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- Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:49 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: FM Alexander
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4361
Re: FM Alexander
Another thing about FM Alexander is the fact that had he not interfeared with Churchill on Montys behalf during the early days of Alexander-Montgomerys time in Egypt. Then Montgomery would without doubt been sacked for incompentence. Now Monty were able to work in peace and able to use Auchinleks pl...
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:24 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Why was Dowding Kicked Out?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11253
Hello Rodger True, Monty never served in the Indian army, but he served in India. However Alexander did, he commanded the Nowshera Brigde in Northen India. What I was trying to say was that even though there was some rivalry between the Indian Army and the British Army, there was never any kind of r...
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:41 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Why was Dowding Kicked Out?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11253
Hello Rodger I am not so sure about the Indian Army thing. Both FM Lord Alexander and Monty served in the Indian Army. Part because there were opportunities for field experience, and (in Montys case) a subaltern or lowranking officer without any means could support himself there. However, the Auk wa...
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:25 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Why was Dowding Kicked Out?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11253
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:15 am
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: Range of Main Guns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7874
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:41 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Why was Dowding Kicked Out?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11253
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:26 am
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: Range of Main Guns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7874
- Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:44 pm
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: Range of Main Guns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7874
- Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:04 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Colonel Bogey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2891
- Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:51 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Why was Dowding Kicked Out?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11253
Another aspect of sacking Dowding, is that there are usually no great men, but the best man for particular job. And the men mentioned in this topic, Montgomery, Mountbatten and Dowding, were, like for example Gort (France 40), Spruance and Fletcher (Midway) just the right man for that particular sit...
- Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:04 pm
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Adolph or Adolf?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3279
Herr Hitlers name
Hello everybody, especially Dr Krollspell There are som interesting information concerning Herr H on http://www.faktoider.nu/. Unfortunatly, the site is mainly in swedish. Perhaps Herr Dr K may translate it for Your conveniance, as we all know, he is a teacher and have plenty of time on his hands......
- Tue Dec 27, 2005 5:50 pm
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: Range of Main Guns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7874
Range of Main Guns
Hallo everybody, I have been looking for the effective/maximum range of the main guns of the two BB/BC KMS Scharnhorst and KMS Gneisenau. The statistics for the guns of the Bismarck and the Tirpitz are fairly easy to find, as well as the Crusiers and Pocket-Battleships, but not the BB/BC's. However,...
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:17 pm
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: German Navy's Aircraft Carrier
- Replies: 209
- Views: 142380
Carrier escorts
I do believe that the designers of the Iowa class of battleship would have disagreed about the fact that BB's never escorted aircraft carriers. The reason why the modern US battleships of WWII had all those AA guns and their high speed was that they were supposed to operate together with the fast ca...
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:03 pm
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: aircraft carrier's
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8000
New or rebuilt
I might have expressed myself somewhat confusing. But the fact is that the GZ was not designed as an aircraft carrier from the beginning. The ship was eventually laid down as a transport ship or a merchantman or whatever you like to call it. It was then taken over as a suitable (which it was) hull a...
- Sun Oct 16, 2005 2:07 pm
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: German Navy's Aircraft Carrier
- Replies: 209
- Views: 142380
GZ in all essentials
Gentlemen, I am perplexed... The Graf Zeppelin ESCORTING the Bismark. What ever the reson for the GZ to be completed, it was not to escort a battleship!! Battleships, crusiers and destroyers are supposed to escort carriers, whatever the mission.