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  1. Col. Hessler

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    Ok, new question. When and where was napalm first used in WWII.
     
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    Not come across any FJ plans to jump on Leningrad. I have the planning for Malta, Gibralter, Sealion, Baku and a few others, but nothing on a proposed drop into Leningrad.

    I would be interested if you have any more info on that proposed drop Col. Hessler, it may explain Von Der Heydtes comments on jumping into built-up areas given during his post-war interviews with the US army. I would also be interested given the losses in transports at that time. A drop consisting of more than a division would have strecthed the transport fleets to breaking point.
     
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    Oh... and a stab in the dark on the napalm question!

    July 23, 1944, during pre-invasion air strikes on the island of Tinian, part of the Marianas island chain in the Pacific.

    Just a thought although I seem to recall one author stating it was used during D-Day...
     
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    Isn't napalm technically jellied petro,same stuff used in flame-throwers? Then it would be Eastern-front maybe. I'm fishing. :confused:
     
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  5. Col. Hessler

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    I am currently searching for more information about those plans too. I didn't come up with anything else either. I will keep looking until I find something.

    Sorry Red and Framer, you are wrong. Red was in the right direction though, talking about air strikes.
     
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    Man, searching the internet there seems to be quite a lot of confusion about napalm, even down to what it actually stands for! Through the almighty power of Goggle I have learned that napalm stands for "Napththenic acid and Palmetate", and that it was invented in 1942.

    Most articles I have seen seem to credit the Tinian strike on July 23 with the first use. But eventually I found one mentioning an airstrike by P-38s against a German fuel dump at Coutances, in France, on July 17.

    And so, by the dubious knowledge invested in me by the fickle internet, I demand to know if this is the correct answer! :D
     
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  7. Col. Hessler

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    Good job Heatland, that is correct. You're turn.

    Napalm was first used on July 17, 1944, when US P-38s attacked a fuel depot at Coutances, near St.Lo, France.
     
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    Ha-haaah! The power of Google conquers all! :D

    Alright, this one should be fairly easy to find an answer to...

    During December 1941, the Soviets launched several amphibious assaults against the Crimea in an effort to disrupt and/or throw back the German attackers. During this time a German infantry division performed an unauthorized withdrawal, which made von Manstein upset enough to dismiss the commander. The commander was court-martialed and later shot, and the division held in disgrace for quite some time.

    Who was the commander, and for bonus points, what was the unit?
     
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    Alas, I have found something about those plans!

    John Keegan's "Encyclopedia of WWII" says this in the Leningrad entry:

    "The siege continued until 1944. Hitler had various plans to take the city by storm but there was no repeat of the September 1941 attempt. The most ambitious plan was concieved in the summer of 1943 - a parachute drop of two divisions onto the city, but it was quietly discarded after the defeat at Kursk"
     
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  10. Heartland

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    Going once, twice...anyone?

    :eek:
     
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  11. Friedrich

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    I got the answer… just give me one more day!

    Sorry… I forgot to look for it in the weekend… :rolleyes:
     
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    Is it Heeresgruppe B (von Schobert)?
     
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  13. Heartland

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    Nope sorry, its a bit lower level than that (divison-level)!

    Alright then, we'll wait another day for good old Friedrich to get his act together... [​IMG]
     
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  14. Friedrich

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    Lieutenant general Hans Graf von Sponeck.

    My source says it was 46th infantry division, but axishistory.com says it was the 22nd… :rolleyes:
     
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    Correct! :D

    And my notes has it as the 46th Infantry Division as well, although I don't have a proper source noted. So we'll pass both the main answer and the secondary one. Well done! Over...
     
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    Well, now it's my turn to ask about another German general, court-martialed for having allowed his sub-ordinates to be captured with plans for 'Operation Blau' by the Soviets. Then this general became a Panzer Army commander and died of a stroke in the middle of a very important battle.

    Who is him?
     
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  17. Heartland

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    Him is general Stumme? :D
     
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  18. Friedrich

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    He… :rolleyes:

    Yes, over to you, again…
     
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    Alright then...

    On February 18, 1945, the youngest Front commander in the Red Army received a fatal wound while directing his troops from the frontlines, at the (relatively) tender age of 38. Quite a brilliant and often overlooked general...who was he?
     
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