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...d during World War I. They believe the bodies of up to 400 soldiers remain in unmarked graves in northern France near the site of the Battle of Fromelles. It is the largest discovery of its kind and t...
...ecific knowledge here but I have been curious about something. What happened to the WWI battlefields in France and Belgium during the WWII years. Were there any WWII battles on or near WWI sites? Ho...
...also large quantities of ball bearings to Japan. The supplies reached Japan by way of Germany, Italy, and France, using blockade runners and U-Boats. Despite a promise by the Swedish foreign minister ...
...ong other things. One part of the programme dealt with the ongoing clean-up of World War 1 era weapons in France and it was mentioned that each year dozens of people are killed in incidents involving ...
...n the west were the Allies taken by surprise? Could they still have had the chance to prevent the fall of France and maybe even turn the tide, or were they already doomed once the attack in the west g...
Can anyone recommend some books that detail the actions of the French Resistance groups in France during WW2? I am interested in actions both in occupied France and Vichy France. Also, can someone poi
Hi. I've gotten bogged down in a discussion with a friend of mine about the German occupation of France. Specifically we are interested in how active and wide spread the French resistance was, and to
...ftwafe, and the role of the PNV (Nacionalist Basque Party). I think it's obvious that Great Britain and France didn't provide any help to the Spanish Republic because they did prefer an other fascis...
...doing some research into Operation Houndsmith. This was an operation where 144 SAS men went into Occupied France to help the resistance. My interest is that I believe my Grandfather was one of the m...
I am searching for a map that shows southern France, particularly around Marseilles, at about 1942-1944. I need a map that shows roads in the area, and, if at all possible, where any German installati
...ter 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:...
...the 13th Armored Division. All I know about his time in WWII is that got to Europe in Jan 45 at Le Harve, France. I am looking around (mostly on the Web) for info on where his unit went during their m...
... maps, links, hints, names, departments, organizationes ...) about: A) POW-camps for German soldiers in France, especially: 1. city of 'Angouleme', 2.'Poitiers' 3.'Bordeaux' (in, nearby) B) German...
...o mainland Europe at the tiem. I have met briefly (unfortunately he just died ) a Russian who was born in France of Russian parents. He joined one of the foreign divs. of the SS when only sixteen. Ver...
...ow what you think are the most 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 ...
...volting that at Versailles, she was denied the spoils which had been promised to her by Great Britain and France. This was clearly a grave injustice against the Italian Nation, and no one can offer an...
..., then arrows marking troop movements pointing to the west through Germany into the Benelux countries and France. There were several 'front lines' indicated, marked by comments such as 'D + 10 days to...
...and that Germany used TV during WWII to entertain its troops stationed abroad mostly to those in occupied France. Also, Germany used this media as a propaganda tool. I understand that transmissions we...
...to know some info, if anyone knows it: What was the earliest incursion of ANY kind into german occupied france or germany itself (by a squad sized force or more, not espionage agents)? What was th...
I'm a writer looking for help with the following: You are a GI plowing through hedgerow country in France in June 1944 when suddenly a potato masher lands close by. In the half-second you have to th
...if Hitler took 1/2 of Poland, then Stalin could 'have' the other 1/2. When the event occured, Britain and France declared war on Germany, but not on the USSR. Why is that? Why is it that the Allies ne...
... on the D-Day coverage, newspapers and magazines articles listed civilian casualties of people from U.K.; France; Soviet Union; Germany; Italy; etc but nothing on the U.S. which were mostly N/A or -. ...
...here the plans next ? I suppose that reserves and evacuated forces would have been sent to the South of France to open the Second Front where and wherever possible. Or would the allies have waited u...
...re would be a second chance, the advance across Germany in 1945, to see how many of the lessons learnt in France had been absorbed. When you see just the strain on the shipping it really does become...
... weapon to hopefully drive the Federal government out of D.C. in an attempt to gain the support of the UK/France while boosting Southern moral, if they happen to get lucky and hit the White House kill...
