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...m the Fromelles fight during WWI 1916 are probably going to be found at the original mass graves that the German used to bury the dead soldiers.
Archaeologists say there is "compelling" evidence t...
Once you find out who financed Germany in their mission to take over the World it will answer the question, "Why did hitler kill the Jews?". I can recall the movie but remember that movie with Dezel W
...n France and Belgium during the WWII years. Were there any WWII battles on or near WWI sites? How did the Germans treat these places? Are there WWI areas of battle that did not survive WWII?...
I've been told that German civilians sometimes lynched downed allied aircrew.
How common was this?
How the German authorities react?
Was anyone prosecuted for such a lynching after the war?
... aircraft mfg., and 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 Swedi...
Obviously Sweden was officially neutral during the war and supplied Germany with iron ore, but what else did Sweden do during the war? Did it protect refugees, return them, supply information to eithe
...ally be up to full strength, which is the correct model?
The PanzerTruppen books seem to contain actual German documents showing the TO&E for the Panzer Regiments....
...how nations engage in this kind of tiptoeing. For example (and not meant to equate the two facts at all), Germany went to the trouble of faking a Polish attack on a Germany radio station as the pretex...
WW2 German weather station in Labrador Does anybody recall any details of the German unmanned weather station that was planted on the coast of Labrador in 1943 or 1944? This came to light in about 198
... start with the letter K) introduced the weapon after witnessing the inferiority of russian rifle against german submachinegun during the battle. well..i read a book called Secret Weapons in WW2 not l...
...n March 2004 article in the June 2004 MENSA BULLETIN, it was not the only system as of 1940.
'By [1940] Germany had the world's first operational integrated air defense system, with radars operating...
Help! I'm trying to locate information on possible German warplans to invade Sweden, either from Occupied Norwar or by assualt from the Baltic.
What was the plan called, did it have a color like 'Ca
...tudent in my WWII class, who lived on the East Coast as a kid during the war, has claimed in class that a German U-boat sunk a U.S. troop ship off the coast, with a loss of life around 3,000. He provi...
It is my understanding that Hitler acquired German nationality only in the thirties. By that time's German laws was it OK to grant it to him given that he had a history as a convicted criminal? Why wa
...ng, and the segment was on the desert battle between the Desert Army (later the British 8th Army) and the German Afrika Korps.
The Afrika Korps apparently had a song of their own (unknown title), wh...
...the Allies' plans in 1940 before the attack in the west? Did the Allies ever seriously consider attacking Germany after the fall of Poland? Were they hoping for a split between Germany and the USSR? W...
...sa) was announced?
That is, what I am interested in is how (and when) was the announcement made to the Germans and the world? Was this billed as a defensive strike, response to provocation, or blat...
...ting all around the red center. ( typical meaning of such a flag )
Both flags are relatively small, the German one being 2'x3' approx. and the Japanese being more square at 30'x30' approx.
Thank y...
...ian Regime with some limitations (royal family, military, church, or even the Fascist Party itself.) Nazi Germany however was a Totalitarian Regime with an absolute dictatorship. thats why Mussolini w...
...is own work on AA firing during the war, saying the RN's 'predictors' didn't work right compared with the German and American ones. I suppose this means the director tracking the plane did not establi...
Hello, does anybody know something about Willi Unger. He was a German WWII Ace Pilot. I'm from Germany and is in my Soaring Club, but he won't speak about his experiences. Some friends told me that h
My father picked up a bayonet for a couple dollars at a garage sale.
On the base of the blade are the words: WAFFENFABRIK NEUHAUSEN
On the reverse side is a serial number (469021).
Can anyone pr
...allowed a true 'boiling down' of combat performance by different forces, and gives the following values 1 German = 1.2 American = 2 Russian soldiers in 'combat effectiveness' (the figures gained from ...
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
All, Just finished a new book by Ian Hogg entitled'German Artillery of World War Two' Greenhill Books, London, 1997.
