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Ahhh, hold on -
According to Antony Beevor, his name was Major General Heinrich Kreipe, who had recently taken over 22nd Bremen-Sebastopol Divn from Major-General Muller. SOE really wanted Muller, getting Kreipe almost by accident . . .
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You got it, Martin. I actually think Muller was the military commander of the island and Kreipe 'only' divisional commander...
It was an amazing feat. Moss wrote about this escapade in his book ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT...
Over to you...
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OK, it's Euro-trivia time !
My favourite WWII painting is Frank Wootton's 'Rocket Firing Typhoons at the Falaise Gap, Normandy, 1944'.
Which village is depicted in the painting ?
If you can't run along to the IWM to see the original, take a look at : -
www.home.istar.ca/~johnstns/tacair/tacair.html
( This is an educational quiz ! ) 
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Village of Argentan?
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G'day
Was this at Mortain???
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Quote:
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G'day
Was this at Mortain???
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This would have been my second guess
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Sorry guys, no and no ! Mortain is way out, Argentan is lukewarm.... 
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No, but you're nearly there .. ! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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St. Maire Eglies?
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Ah, Bish, now you're guessing ! Nope... 
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July 8th, 2002, 10:21 PM
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Well, sort of I'm using a map, and those two are the closets villages to Argetan that are on it.
[ 08 July 2002, 07:12 PM: Message edited by: Bish OBE ]
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Saint Lambert? If so, they were shooting at a friend of mine
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Hey, that Martin is dangerous with all his Geography... I don't try this one because I want to sleep tonight.
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St Mere Eglise ???? Er, no.
Timo - come on - two more words and it's yours .... !
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Absolute stab in the dark-Carentan?
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Sorry, Panzerknacker - miles out !!
No, this one's on 'hold' for Timo - if he can just give us those other two words . . . . . 
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Saint Lambert-sur-Dives
I am not allowed to post the whole story here, but an LAH veteran wrote:
'Dann kam der Absetzbefehl in der Richtung Le Sap-Monnai. Es konnte kein zusammenhängendes absetzen sein, denn St. Lambert und die Ruckzugstraße war eine Straße des Todes.'
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Absolutely correct, Timo. Pity, I'd love to hear that story !
By the way, from the painting, the distinctive church tower is still there, the curve in the road is still there, and if you look carefully, pieces of the German column can be found in the hedges.
So - over to you . . . . .
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Okay, here goes:
Some of you know that my research is focused on the career of SS-Sturmbannführer Knittel and his unit. He was commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 LSSAH and was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 04.06.1944.
But for what action/achievement was he awarded this medal?
Please give me:
- timeframe or date
- location
- involved wehrmacht unit
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March 1944 defending Hill 300 in the Hube Pocket alongside the 68th Inf Div.
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Very good. You're next [img]smile.gif[/img]
May I ask which source you used?
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Grrrrrrats, I KNEW that--now I have to wait till tomorrow before I can get back online to see what PzJgr has to offer next. 
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