and in the 1960's Kai, zig-zag was the fine white little roll up papers for smoking your brand of weed .....

Not many US senior commanders fought both in the Pacific and European theaters. Here´s two:

Major General J. Lawton Collins
Major General Charles H. Corlett

J. Lawton Collins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles H. Corlett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Fw 190 and upward cannons (?)...haven´t seen a pic of this before...quite impressive looking...

Unfortunately do not understand the language...

PALBA.CZ :: Zobrazit téma - Schräge Musik

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Why was it hard to begin a co-operation between the US and the British in the codebreaking section:

" The British were grappling with their own reservations about the Americans: " We are entitled to recall that America sent over at the end of the last war the now notorius Colonel Yardley for purposes of cooperation. He went so far as to publish the story of his cooperation in book form." Indeed, Herbert O. Yardley- ladies´man, high roller, and head of America´s codebreaking effort during WW1- had penned a memoir in 1931, the "American Black Chamber", that became a bestseller. In it, he detailed his success against enemy codes;later, he supplied the background for a Hollywood spy film."

From "Secret in building 26" by DeBrosse and Burke

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" To deceive the enemy air reconnaissance a fake installation , a dummy Karinhall, had been built some ten kilometers from the true Karinhall."

From the HG Panzer division by Alfred Otte

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In march 1944, of the total German artillery figure of 17,589 guns, no less than 47% were of foreign origin and of those the largest number was French.

From " Wages of destruction "

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" I have had enough of those demonstrations! They don´t harm the jew, but me, who am the last authority for coordinating the German economy!"

Hermann Göring November 1938 on material damage to property owned by Jews during that year ( which he considered already belonging to the Reich )

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Kai the Fw 190 with the Jagdfaust was a preset with cell trigger as the fighter flew under a B-17 or equivalent all three guns would fire with one explosive round ( 3 ) at the same time, not SM as one would call it really. supposed one successful testing but that was it, and it was not used at night like the Schrägwaffen equipment

Thanx Erich!

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" By the summer of 1941, Wehrmacht was already scraping the manpower barrel. Due to the small number of children born during WW1, Germany had no option but to send virtually all its young men into battle. Of those aged between 20 and 30, who were physically fit for service, 85% were already in the Wehrmacht in the summer of 1941 "

from " Wages of destruction "

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An ordnance report on German military fuels and lubricating oils, from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 30, July 29, 1943.

b. Aviation Gasolines

German aviation fuels are of particular interest. These are of two types: a blue B-4 fuel (bomber grade) of 89 to 91 octane and a green C-3 (fighter grade) of 93 to 96 octane. The B-4 grade consists of a 71.5 to 74 octane base gasoline plus 4.5 to 4.75 cc tetraethyl lead per gallon, while the C-3 grade consists of 83 octane base gasoline plus 4.26 to 4.6 cc of lead. The C-3 fuel is outstanding in that it has a particularly high rich mixture rating which is given as 110 British Engine Performance Rating compared with 100 for British Air Ministry 100 fuel. This appreciation in performance rating with rich mixture is undoubtedly due to the high aromatic content of the green fuel which is reported as 37.42 and 38.59 percent on two samples.

Lone Sentry: Summary of Captured Fuels and Lubricants (WWII Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 30, July 29, 1943)

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From early war bombing methods for Allied pilots:

Approaching a target wreathed in cloud, there were only two possibilities: to descend to recklessly low level to seek visual identification- which cost many crews their lives - or to bomb on ETA - estimated time of arrival over the target, judged from the last pinpoint, perhaps hundreds of miles back.

This was the commonest course among mediocre crews, who had their own saying: " He who bombs on ETA lives to fly another day."

From Bomber Command by Hastings

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April 1940 Germans sending bombers to destroy any Allied ships patrolling off the Orkney or Shetland


" Sgt Hallowes ( flying a Hurricane ) had also enjoyed success of a more tangible nature on this sortie, his Heinkel actually crash-landing neatly inside the flarebath back at Wick! Two of the gunners aboard had been killed during the action, and the survivors insisted that they had been shot up by a Spitfire.

" It was the first sign of the Luftwaffe´s " Spitfire snobbery "- there were no Spitfires for miles", commented Townsend in "Duel of Eagles."

From Scandinavian sideshow 1940-45 ( Osprey )

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I just found this while doing some research on the Canadians at Aldershot - Why the Army Group commanded by Montgomery was called 21 Army Group:

"The arrival of the 2nd Division brought Canadian troops in Britain up to 56,000 and on Christmas Day 1940 the Canadian Corps came into being, commanded by Lt Gen. McNaughton, who had initially brought over 1st Division. In the next eighteen months three more divisions and two tank brigades arrived, a second Corps was formed and all were put under command of a newly created First Canadian Army. This was the Army which fought alongside the British 2nd Army throughout the subsequent NW Europe Campaign, the two numbers being combined in the title of 21 Army Group commanded by Field Marshal Montgomery."

In 1940 he single-handedly deciphered and reverse-engineered an early version of the Siemens and Halske T52 also known as the Geheimfernschreiber (one of the "Fish cyphers") used by Nazi Germany, and created a device that enabled Sweden to decipher German teleprinter traffic passing through Sweden from Norway on a cable. In this way, Swedish authorities knew about Operation Barbarossa before it occurred.

Arne Beurling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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To this add Gen. Alexander Patch, commander of Americal Division, Guadalcanal, 1942-43 and Seventh Army, Southern France.

JT

Patton and " Rock soup" method of attacking

Since our progress from now on had to be along the lines of what General Allen called the 'rock soup' method, I will describe it. A tramp once went to a house and asked for some boiling water to make 'rock soup'. The lady was interested and gave him some water, into which he placed two polished stones. He then asked if he might have some potatoes to flavor it a little, and then some carrots, and finally some meat. In other words, in order to attack, we had to first pretend to reconnoiter, then reinforce the reconnaissance, and finally put on a attack; all depending upon what amount of gasoline and ammunition we could secure.


The Unknown Patton Chapter Thirteen (Patton's Quotes)

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I thought this was an interesting one from the past...though does not prove anything....

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The IQ ratings were taken, by the American psychologist Dr. Gilbert, while the defendants were in the Nuremberg Jail.


Karl Doenitz 138
Hans Frank 130
Wilhelm Frick 124
Hans Fritzsche 130
Walter Funk 124
Herman Goering 138
Rudolf Hess 120
Alfred Jodl 127
Ernst Kaltenbrunner 113
Wilhelm Keitel 129
Constain von Neurath 123
Franz von Papen 134
Erich Raeder 134
Joachim von Ribberntrop 129
Alfred Rosenberg 127
Fritz Saukel 118
Hjalmar Schacht 143
Baldur von Schirach 130
Arthur Seyss-Inquart 141
Albert Speer 128
Julius Streicher 106

International Military Tribunal

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I was surprised at Herman Goering's score !

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Work Harder ! Millions on welfare are depending on you.

From 82nd Airborne division by Mike Verier

" Famously, the men of one of the earliest intakes, the 506th (later to be assigned to the 101st ) were so fit that they left their instructors standing. After two days of being thus humiliated the sergeants gave in and moved their charges to the next stage."

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