The last entry in the Railway Artillery chapter is the story of the 80cm Kanon in
I agree with you when you say 'A lot of people act as thought the US should not have gone to war with Germany if Hitler had not declared war' At the time the polls showed(pre PH) that 60-70% of the US
.... yes it was soviet russia who bear the most burden of the fighting and yes they would probably beat nazi germany without any help from anglo-american. but on the other hand, the west also should won ...
...tern Europe.
The Spanish Civil War ended July 18th, 1.939. The first friendly contacts between the Nazi Germany and the USSR are dated on April of 1.939 maybe sooner. The treaty Ribbentrop-Molotov t...
... the end of a movie starring Michael Douglas. He was dressed in an SS uniform I believe (definiately WWII German uni). Can anyone tell me what the movie is called, if its any good, and if its historic...
In the eighties, I saw a review of a book about the battle between the German auxiliary cruiser 'Kormoran' and HMAS 'Sydney'. The 'Sydney' was last seen drifting away, on fire, and no trace of her, or
what was it for, holding granades ?
I have heard that many large 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 germa
(at all these time German forces were still engaging Allied forces)
PzKpW-IVF2S - first service early 1942, eastern front PzKpW-V 'Panther' - first service July 1943, eastern front PzKpW-VI 'Tiger A
... as the tank that was on top for the longest period.
For the period from the start of the war until the Germans invaded the USSR, the Panzer III was probably the best all-around tank available. It c...
...covery Channel there was a program called 'U-Boats.' (WWII). There was a piece where two U-boats landed 8 German agents/sabatours. They buried their ordnance on Long Island before proceeding to NYC. T...
I have read many books in which German units are referred to by the regimental number and the divisional designation is omitted. Are regimental numbers directly tied to the divisional number? For inst
...be made by the Administration to do so.'
Not everyone believed that he would remain neutral, one of the German d'affaires in Washington stated that '... if defeat should threaten the Allies, Rooseve...
...WII, so I have a few questions if you can bear with me.
What was the extent of Finnish cooperation with Germany during the war? Did Finland ever manage to re-take any of the territory lost to the US...
A number of years ago I got a number of german patchs. I've been able i.d. a number of them. Can some one tell me what the last three are: (1) it is back with a white H on it. (2) it is black with a w
...ng the activities of American, British, or French multi-national companies who reportedly traded with the Germans or other Axis countries during WW2?
I have read, many years ago, reports that Alcoa ...
...riving from this situation: In Britian- a coal mine up north with factories handy and a bank in London In Germany- a coal mine in the Ruhr with factories handy and a bank in Berlin In the USA-a coal m...
Can someone tell me the facts and give me an authoritative reference on the subject? My impression is that the industrialists had their own conservative parties to support.
...rom the CIC department of the US Army stationed in the Middle East in early 1943, and they report on four German paratroopers being captured near Jerusalem, and were being held prisoner in Latrun. I h...
...eilles, at about 1942-1944. I need a map that shows roads in the area, and, if at all possible, where any German installations, if any, may have been located. I would appreciate if anyone could direct...
...ent into combat? Any data available?
Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at:...
...bstitute than and small stocks only. Without its special fuel most of Luftwaffe would be grounded.
Only German production sites:
- Tornesch near Hamburg, only ethylene dibromide factory - Gapel ne...
...re for the nazi crusade. imagine for example the complications to, for example, catholic chaplains in the german forces, germany's relations with neutrals - how for example would spain and ireland hav...
...career appears in Ewen Montagu's _Beyond Top Secret ULTRA_. When Chapman was first sent to Britain by the Germans, he was landed by parachute, and promptly turned himself in to the first policeman he ...
DEar friends,
Argentina I believe had the closest relations with nazi Germany during the period 1939- 1944 as well as the post war period. ( but that's another story) 1. Why didn't the German Kreigs
Can anyone give me information what happend to the germans POW after WW2, both in the west as well as in russia. How many was taken by the US, Russian etc. How long there were POWs How many that died
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