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Central India Horse where the divisional reconnausance for 4th Indian Division from august 1940 until april 1942 and then again from february 1944 until march 1946. in there first stint they were equiped with armoured cars (we have mention of Marmon Harrington in our records) though later in the war...

the men who made up the carpathian division came through russia and down into the middle east where they then fought through north africa with the british and commonwealth forces

Dave i am not sure if this is any help, now anything 4th indian division is my forte lol but whilst searching i came across this site i dont know if it is mixing 2nd laa regiment with 2nd laa brigadebut as you know what you are looking for it may be clearer to you. steve http://rapidttp.com/milhist/...

not answering your question i know but on this web site their is a couple of pictures of men of (2nd battery) 1st LAA in the desert.

http://www.desertrats.org.btinternet.co ... 2.htm#1LAA

actually this kind of thing happened a lot in the desert war with both sides wearing each other kit, in the desert war bith armies were at the end of a very long supply chain so they often utilised captured equipment,clothing etc and as the luftwaffe clothing was much the same as the british then of...

Naples was the most bombed Italian city in WW2. It was struck for the first time on November 1, 1940, by RAF and Fleet Air Arm Bristol-Blenheim twin-engine light bombers flying out of Malta. It was part of a coordinated British attack against Naples and Brindisi. http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew...

again this was much the same as thegermans had been doing to the populations of the east over ran by them during barberossa, dont forget that germans thought of those to the east as untermench and treated the as such. reap what you sow

as for german terror bombing, what about all the changes made to the bomb fuses etc such as the secondary booby trapped fuses in order to kill the bomb disposal men disarming them, what about the german dropping of butterfly bombs over the hull area which killed many civilians who did not no what th...

something else that you have forgotten IB is that the RAF were fighting over britian, so any plane shot down the pilot could bail out and be back at base for supper to await a new plane, so figures for planes lost does not match pilots lost for the british, however for the germans planes shot down e...

It is quite clear. The desperation of the RAF was critical . Their pilots were nearing physical exhaustion from being on duty for 24, 36, even 48 hours straight, cat napping in their cockpits to always be ready with their few remaining fighters. Etc etc etcThat decision cost 40,000 British civilian...

[quote="Iron_Bismarck"] Take a look at your time line Timeline (1940): 24 Aug: Germans accidentally bomb London. Bomber crews responsible demoted to infantry battalions as punishment. Luftwaffe stays well away from London over the next few days and nights — a show of fair play. Rudolf Hess...

Thanks Phylo, i knew they used a guide but the desert war is my forte so was not sure. i am happy to stand corrected

Redcoat I disagree - and I'm a fan of Monty. But not always. The pursuit after Alamein may have been a logistical triumph but it was hardly impressive from the military perspective. Had their roles been reversed and Rommel leading the pursuit it would have been over in two weeks. What makes you say...

i find your claims that britain started terror raids hard to swallow, after all after the peace loving Mr Hitler had been forced by the Poles to invade their country didnt German Fighter pilots straff civilians on the roads and bomb towns in order to terrorize them and drive them out in order to clo...

when 4th indian lost 4/11 sikh regiment and 1/6 rajputana rifles to 10th army in order that PAIFORCE might benefit from battle expreianced troops the divisional commander general Tucker made a strong plea for Gurkha units as replacement, he recieved 2/7 gurkhas under Luiet-col A W Orgill for 11 brig...