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by tigre
Sat Jan 13, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Monte Casino
Replies: 35
Views: 14276

Re: Monte Casino

Hello to all :D; more........................... The offensive battles against Cassino. Operation Honker (3rd phase). Carrying out the attack: On May 11th, at 11:00 p.m., the entire artillery of the 8th and 5th armies opened fire. From 11:00 p.m. to 11:40 p.m., over 1,000 guns from the 8th Army shel...
by tigre
Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:32 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Maskirovka
Replies: 9
Views: 4389

Re: Maskirovka

Hello to all :D; more............................. The Soviet radio deception in the Battle of Cherkassy. On January 30th and 31st, 1944, the attention of the long-range reconnaissance, although it remained concerned with the interpretation and ongoing location of the traffic of the 2nd Ukrainian Fr...
by tigre
Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:20 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Partisans in the Balkans.
Replies: 9
Views: 3262

Re: Partisans in the Balkans.

Hello to all :D; more.................................. Partisan struggle in Albania. On a reconnaissance trip in the area west of Tirana, I came to a former Italian fuel storage facility that was guarded by German Air Force personnel. The sergeant on duty reported to me that he had observed 13 heav...
by tigre
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:04 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
Replies: 11
Views: 6799

Re: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.

Hello to all :D; more.............................. The air defense of the German Reich in the World War 1939-1945 and its lessons. With insufficient air defense - 1942 - setbacks on the external fronts. At the beginning of 1942, the high command of the German Air Force decided to create two dayligh...
by tigre
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:52 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.
Replies: 28
Views: 35404

Re: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.

Hello to all :D; more....................... Independent Operational Group "Narew". SGO's "offensive turn". It was this fight that the German war correspondent Hadamowsky wrote about in his book "Blitzmarsch nach Warschau", and a German General wrote about the soldiers ...
by tigre
Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:00 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Influence of technical communication.
Replies: 8
Views: 6430

Re: Influence of technical communication.

Hello to all :D; more............................... Influence of technical communication on leadership and combat events. A well-known example is the encirclement of two German army corps of the 8th Army near Cherkassy-Korsun in February 1944 and their breakout after 20 days of encirclement. The re...
by tigre
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: List of all Naval Oakleaf Winners?
Replies: 12
Views: 15959

Re: List of all Naval Oakleaf Winners?

Hello to all :D; more.............................. Karl-Friedrich Merten (August 15th, 1905 Posen/Eastern-Prussia - May 2nd, 1993 Waldshut-Tiengen/Baden-Württemberg). Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross awarded on June 13th, 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and CO of U 68 after sinking 11 ships with 63047 GRT...
by tigre
Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:58 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Monte Casino
Replies: 35
Views: 14276

Re: Monte Casino

Hello to all :D; more........................... The offensive battles against Cassino. Operation Honker (3rd phase). Plan: The 8th Army and the American 5th Army were to attack the enemy simultaneously from Mt. Cairo to the sea. An attack from the bridgehead at Anzio was to take place at a later da...
by tigre
Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Maskirovka
Replies: 9
Views: 4389

Re: Maskirovka

Hello to all :D; more............................. The Soviet radio deception in the Battle of Cherkassy. In the area of Army Group South with its three subordinate armies (1st Panzer, 6th and 8th), only two long-range reconnaissance and three close-reconnaissance companies were deployed. There was ...
by tigre
Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Partisans in the Balkans.
Replies: 9
Views: 3262

Re: Partisans in the Balkans.

Hello to all :D; more.................................. Partisan struggle in Albania. When I returned to Tirana, "the most modern European city in the making," my patrol leaders reported that the Albanians were looting the Italian supply depots. I used forces to prevent it. During the nigh...
by tigre
Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:34 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.
Replies: 11
Views: 6799

Re: The air defense of the German Reich, 1939-1945.

Hello to all :D; more.............................. The air defense of the German Reich in the World War 1939-1945 and its lessons. The beginnings of the German air defense 1939-1941. With the exception of a group of destroyers (Bf-110) operating in the German Bight, in 1941 there were no fighter fo...
by tigre
Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.
Replies: 28
Views: 35404

Re: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna - SGO Narew 1939.

Hello to all :D; more....................... Independent Operational Group "Narew". SGO's "offensive turn". At 07:00 on September 9 he received the order to withdraw towards the Białowieża Forest, Brześć via Siemiatycze. However, Osowieć's defensive grouping, the KOP Augustów gro...
by tigre
Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:56 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Josef Priller
Replies: 14
Views: 10287

Re: Josef Priller

Hello to all :D; bringing up this old topic.................................. Josef Priller (June 27th, 1915 Ingolstadt/Bavaria, - May 20th, 1961 Böbing/Bavaria) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross awarded on October 19th, 1940 after 20 aerial victories as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän 6. / Jagdgesch...
by tigre
Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:42 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Influence of technical communication.
Replies: 8
Views: 6430

Re: Influence of technical communication.

Hello to all :D; more............................... Influence of technical communication on leadership and combat events. Ensuring supplies are most clearly illustrated by the following example: From the breakthrough at St-Lô (end of July 1944) to the stop in front of the Siegfried Line (beginning ...
by tigre
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Merry Christmas and an Happy Newyear
Replies: 11
Views: 39758

Re: Merry Christmas and an Happy Newyear

Hello to all :D; a toast..........

I wish you all people a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Cheers. Raúl M 8).

Feliz Año Nuevo - Happy New Year - feliz Ano Novo - gluckliches Neues Jahr - Bonne Année - Felice Anno Nuovo - Szczęśliwego nowego roku!! :beer: