His actions were no worse than those of a U-Boat commander, and a lot of them got medals.Ronald Lameck wrote:And the submarine commander was awarded "Hero of the Soviet Union" for this deed. Makes the word "hero" rather meaningless, doesn't it?
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- Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:23 am
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: Wilhelm Gustloff Anniversary
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5402
Re: Wilhelm Gustloff Anniversary
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:24 am
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: Use of Lufttorpedos by Germany(April-Mai 1940)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2674
Re: Use of Lufttorpedos by Germany(April-Mai 1940)
At the start of WW2, the only Luftwaffe aircraft which could carry an airborne torpedo was the He 59 and the Seeflieger only possessed 30 operational He 59s in four Staffeln. At this time the He 115 was starting to come into service, but due to the fragility of the LT F5 torpedo it couldn’t be carri...
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:22 pm
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: Hitlers Victory
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5222
Re: Hitlers Victory
Hitler was Time Magazine's Man of the Year for 1938. Most people tend to think that this award was a favourable response to Hitler, it wasn't. Time magazine gave him the award due to the fact that it considered him the most influential man of the year, but the article that accompanied the award was...
- Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:04 pm
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: KG200, Facts & Fiction
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10916
Re: KG200, Facts & Fiction
Of the 6 B-17's known to have been used by KG 200, one crashed into a hill in fog("Wulf Hound") , one was shot down by a RAF Mosquito night fighter while on a supply drop to Brest in late 44, and two were shot down in error by German flak guns.
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:29 pm
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Operation Sea Lion
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10237
Re: Operation Sea Lion
Web site on the equipment available to the British army after Dunkirk,
http://www.wwiiequipment.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=61
http://www.wwiiequipment.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=61
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Churchhill vs Hitler
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4056
Re: Churchhill vs Hitler
[Consider if you will Hitlers halt orders for the Panzers outside Dunkirk and his own comments as regards Great Britain. Hitler still (as we might now call all to naively), thought much of Britain as a nation and people and still felt sure that he could make peace with it after the fall of France. ...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Churchhill vs Hitler
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4056
Re: Churchhill vs Hitler
My understanding is that the generals had ordered a halt before he even got involved. He ultimatly supported the halt order but it wasn't his orders that stopped the German army. You are correct, Rundstedt issued the order and Hitler confirmed it later on the same day. It should be noted that the h...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Air Plane Kill Marks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7211
Re: Air Plane Kill Marks
My understanding is that kill markings on USAAF aircraft were unofficial, so there was no standardisation of style or type.
Therefore the use of these symbols would vary for each squadron or fighter group
Therefore the use of these symbols would vary for each squadron or fighter group
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:50 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Question regarding the Firefly
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7845
Re: Question regarding the Firefly
Don't have any stats to offer on Firefly accuracy per se, The 17 pdr was very accurate with rounds other than the early APDS shot but in a related angle -- I do know that they had issues with smoke and dust raised by the concussion of firing obscuring observation of the target after firing. This ma...
- Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:42 am
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: U-Boot Escort Sinking
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3744
Re: U-Boot Escort Sinking
Isn't an even more alert crew on an escort ship the last thing a U-boat crew would want ?John W. Howard wrote:Hi Phylo:
It just seems that it might have been wise to, on occasion, remind the escorts that they could be targets too and put the grain of self-preservation into their minds. .
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Need Details on US M1 57mm ATG
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2746
Re: Need Details on US M1 57mm ATG
"I know only AP rounds were standard issue to US forces. How many rounds were standard issue? how many could the PCs haul in a jeep/kubel or APC?" The HE shells arrived late but the US got some - as many rounds as thought useful I suppose: they came in cylindrical containers themselves st...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:00 am
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: Anyone have data on this British sub?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6700
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:15 pm
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: Luftwaffe's decline
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7909
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:31 am
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: Me 163 night fighters: inquiry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3740
Re: Me 163 night fighters: inquiry
Does anyone have information that would confirm the operational use of the Me 163 in a night fighter role? I had always assumed this not to be the case. However, interviews with two Bomber Command aircrew claiming to have seen them at the end of 1944 suggest otherwise. One description in particular...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:13 am
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: Jewish Officers/Sailors in the Kreigsmarine
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8136
Re: Jewish Officers/Sailors in the Kriegsmarine
While a number of people with ancestors of the Jewish faith did serve in the German Navy in WW2, I know of no cases where an actual member of the Jewish faith served in this service during WW2, they were all members of various Christian religious faiths. In truth, outside of Nazi Germany and its ins...