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Old October 2nd, 2006, 11:39 PM
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You know any sites that have topographic maps of Guadalcanal by any chance?
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Which German division never lost an inch of the ground?
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You know any sites that have topographic maps of Guadalcanal by any chance?
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...uadalcanal.jpg

I hadnt seen this site before
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...1943_1945.html

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...canal_1942.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...vance_1943.jpg
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319 Infanterie Division
Formed after the fall of France it found a cushy billet on the Channel islands and surrendered after the main German Armies
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</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by hamburg:
Which German division never lost an inch of the ground?
319 Infanterie Division
Formed after the fall of France it found a cushy billet on the Channel islands and surrendered after the main German Armies </font>[/quote]You could probably add 230, 231, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 277, 280,307, 310, 311, 345, 358, 386 etc

Many of these were disbanded, but some saw service in Norway, just as out of the way as the Channel islands.
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Old October 3rd, 2006, 01:34 PM
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The one I was thinking about fought on Russian front.
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Old October 4th, 2006, 01:30 AM
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</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Col. Hessler:
You know any sites that have topographic maps of Guadalcanal by any chance?
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...uadalcanal.jpg

I hadnt seen this site before
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...1943_1945.html

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...canal_1942.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...vance_1943.jpg </font>[/quote]Thanks Ali. Good maps but I don't think the Galloping Horse, Sea Horse, and Gifu are visable on them. Here's one I found of the Galloping Horse:
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http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/GuadC/p293.GIF

The US ARmy, Centre for Military History's, History of Guadalcanal, The First Offensive, has a series of maps like this
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The one I was thinking about fought on Russian front.
Now you are making it hard!

Must've manouvered all the way back to Berlin.
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Not still out there are they???

Another of Wolfies phantom divs?
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http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/GuadC/p293.GIF

The US ARmy, Centre for Military History's, History of Guadalcanal, The First Offensive, has a series of maps like this
Thanks Ali. [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img]
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As Chesty Puller said at the Chosin Resivoir when he was surrounded...

Retreat Hell, We're just attacking in another direction!
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Old October 6th, 2006, 07:02 AM
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As Chesty Puller said at the Chosin Resivoir when he was surrounded...

Retreat Hell, We're just attacking in another direction!
Nice one Skunk,

I like the quote Chesty gave on Iwo with the 4th Marine Division... "well boys, they're in front of us, they're behind us, and they're to the left and right of us....they can't get away now!"...LOL....

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Old October 6th, 2006, 11:54 AM
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A little help - it was "German".
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I thought the saying came from a GeneralSmith, not Puller!
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A little help - it was "German".
That cuts it down to 200 or so!!
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Old October 7th, 2006, 09:45 AM
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It was active till October 1943.
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I thought the saying came from a GeneralSmith, not Puller!
I think it was Chesty...

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Old October 8th, 2006, 01:48 AM
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The comment "Retreat, hell, we're just attacking in another direction" has been variously attributed to 1st Marine Division Commander Major General Oliver P. Smith or to regimental commander Colonel (later LtGen) Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

First time i've seen Puller mention, so we both might be right. (I've even seen Dougout Doug attributed to it)
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"I want you boys to hurry up and whip these Germans so we can get out to the Pacific to kick the s**t out of the purple-pissing Japanese, before the Godda**ed MARINES get all the credit!" Lt General George Patton, US Army 1945
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It was "colored" division.
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250 "Blau" Divisionen ?
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That is correct. Division Azul
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Still looking for when the 250 Div retreated....

How many "Bangalore Torpedoes" did the US Army "expend" in NW Europe 6/6/44 - 8/5/45.

An exact number please.
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From Feldgrau.com

The garrison of Possad was quietly withdrawn on 7 December, only when intelligence told the Soviet atttacking force had also withdrawn through sheer exhaustion. The losses to the 269.Inf.Rgt. during this brutal month were 120 dead, 440 wounded,and 20 missing. All units of the 250.Inf.Div. now retired over the frozen Volkhov to fortified positions on the west bank.

That winter, greater horrors would visit the volunteers. On Christmas eve of 1941, at positions held by a company of Spanish Grenadiers at Lubkovo suddenly overrun by a fierce attack of Soviet infantry.

Try also
http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/iberia...krasny_bor.htm
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