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by Benoit Douville
Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:13 pm
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Luftwaffe bases in Bulgaria
Replies: 6
Views: 6888

Aces of the Bulgarian Air Force:

-Stoyan Stoyanov 5
-Petar Botchev 5
-Tchudomir Toplodolski 4
-Ivan Bonev 4

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:12 pm
Forum: Books and Reviews
Topic: Blitzkrieg Unleashed: Poland 1939
Replies: 137
Views: 63721

Richard,

What an awesome cover! Let me know in september when the book is gona be available to purchase.

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:00 pm
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Info on the Nuremberg raid march 1944
Replies: 4
Views: 4183

Harris liked to pick targets of symbolic importance. Nuremberg was one of those - Hitler had called it the most German of German cities. It was the birthplace of the Third Reich, the scene of the massive night rallies glorified in Nazi propaganda films. So anxious was Harris to destroy Nuremberg tha...
by Benoit Douville
Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:37 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Heinrich Ehrler
Replies: 4
Views: 5779

Heinrich Ehrler

Another Luftwaffe Ace that we don't usually heard about: He joined the army in 1935 and served with a flak unit in the Spanish Civil War. In 1940 he began flying training. On completion of his training he was posted to 4./JG 77 operating from bases in Norway. He gained his first victory in May 1940 ...
by Benoit Douville
Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:29 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Bug River Crossing, 22 June 41 18th Pzr Div Amphibious Pzrs
Replies: 7
Views: 6076

Tigre,

Awesome info. This is really serious research by your part like always.

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:03 pm
Forum: Books and Reviews
Topic: Review: Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp
Replies: 21
Views: 10598

This review is really helpful. I will definetely get that work written by the great Author & Historian Doug Nash. I have Hell'Gate, his first book.

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:18 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Last German unit to surrender in World War 2
Replies: 6
Views: 7015

To be exact, by May 12 1945 approximately 135 000 German troops surrendered in the Kurland Pocket. On May 23, the Soviet collection of the German troops in the Kurland Pocket was completed.

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:01 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Last German unit to surrender in World War 2
Replies: 6
Views: 7015

If it's true, definetely no a bright idea to surrender to the Soviets...

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:41 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Last German unit to surrender in World War 2
Replies: 6
Views: 7015

I know that by by the 6th of May, the soldiers of the 2nd American Infantry Division captured 8000 Nazi POW in the area between Domazlice, Horsovsky Tyn, and Holysov. On the 6th of May also, There is also that the soldiers of the 87th American Infantry Division who accepted the formal surrender of o...
by Benoit Douville
Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:06 pm
Forum: Books and Reviews
Topic: Blitzkrieg Unleashed: Poland 1939
Replies: 137
Views: 63721

Richard,

Is it available now? Where can I buy it?

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:04 pm
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: Waffen SS Desertion at the eastern front
Replies: 1
Views: 2136

I really doubt this is true, Where would they go on the Eastern Front... Like you said, the Red Army tortured Waffen-SS POW.

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:58 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: German Army 1st september 1939
Replies: 110
Views: 206334

Axis Order of Battle 1 Sep 1939 - The Invasion of Poland: HEERESGRUPPE “NORD” HGrp.Reserves: 73 Inf.Div. 206 Inf.Div. 208 Inf.Div. OKH Reserves: 10 Pz.Div. THIRD ARMY: [AOK 3]: AOK Reserves: s.Art.Abt.-536 (gem.) PzJag.Abt.-511 Grenzschutzabschnitts-Kdo. 15 Grenzschutz-Regt.-1 217 Inf.Div. 1 Cav. Bd...
by Benoit Douville
Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:58 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Battle for Hill 112
Replies: 22
Views: 18533

tixodioktis,

Awesome post about the Battle for Hill 112. The High Ranking Officers in charhe of that Battle didn't made good decision considering the fact that Hill 112 was captured later in the campaign without any real fight.

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:03 pm
Forum: Verboten! - Off topic content
Topic: The Status of Kosovo
Replies: 27
Views: 10290

PK,

I understand your point, the UCK were motivated to fight against Milosevic and rightly so. I was more talking about todays terrorist.

Regards
by Benoit Douville
Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:25 pm
Forum: Other Sites
Topic: PanzerKampfwagen
Replies: 0
Views: 2120

PanzerKampfwagen

I found this great site today and wanted to share with the other member of this forum:

http://www.alanhamby.com/tiger.html