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I'm interested in data re. 'Mulberry docks/harbor' assembled in England and towed by tug across channel to Omaha beach. Many of these tugs were built in Buffalo NY...My late father worked in the local
...d a history of the 15th Bomb. Sqaurdron. I've been able to locate information about them when they were in England in 1942. I know they were transfered to Africa; but is there that I lose the trail. I...
...ge battles on the eastern front killed more germans and russians then total combined losses of america and england. was the west front merely a costly diversion for the germans and nothing more?...
...waffe fighter pilot have before he went into combat? Any data available? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at:...
...tish American colonies lawlessly and treasonously seceded from their Mother Country, they established, New England citizens included, a written constitution which specifically secured property in slav...
... single most important event that brought the USA out of isolationism ? What about policies (lend-lease to England during WWII) ? Any more events or policies ?...
...April 1945, the Soviet frontline combat forces were using a battlecry indicating they were on their way to England after the defeat of Germany. Also, the frontline and rear area Soviet forces were tal...
...st interesting museums about WWII. I have been to many museums in Normandy (France), Belgium (Ardennes), England and of course Holland. I will compile a 'shortlist' of the reactions. Thank you, ...
So true! Up here in New England white folks benefited from slavery. The capitalist who owned the mills that spun cotton picked by black hands, made gudgeons of money and the workers who sweated in tho
...9 - 1945 by Roy Ripley and Brian Pears (published on the Net, an excellent source of wartime data about NE England) I found the following:- 'A balloon belonging to 938 Squadron at Billingham brought...
hi i'm interested to know for how long london was attacked by the luftwaffe only during the battle of england or just at the end of the war in 1944 with the V-1 and V-2 Thanks Rosa Gonçalves
...st Coast port of the United States shipped the most war materials (including troops and equipment) out for England during World War II. Or for that matter, the order of importance of East Coast ports....
... using about 1/3 the fuel that 12th Army Group was using. It should also be noted the POL airlifted from England ran into the jerrican problem, unless there was a reasonable replacement rate of empt...
...rationalization; I don't think the bases were important at all. What was important to Roosevelt was to arm England in her fight against Germany. The Lend Lease Act empowered the president to give ship...
...yway knows about this USAAF bomb group during WW2? It was based at Grafton Underwood in Northamptonshire England I would be keen to hear from anyone who knows anything about it _________________...
... could find out more information on the trawler boats allocated to the RNPS during WW2 on the East coat of England. Many thanks Sid Berry....
...gboats, ....)? 2) how could a civilians (english citicen) travel in the mentioned time from germany to england? maybe via switzerland, vichy-france, sweden, ...? what means of transportation cou...
The statement on Congressman stands. I repeat, the statement on Stanton stands, and I thank you for providing even a more perfect illustration of his deep and hateful racism! The quote was, of course,
...n the chief instrument in bringing this war on the country.' 'The Northwest has opposed the South as New England has opposed the South. It is you who are responsible for making the blood flow as it ...
...ow, the US Navy knew of the exact location of the U-Boats off the east coast and in the Gulf of Mexico due England's cracking of the Enigma code. Yet the US Navy did next to nothing to stop the destru...
...itters were used for jamming purposes, for example jamming the german navigations systems used for bombing england. hue miller...
... Southern Independence, but for all its attendant evils. I think this is an erroneous viewpoint. The New England slave traders were virtually exclusively responsible for the illegal capture, tortori...
The National Park Service website says the stone for the base of Ft Sumter came from New England quarries. Can anyone provide a more specific location?
...from many old WW1 campaigners. I would have imagined that many would have enlisted in the firm belief that England was indeed under immediate threat from the German war machine poised across the chann...
...y late August, 1940, brought the Luftwaffe within a week or two of an air victory. 3. Following Dunkirk, England was woefully unprepared to defend itself against a concerted German invasion. 4. Th...
...A in 1863 in Scotland. After seeing service in the Atlantic in '63, the CSA sold her in '64, in Liverpool, England. She was later captured and sold to the USA. In contrast, an employee of the US Arm...
... have given some warning of this defensive advantage. That type of landscape is not uncommon in South-west England, so presumably training could have taken place in a realistic environment. It seemed ...
Briefly - NO! The IRA launched a bombing campaign in Northern Ireland and England in April 1938. They had a very ambitious plan of sabotage - called the S-Plan - but a lack of personnel and adequate e
...ian sea traffic (fishingboats etc.)? 2) Was there any possiblity for civilians to travel from germany to england during the mentioned time? Maybe via switzerland, france(vichy) or scandinavia? If so...
new england outlawed slavery & did not secede , the south didn't and did. there is no moral equivalancy.
...killed during training accidents. Is this true? I find no evidence of this. 4. Was it possible to get into England at that time without a valid passport....from any country? I doubt it. 5. He claims t...
I am looking for information on units which were stationed in Somerset, England, prior to being sent into Europe, as part of operation 'Bolero' I am also looking for personal stories from veterans, an
...d WWII and know many of the common explanations. I assume it was primarily Roosevelt's desire to protect England from Germany, however I haven't read much about Roosevelt's feelings in 39-42 timefra...
...e some truth? Was Keone D. Parmentier the K.D. Parmentier who flew the KLM DC2 to second place in the 1934 England to Australia MacRobertson Air Race? What became of K.D. Parmentier? TIA Tony Crom...
...er less about their This does seem rather mean-spirited in retrospect. The lack of understanding between England and America, specifically, is detailed in 'An Ocean Apart - The Relationship Between ...
... very top. He most definitely was not a loose cannon operating in secrecy. He was monitored, he never left England. He felt that if his military and political masters didn't like his methods, it was u...
... the Belgian beaches of La Panne (only a few miles away and harbouring the only direct telephone link with England) to ports further down the French coast. Many of these units saw action again against...
...r web-sites that would allow a search to locate the records of a soldier (a U.S. army officer stationed in England) from WW II. So far all I've found are web-sites for veterans of a few particular mil...
...d the hope that the British and French would come to thier aid by opening up a new front in the West. Both England and France expected the Poles to hold out for at least 4 to 6 months but they didnt l...
There were some 'media names' among the 8th Air Force in England... as 'aces' and I wonder if any have been grandfathered into the Association of Aces? Fighter pilots remain the most conspicuious of
...ar Le Havre, west of Normandy, in the Channel) that are claimed by Britain. They lie closer to France than England and seem to be relatively large. Did Germany invade these islands after or during the...
...ring them up all at once, but neither could the Allies. Much of their equipment was waiting offshore or in England, until the invasion force made room to land all of their firepower. The Allies didn't...
...econ plane in Europe. I could use any information on the following: 1. Where exactly they flew out of in England 2. How it was crewed(one man, two... a camera tech or not) 3. The camera[s] (what was...
...S forces today. Many of the ex PW's were hired in this way. Arthur Kramer 344th Bomb Group,9th Air Force England France Belgium Holland Germany...
... hitler moved troops into the rhineland, created a navy, luftwaffe & the wermacht? also why did france and england declare war but then not really get ready for it. It also appears that everyone BUT g...
...from the crowd, and he went down in our books as a man you could trust. ' RCAF 6 Group Stn Linton-on-Ouse, England. 408 Goose and 426 Thunderbird 14 Sept 1943. The 426 Squadron history confirms the da...
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