS Panzer Grenadier Training and Reserve Battalion 3, Warsaw 4/440 SS Cav. Training and Res Bat. Warsaw 5/381 Police: SS Police Regiment 22 I. Bat. 3/94 ...

Hi Guys,

Lets not forget the significant, arguably critical, role the Allied bombing campaign had on Germany and her ability to sustain and wage war.

Regards,

André

Thanks for the extra info guys.

It's intrigued me and I think I'll look into a little further.

Cheers,

André

I’ve just been reading “ Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45 ” by John Nichol & Tony Fennell and an interesting topic crops up regarding Luftwaffe “suicide” missions against American and British bombers in 1945. The authors detail a last ditch and rather desperate plan (hat...

Old-style weight training for toning rather than building, involving ten or so exercises a session, each exercise involving a series of twelve or fifteen movements, each series repeated three times with short pauses in-between. Free weights vastly preferable to guided weights, as the whole mind and...

Crikey. I don’t know where to start. I’ve haven’t been on here for several months, and true to form, Feldgrau never ceases to amaze! Firstly I’d like to thank all those that helped me with my quest to find out what happened to my wife’s great uncle. Special thanks to Michael Kenny and to von Salza (...

Rixh,

Many thanks for your very useful information. I'll definately follow that up.

Cheers,

André

I was very moved by the Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph in London yesterday. Laying wreaths were three of the last surviving British veterans of World War One. Harry Patch aged 110 served in the infantry and fought at Ypres. Henry Allingham, aged 112 (the oldest man in Europe!) is the last survi...

It recently transpired that my wife’s great uncle died (aged 22) on the first day of Operation Goodwood in Northern France on the 18th July 1944. He was a Trooper in ‘B’ squadron of the 23rd Hussars (Sherman Tanks), 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division. I know the basic outline of what happ...

I thoroughly enjoyed Cornelius Ryan’s A Bridge Too Far regarding the Battle of Arnhem and the whole operation (Market Garden). It was a long time ago since I read it, but I remember it being well researched and that it read very easily. In fact I couldn’t put it down. The maps weren’t brilliant in i...

Well, that format is the most unsuitable one from my POV. Reading such texts on screen is simply a no-no for me and printing it is very expensive. So it really isn´t for free. It’s online and you don’t have to pay or subscribe. Of course it’s free. Try looking at the positives, not the negatives. I...

Timo,

Thanks for useful and detailed post yesterday, regarding the interrogations.

Regards,

André