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Ok... The short answer is no. The 'artillery' of the three armored divsions attacking at Sedan amounted to twenty four howitzers in each divsion, of 10.5cm caliber. They were all towed and were probablly the FH18 model. That totaled 72 howitzers. As far as I know any corps artillery assigned to Gude...

Chris... just stumbled across your question. Both it and the answers are long and complex. I'll try to get back to here later this weekend.

I've seen in several books photographs of a typed letter with this message. Dont know if it is a genuine copy of the famous message or a post battle news stunt. Text of the German and US messages http://everything2.com/title/%2520McAuliffe%2527s%2520Christmas%2520Message Like a lot of folks in those...

Back in the 1980s there was a technique for dropping a stick or group of parachutists from a airplane, with no forward motion. I witnessesed it twice for dropping small recon teams. The technique was for the plane to slow to near stalling speed, then abruptly go to full power and simultaneously poin...

This was the 4th Pz Div, correct? That division took some casualtys in a three day delaying action vs a French tank divsion. Then failed to break though a French infantry defense near Gembloux Belgioum.

I searching for expert advice and knowledge on the strength of the German and Allied armys between the armisitce of 1918 & the implemintation of the Versailles treaty. Recomended sources most welcome.

Well the absence of evidence does not mean there were no such plans for using any of the French ships. However if there were no plans, from July 1940, or just some memos or brief reports in the KM offices, then it represents another possible failure in the nazi use of resources and stratigic directi...

I suspose all that applies to the Greek, Yugoslav, Polish, & Andorian navys. Few remained for the Germans to exploit. This leaves the French which had more than a few ships remaining. Several folks have told me the political/military goal of the Germans that was executed was the nuetralization o...

Thanks. So, as I suspected the Germans were not adverse to using other nations ships. The torpedo boats sound like a easy item.

Now there is just the Norwegians, Dutch, Belgians, French, et al...

Hmmm... yes a few were used by Germany. Which implys some sort of plan, even if made on the fly at the last minute. I dont recall seeing it on the discussion thread you posted, will look again.

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Some claim parts were dismantled long before VE day. Some beaches were cleared to allow preactice landing exercises. Some of the obstacles were susposed to have been taken up for the steel, which was in extremly short supply in Britian.

A web search reveals there was a squadron of probablly a dozen at Clark Field 8 Dec 41. Most were destroyed. It is not clear if any were evacuated with the remaining B17s to the southern Phillpines, the Dutch airfields, or Australia.

Back in the early 1970s I saw a film of a renactment of this incident. The scene was very much like the photograph above. The same background and placement of the soldiers and other people in it. I cant recall the title of the film & vaguely recall it was part of some sort of instruction on mora...

What, if any, plans were there for using French (or other nations) ships for German military purposes? I understand the armistice agreement did not hand over directly any French war ships to the KM (correct?). Were there any contingency plans for using any French warships if the circumstances warran...

I've read this thread on two other forums. One item that is never mentioned is the possible use of a stopover in Afganistan. Kabul & its environs were a hub of Axis, both German and Japanese, espianoge and related activity. Setting up a refuel & layover stop or just a navigation aid is not u...