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by bdennis
Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:17 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: KM decoration awarded/recommended
Replies: 0
Views: 2133

KM decoration awarded/recommended

Hello, I’m hoping someone here can help me. I’m trying to find out anything about a Kreigsmarine Unteroffizer named Joachim (possible different spelling) who was recommended for an Iron Cross First Class for an action that took place in the English Channel on 13-14 October 1942. Any information, or ...
by bdennis
Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:52 pm
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: KM Joachim awarded 1st class EK
Replies: 0
Views: 1751

KM Joachim awarded 1st class EK

Hello, I’m hoping someone here can help me. I’m trying to find out anything about a Kreigsmarine Unteroffizer named Joachim who I believe was awarded an Iron Cross First Class for an action that took place in the English Channel on 13-14 October 1942. Any information, or advice on how to proceed, ap...
by bdennis
Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:34 pm
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Prisoner of War Camp
Replies: 4
Views: 3208

Re: Prisoner of War Camp

My first thought was "Orleans". The way it is pronounced by people around New Orleans may well have sounded, to an outsider, like OILEEN.

Bruce
by bdennis
Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:56 pm
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: Torpedos : float or sink
Replies: 6
Views: 3833

Re: Torpedos : float or sink

Try this link: http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTGER_WWII.htm The German standard torpedo, the G7 series, was almost invariably set to explode at the end of it’s run. I have never seen this spelled out, but I assume it was to keep the secrets of it’s guidance system out of the hands of the Allies. B...
by bdennis
Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:44 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Prisoner of War Camp
Replies: 4
Views: 3208

Re: Prisoner of War Camp

Hello Roland,
Do you know what country the camp was in?

Bruce
by bdennis
Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:13 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: Kriegsmarine im Dienst.
Replies: 98
Views: 78489

Re: Kriegsmarine im Dienst.

Has anyone identified the Torpedo Boats?

Bruce
by bdennis
Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:12 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Stalingrad statistics
Replies: 5
Views: 4040

Re: Stalingrad statistics

Thanks, Stephen. I will see if I can get access to the book. Can I ask, does it give a figure for Stalingrad as distinct from total casualties including other battles? Gary, I am sorry not to have acknowledged your reply earlier: that sounds promising and I will try to find a copy. Are any figures m...
by bdennis
Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:36 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Stalingrad statistics
Replies: 5
Views: 4040

Stalingrad statistics

Are there any reliable casualty figures/statistics available for the campaign up to and including the battle of Stalingrad? I would be interested in knowing the stats for both sides week by week or month by month if they are available. If not, perhaps someone can tell me where the 'best guesses' can...
by bdennis
Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:13 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: German merchant ships
Replies: 4
Views: 4309

Re: German merchant ships

Mick,
Your question got me hooked: it would be useful to me to know the answer as well. Can you tell me in which files you found the reference? (HW, ADM, DEFE etc?)

Thanks,
Bruce
by bdennis
Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:18 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: German merchant ships
Replies: 4
Views: 4309

Re: German merchant ships

Mick, The time frame is important to identify an individual ship. Can you say when the 'M.66' reference was used, and, if you don't mind, where you found the reference? (official records, quoted in book, internet, etc.) Although I don't have the ship M.66 in my notes, I may be able to help when next...
by bdennis
Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:06 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: A forgotten airport in Greece
Replies: 3
Views: 2439

name of Greek airbase

tixodioktis,

Do you know the wartime name of the airbase?
by bdennis
Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:13 pm
Forum: Items Wanted, for Sale or for Trade
Topic: Hitler-the Last Ten Days script on eBay
Replies: 0
Views: 1408

Hitler-the Last Ten Days script on eBay

Some might find this of interest.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/script-HITLER-THE ... dZViewItem

(eBay link to item number 110212337661)

Thanks,

Bruce Dennis
by bdennis
Thu May 03, 2007 11:34 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: bad planning
Replies: 2
Views: 2035

Thanks for the information and sorry about the delay. I suspect the tale is based on a real event, but I doubt if it was a large scale catastrophe or it would be documented better. My best guess is the early arrivals of 8th Air Force equipment in '42, unless the lend-lease deliveries earlier had rev...
by bdennis
Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:33 pm
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: bad planning
Replies: 2
Views: 2035

bad planning

Hello, There is a story I have heard all my life but do not know the source: When the US forces during WW11 arrived in the UK they found that their trailer hitches were not the same as those of the British vehicles. Trailers full of equipment were supposedly stranded on the docks. Does anybody know ...
by bdennis
Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:10 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Norway and Ultra
Replies: 2
Views: 2032

The Luftwaffe ‘Red Key’ was first read by Alan Turings team of cryptanalysts in January of 1940 using the first Bombe decryption device. This was the slow beginning of the process that lead to reading the Ultra intercepts on a regular basis. By March they were intermittently reading three different ...