Looks like it worked this time, I had to crop the pics below 1 MB! The picture to the left shows the situation after what was probably a remote...
Hello again and thanks for your concern. I haven't been around for a while now, I had problems with the forum, it was sort of unstable. I tried to...
This has been discussed earlier in another thread, but I can't remember when so here's a link to some information about the Norwegians that fought...
Here's the whole story: Anni-Frid Lyngstad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorry, I haven't visited the Forum recently. Junior is home on leave at the moment, he arrived Sept. 1st and will return on Tuesday 14th. I picked...
How crazy can one get? This guy is constructing the German battleship Tirpitz using LEGO bricks: tirpitz.net - The Tirpitz-Lego Project -...
Carl's list is not complete, there are many more WWII wrecks along the Norwegian coast. However, depth is not the only limitation. Many of these...
I assume you are referring to German U-boat casualties. According to Clay Blair's book 'Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942-1945', page 709,...
You do have a point here, TOS. One has to keep in mind that Britain had almost exhausted its resources on manpower by the fall of 1944. The UK...
I have rewritten the entire post and included references. I hope this will provide sufficient information on my point of view. Operation Market...
Here's a pick: 1: 'Das Deutsches Afrika-korps: Siege und Niederlage.' by Hanns-gert von Esebeck.German. 2: 'Mit Rommel in der Wüste: Kampf und...
Fair enough, Martin. It is said that history is written by the conquerer. This was certainly the case on both sides during WWII, after the war it...
The seeds of failure were sown long before the Operation Market Garden was launched. Discord and disagreement had festered between the allied...
Right on the spot TOS. In the March 1968 issue of the British magazine Flying Review Intl. there is an interview with the former Luftwaffe pilot...
I found some more pics from the area. The wreck is easy to find, but it may be a little bit arduous to get there. You leave the E6 main road right...
I have visited the wreck several times, last time in October 2008. If you look in the member's gallery under the signature 'RAM' you will find...
Italian yes, but not the Italia, taking a Fritz X hit.
Thanx for your salute, Chief! Much appreciated! The sequence of pictures below shows an historic event. What happened and what is the name of...
It's the German auxiliary vessel Sperrbrecher 13 (ex Minerva) in her 1943 camouflage pattern!
What a waste! Why didn't they disassemble the plane and shipped it to an appropriate facility where they could do a complete overhaul instead of...
