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The aircraft which spotted the Bismartck on this occasion was a RAF = Catalina(PBY) with a RAF crew who were accompanied by a USN Ensign = acting, I understand, as an instructor pilot. I have seen it
...ar at least, they were sort of a jumble of whatever was available. I've heard anecdotes about Home Guard units being equipped with everything from shotguns to golf clubs, and using roller skates for 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
...olstein, Tatra, Juterborg. Can anybody give me a full list of named wehrmacht divisions, and why these units were given names?....
I'm looking for information on the following units: 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, U.S. Army 5217th Reconnaissance
...how the German soldiers acted in the conquered territories. Granted that the Einsatz Gruppen and many SS units weren't nice to put it mildly but, was there any chaotic mass slaughter, rape and pillagi...
Was Rommel in charge of the SS units involved during the Normandy landing ... and if so, did he take any measures against SS troops who murdered Canadian (and others) prisoners?
After the success of the Lightning Brigade, were there any shifts in policy towards arming more Union units with repeaters? Did Stanton ever change his position on repeaters? I understand Sheridan a
...e morale was lowest in the branches which had the worst equipment, i.e. among the infantry. Some armored units managed fairly well and the artillery was usually considered to be the best part of the a...
...there is an Internet source for German war records from WW2. Particularly personnel lists of paratrooper units. Thanks for any help....
... suffered terribly did they not under German rule?), Austrian and other volonteers. There were Norwegian units and others I am sure and I have seen several pictures of Whermacht troops with the French...
...lmingly white, with the exception of a couple of what were called 'colored' divisions and a few isolated units such as the 761st Tank Battalion and the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. ...
I have a question that I haven't seen much that answers - how many of the cavalry units were men on horseback and how many were just foot soldiers attached to a cavalry unit? Thanks. Regards,
...ould have happened in Harrtisburg or even in my home town Lancaster If the Lanc. Fencibles & other small units hadn't burnt the bridge. I its & buts were candied nuts, we'd all be as fat as me. LOL ...
...n Paris with 3 Krupp Cannons from up to 120 km away. The shell took 3.5 min for the journey. Were such units available in WW2? (I would expect the ones from WW1 were demolished post-war...) It is ...
I am trying to find out about American units participating in the battle for Salerno, which I guess was part of Operation Avalanche. I'm a clueless newbie so forgive my ignorance. Would someone who kn
Hi, Is there a easy way to find out whose units operating on mediterranean theather in WWII received presidential unit citation ? Rgds,
...t to tell you that you were out of ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss rate go do...
... naturally because of these obstacles, fatigue born of hours of marching and fighting, and separation of units from their officers. There were thousands of Union soldiers milling about in the streets ...
Does anyone have any knowledge of central European SS units? I know the Nazis formed many SS units comprised mainly of anti-communists from its vassal states in Western and Northern Europe, but what a
...neers in the creation of dummy airfields, one of which in the Kuban was bombed seven times. numerous air units were 854 aircraft. VVS losses (not counting ADD and PVO) were only 566. By early 1943, th...
...t > the Japanese in Burma usually consisted of fighting > fanatically tenacious battalion-sized infantry units backed > by small amounts of artillery and poor quality AT guns and > armour, in a jungle...
...e organized into the Home Guard in the early days of the war, when invasion seemed imminent. These guard units would most likely have proven ineffective; at most, they ended up capturing a few downed ...
...eg infantry formations have been left in to reflect the fact that sometimes motor transport and attached units were not available. Atlantean Marine Regiment HQ Air Defence Platoon Lt. Cavalry Troo...
...ir forces, the US in particular had to cross the rail desert. The failure to properly train the supply units alone probably cost the US forces more supplies than diversions to 21st Army Group, for e...
...me dazzling footage and reporting on the current war in Iraq from reporters 'embedded' with the fighting units. How close was the press to fighting troops in the ACW. We know Mathew Brad was photogr...
... road (now US 17) and the South Newport River...... can anyone give more information on this skirmish... units, leeds that I may pursue, etc. There are about six unmarked graves in my family cemeter...
... ended the Holocaust as well. At the time, the Japanese-American 100/442nd was in Italy but one of its units, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, had been detached from the 442d and re-assigned to ...
...it certainly pre-dates the first U.S. combat drops in Sicily, and may go further back to one of the test units (based in the U.S.) which worked to develop the airborne concept in the U.S. Army. Unfort...
I've been researching my father's WWII army units and their actions at both Okinawa and Letye Gulf. I've been able to obtain data on his unit in Okinawa(20th Armor, 713 armored Flamethrowers) but have
...its fighting men have allways been first class) Of coarse it was our misfortune to run into the elite SS units likely the best troops in Hitlers army. The greatest failure in Normandy was the tanks ex...
...he 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 or specific books th...
...troyed the Japanese navy and merchant marine. That raises a question: what happened to the Japanese army units that were in Japan at the end of the war? Japan certainly was in no position to repatriat...
...battle of W.W.II between Australian and Japanese troops? Also did New Zealand troops serve in Australian Units or were they separate?...
...dron associations on:- http://www.foobar.co.uk/~elsham/finding.html -:and try to contact some of the units / men concerned. Rob Davis MSc MIAP Anstey, Leicester UK. 0976 379489...
Version 6.4 of the U.S. Civil War Units File (June 17, 2001) is available on the web and will soon be available from the Rootsweb server (see below for addresses). The Civil War Units File (CWUNITS)
...ad if you can give some links or sites adresses with information in these subjects: the structure of the units who were responsiable for the final solution, their commanders, their methods and their l...
...vy order of Battle for the period July-Sept. 1944. My specific requirement is what Japanese Navy Fighter Units were in the Palau Islands in that period. I have the book 'Japanese Naval Aces and Fighte...
...Mosby. On one occasion a small group of rebs were spotted & their Colonel sent 2 (platoons or companies) units after them seperately at 2 minutes or so apart, warning them to turn back at a certain po...
Does anyone know of a good reference on the history of Iowans who served in Confederate units? Thank you.
...ories of rations did the US use? I know little about German ration systems, except that regiment-sized units had 'bakery' and 'butcher' detachments, and that a horse-towed field kitchen called a 'Go...
Does anyone have an idea of or sources for the organisation of higher level Red Army artillery units, especially Corps & Army level artillery regiments and the various types of artillery brigades in t
...nt information about the battle of Gettysburg (maps, old photos, new photos, good summary of the 3 days, units, ...). Can anyone recommend me a certain book? A couple of times I read about 'The Gettys...
...sh sergeant. I was wondering how common this actually was, I know that the majority of such 'mixed-race' units (Indian Army, French Colonial Armies, African-American units, etc) consisted of white off...
.... forces engaging in tank vs. tank combat, who was the enemy? 2) When and where did it occur, and what units were involved? Two questions, because even if you don't know #2, you might use your gen...
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
Subject; 101st Airborne Glider Units I'd like to post a few comments about some previous posts, most made years ago, about the Glider units of the 101st AB with some of my finding on this subject. I
...ons, (from north to south) Port Lyautey, Fedala, and Safi, which were separated by many miles. Two sub-units of the 2nd US Armored Division saw tank-on-tank action on D+1, one south of Port Lyautey ...
...orld War II. I have heard that they offer real insights into exactly how differently German and Allied units fared on a grand scale. Yours, Fionn Kelly....
...s someone on this board might be able to answer. I've been trying to research out the special operations units in WW2 with mixed success. I'm trying to find counterparts for the British Commandos in t...
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