But, has already been said, they did have the advantage of landing as a unit, armed and ready to go. And you're partially wrong, 22nd Luftlande...
Hows this for arquements sake (All dates approximate!) July/August 1944; Eisenhower concedes that landings have failed. Allied forces withdrawn...
Doing a search, I found a page at www.halyava.ru/brioch/i52.html, but it appears to be in Russian(!), anyone any good at translating it, PLEASE?...
The Japanese submarine I-52 (Using the codename "U-Föhre" or "Tanne".) was sunk off the Cape Verde Isles by aircraft from the "Jeep" carrier Bogue...
Not gone all out for Kiev in the late summer!! This diversion dragged Guderian's Panzergruppe 2 far to the south, forcing him to launch his attack...
Sorry Mito, I meant to ask Comet! But whilst I've got your attention, any luck with those submarine sources? Rich
Mr. Fox, Try e-mailing Mark Horan (mhoran@snet.com), the Finnish campaign is one of his specialities. Regards Richard Murphy Bletchley, England
Mito, I don't doubt you, but I would like to see the articles, especially if any identification markings are on the vehicles. Rich
Mito, British Valentine, Matilda and Churchill Tanks were all supplied to the Russians, though they did not think highly of them as they were too...
Comet, To the best of my knowledge, no panzers of any description were available to 91st Luftlande Division, which took the brunt of the landings...
Right, time to get the ball rolling! At the end of July 1944 Christian Tyschens headquarters of the 2nd SS Pz. Div. was overrun as the Americans...
Yamamoto's aircraft and his escort were shot down on 18th April over Bougainville, at the northern end of the Solomon Island chain. (Source;...
Milos, "Accepted"?, by whom? Rich
Good Evening Gentlemen, "Jimbo" must have done something pretty bad to have been banned already! All I can say is that I wouldn't have found you...