... possibility of doing a similar thing for the remains of say William Gowen, who lies buried in Cherbourg, France? regards, Maurice...
Germany attacked Poland on 9/1/39. That prompted the UK and France to declare war on Germany. The USSR attacked Poland about two weeks later. So why didn't the UK and France declare war on the USS
...that was squeezing the South would have been defeated which would have been an invitation for Britain and France to enter and send supplies to the Confederacy and maybe even enter the war What is yo...
...ly from Marseilles became more important. Some two-dozen railway battalions were eventually deployed to France, et. al. The record certainly wasn't perfect, but other posts may give people the err...
.... (For the previous 150+ years Poles and Poland had been divided between Russia and Prussia.) Britain and France and other victors of WW1 guaranteed Poland's frontiers. 2. Hitler demanded in 1938 th...
...ns (english citicen) travel in the mentioned time from germany to england? maybe via switzerland, vichy-france, sweden, ...? what means of transportation could one use, and would one need any perm...
...siblity for civilians to travel from germany to england during the mentioned time? Maybe via switzerland, france(vichy) or scandinavia? If so, what means of transportation could be used and would one ...
...me for WW2? Hitler (Germany) or the other European super powers (F, GB)? Hitler seized the chance? GB and France let Germany start the war? My grandpa couldn't answer me even though he was a soldier...
...t locations during the war. For example, what German troops were located in Norway during the invasion of France, what naval units were where during let's say Operation Barbarossa etc. Any good links ...
...on was for the pilot and co-pilot to bail out and the plane to fly, radio- controlled, into a V-3 site in France. The V-3 was a long-range gun. I've never heard of a V-3, but a quick web search turns ...
...ir troops after the invasion had begun. This was to be done by crippling the transportation facilities in France, Belgium, and Germany. Harris and to some extent the US sent bomber attacks against oth...
... out of Polish territory. Thus, it seems that Hitler DID want a war with Poland, but not with Britain and France. What was it he really wanted? What would a war of conquest in Poland give him regards ...
...ut that can say them to me dates exact of secession of the 11 state of the south thank you patrick from france...
Some time ago I heard of a book whose general topic was the German victory in France against the Allies in 1940. This specific book may be somewhat different than the many books written on this topic:
I think they had a lot to do with winning the war. 1) They fought the Axis in every theater of war: France, North Afrika, Norway, Hong Kong, Burma, China, The Atlantic and the Pacific. 2) The RAF were
...n intervention. Britain's public opinion would not support a war in favor of slavery; and Napoleon III of France (despite his pro-Southern views) would not act without the British. It assumed in mos...
... on the same sites as battles in WWI? For an example example, weren't there major battles around Ornel in France in both conflicts?...
...eetwood Model, seven passenger Imperial Sedan with a sliding glass partition. The car had been shipped to France before WWII and had been appropriated by the German High Command during the occupation....
Hi, I am looking for some details on the way someone died in combat in June 1940 in France. Is there any database, organisation, association from which I could find this? The person was Pierre Fanci
Various contributors to this group discuss the possibility of Germany invading Britain after the fall of France. Given the amount of planning and preparation that this would have required, was there e
Can anyone recommend some good (accurate) first person accounts by Allied airmen downed over France during World War II or French Resistance 'helpers' who aided them in escape and evasion? Also helpfu
... field commanders would probably take the shermans. I find it interesting that when the Germans invaded France in 1940, their tanks were in a similar position power wise. The MK. I, II and III tanks...
...ollowing the terrorist act committed by the loosest of the terrorists good courage patrick ramskindt (france) ********************************************** a tous je tien part ce message a ...
... same (new) coins used in both the Occupied and Vichy zones? What changed after November 1942 when all of France was occupied? All knowledgable responses gratefully accepted!...
... Germany - Collapsed at the Russian summer 44 offensive Russia - surrended in their 1000's in 1941. Italy/France - just a joke!...
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