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- Fri May 29, 2015 9:52 am
- Forum: Veterans and vet info
- Topic: German Female POWs in England
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5292
German Female POWs in England
Greetings All Just to ask...Some years ago I came across a UK newspaper article about a English woman who had learned of German female POWs, possibly nurses, held at a rural country house. Can anyone confirm from official German sources / WAst that such prisoners existed? One assumes that they must ...
- Fri May 29, 2015 9:44 am
- Forum: Veterans and vet info
- Topic: Info needed - possible cavalry veteran
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3466
Info needed - possible cavalry veteran
Greetings all and apologies ref long silence. Please can anyone help ref KONRAD HEINRICH KLOSS, born Darmstadt, circa 1910 who - only information available - may have served in Finland with a Reiterkorps / cavalry corps or sub-unit? Moderator and self are struggling to think of such a German unit un...
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:23 pm
- Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
- Topic: Looking for info on Russian and allied PoW-camps
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10190
Re: Looking for info on Russian and allied PoW-camps
SEVEN YEARS AMONG PRISONERS OF WAR. By Chris Christiansen. Translated by Ida Egede Winther. Chris Christiansen joined the staff of the Danish YMCA in 1940 and spent the next 8 years involved in prisoner of war relief work. His book is divided into four sections; Part One describes his work among Al...
- Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:29 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Captivity of 18th SS 'Horst Wessel' Division
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3633
Captivity of 18th SS 'Horst Wessel' Division
Dear All Been a while. Hope all well and please can you guys help me? On behalf of a USA-based WWII forum editor I seek reciprocal liaison with anyone who can help with information about the surrender and disarming near Prague and, especially, the post-war captivity (in, e.g., the greater Moscow reg...
- Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:13 pm
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: USA, Sept 1945 Air Show of Captured German Aircraft
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5428
Re: USA, Sept 1945 Air Show of Captured German Aircraft
Hi, Florin
Apologies for delay and thanks for your interest and your questions...I have forwarded them to a Royal Air Force friend and will circulate to other buddies. Fingers crossed for a result...Thanks again and keep asking..we need folk like you..Al:->
Apologies for delay and thanks for your interest and your questions...I have forwarded them to a Royal Air Force friend and will circulate to other buddies. Fingers crossed for a result...Thanks again and keep asking..we need folk like you..Al:->
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:35 am
- Forum: Heer
- Topic: German Defences and Ops Utah Beach rear area
- Replies: 1
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German Defences and Ops Utah Beach rear area
Hi all... Anyone have details of German defences and forces and, from the German perspective, the actual military operations of D-Day and immediate aftermath in and around the Utah Beach / Exit 3 causeway junction village of Audoville-la-Hubert? I also am interested in all aspects of the German occu...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:20 am
- Forum: Heer
- Topic: English Patient key character was gay Brandenburger agent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2706
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:03 am
- Forum: Heer
- Topic: Hitler's 'Wolf Lair' to be tourist attraction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3421
Re: Hitler's 'Wolf Lair' to be tourist attraction
And there's my 2 cents :->....:->
- Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:15 pm
- Forum: Heer
- Topic: Hitler's 'Wolf Lair' to be tourist attraction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3421
Hitler's 'Wolf Lair' to be tourist attraction
Hitler's 'Wolf Lair' hidden deep in Polish forest to be turned into major tourist attraction By Emma Reynolds Last updated at 12:14 PM on 19th January 2012 'Mr Wolf': Hitler used the now-ruined fortress to conduct meetings and escape air bombardments Adolf Hitler's secret 'Wolf Lair' set deep in th...
- Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:42 pm
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Revealed: Nazi spy was UK's first double-agent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2082
Revealed: Nazi spy was UK's first double-agent
Revealed: Nazi spy was UK's first double-agent Father of Hollywood star helped Allies defeat Germany in World War II, authors say 12/27/2011 LONDON — A British engineer regarded for decades as a Nazi spy was really Britain's first double-agent who helped the Allies defeat Germany, according to a re...
- Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:36 pm
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: German wounded murdered in Crimea
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2666
German wounded murdered in Crimea
29 December 1941 (MONDAY) U.S.S.R.: The seaport town of Feodosia, on the shores of the Black Sea on the eastern Crimea, is the scene of new Soviet landings with troops of the 51st and 44th Armies. These forces along with those of the 26th Army at Kerch will pose a serious threat to the German Eleven...
- Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:52 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: An intriguing foto.Spot& identify various items?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4357
Re: An intriguing foto.Spot& identify various items?
Bitte..I was away from home over Xmas break, in a farm cottage near Stranraer in SW Scotland, with no Wi-fi, and my fone allows me to read e-mails but not to answer them so couldn't reply. Aye, fekkin collectors. Shoot 'em :-> :evil: I hope that you had a Stille und Heilige Nacht.....and that your N...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:47 pm
- Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
- Topic: baltics in italy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8304
Re: baltics in italy
Hi, Lupo/guys Acccording to Osprey's 1983-2004 'Men At Arms' series work 'Partisan Warfare' by Peter Abbot and Dr Nigel Thomas (books.google.vo.uk\books?isbn=0850455138) there was a (un-named) Latvian Schuma battalion in Italy (when?) with others fighting partisans in, for example, 'Byelorussia and ...
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:55 pm
- Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
- Topic: Looking for info on Russian and allied PoW-camps
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10190
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:02 pm
- Forum: Heer
- Topic: Vivid-new-Battle-Bulge-photos show both front life forsides
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4165
Re: Vivid-new-Battle-Bulge-photos show both front life forsides
Hi, Simon Thanks for the heads up and good to re-connect. Been a while. I stand corrected but just forwarded the item as received. Being a journo I should know not to believe owt just because its in the papers :->. In the Press and Media terms like 'exclusive' and 'new' must be viewed with a jaundic...