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by bf109 emil
Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:26 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Quality of Fuel used by Germna Armed Forces.
Replies: 13
Views: 6392

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German aviation fuel was 87 octane, right? So, what was the octane rating for their land-forces gasoline? Yours, Paul By the early 1930s, automobile gasoline had an octane reading of 40 and aviation gasoline of 75-80. Aviation gasoline with such high octane numbers could only be refined through a p...
by bf109 emil
Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:07 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: German POWs
Replies: 29
Views: 13249

Re: German POWs

The city i grew up in held the largest number of German POW's in Canada during WW2. A number of these prisoners used to come daily to the family farm to dig potatoes, milk cows, etc. This last spring they had an exhibit set up showing archives, paintings, sculptures,carvings made by former German PO...
by bf109 emil
Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:40 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: German officer serving in regular French army after WW2
Replies: 7
Views: 5680

Re: German officer serving in regular French army after WW2

does anyone know the total number of former wehrmacht and SS whom served with/under the French at Diem Bien Phu Prison camp was even worse. The French troops, many of them not even French, were constantly starved, beaten and heaped with abuse. Many died. The Viet Minh used the presence of veteran Wo...
by bf109 emil
Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:10 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: How could Germany win the war?
Replies: 107
Views: 40811

Re: How could Germany win the war?

Germany to win the war...in a sense they did for a limited time in a sort of sense, then what?? The type and form of government they intended to impose on the masses of people had they defeated or occupied Great Britain, and in a fantasy sense got the Soviet Union to surrender, what now? Yes they co...
by bf109 emil
Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Israeli air force BF109s?!
Replies: 7
Views: 6599

Re: Israeli air force BF109s?!

http://www.spyflight.co.uk/images/JPGS/iafvraf/mule.jpg http://www.spyflight.co.uk/iafvraf.htm The IAF had to address its lack of fighter aircraft and slowly the first few Avia S-199s, Czech built versions of the Messerschmitt Me-109 that were purchased by Israeli agents in Czechoslovakia, began to...