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- Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:19 pm
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: Burial of men KIA
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9155
Re: Burial of men KIA
Hello to all :D; thanks Simon :wink:. More............ Recovery. Ideally, corpses were buried immediately after a battle and the exact location of the grave was reported. However, the fallen were often unable to recover or were considered missing. A grave officer from the 15th Infantry Division rep...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 5:48 pm
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: Burial of men KIA
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9155
Re: Burial of men KIA
Hello to all :D; a complement............ The Burial Service (Gräberdienst). More than 50 million people died in World War II. Not only women and children and other civilians, but also more than 20 million soldiers. About five million soldiers died on the German side, one in three members of the We...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 5:40 pm
- Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
- Topic: Why are people still biased against Italy ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7733
Re: Why are people still biased against Italy ?
Many of the American tanks in the early stages of Torch were WW1 vintage.ljadw wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:42 pm????statemachine wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 6:47 am Have a look at American tanks when they first came to Tunisia.
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 6:47 am
- Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
- Topic: Why are people still biased against Italy ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7733
Re: Why are people still biased against Italy ?
Have a look at American tanks when they first came to Tunisia.
- Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:30 pm
- Forum: Veterans and vet info
- Topic: NARA files on foreign wss volunteers
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5532
NARA files on foreign wss volunteers
Hello all,are there separate rolls for foreign volunteers?
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:14 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3965
Re: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
Possibly not known or understood where the Pic was taken.I know who this man is.This is the man Skorzeny recruited for Gran Sasso.He is Italian.Laugh if you want.I know his full name.
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:10 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3965
Re: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
Not in the well known groupings.Single photo in a file.
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:11 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3965
Re: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
Well I guess nobody takes this seriously.
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:57 am
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3965
Re: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
Nobody interested in knowing who this man was?If we can find the Pic then I will present one taken in 1950 of this man.
- Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:56 am
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3965
Re: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
Nobody interested in knowing who this man was?If we can find the Pic then I will present one taken in 1950 of this man.
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:21 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3965
Looking For Littlle Search Advice for Gran Sasso Pic
So this is a well known Pic from the Bundesarchivs,Bild101L-567-1503B-08 https://images.app.goo.gl/cQeZzKxXHCVXA3rz8 The short man on the left half out of the picture.I was searching Toni Schneider and up popped a single photo of this man,again only half his face but up close.Wrote down the file num...
- Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:05 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Jewish SOE Naval Unit Led By Brits...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10477
Re: Jewish SOE Naval Unit Led By Brits...
Not exactly a rare skill in SOE or in assorted military units in the theatre. No,but coupled with language skills and a willingness to please it might have been.It was a very rough neighborhood as evidenced by their fate...a body believed to be that of Palmer was washed ashore showing evidence of m...
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:10 pm
- Forum: Verboten! - Off topic content
- Topic: Where's Adolf???
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22197
Re: Where's Adolf???
Why should people accept anything that the authorities put forward?No DNA,no proof.Alex Coles wrote:I really do find these stories quite absurd. If only people could just accept Hitler killed himself in his bunker and had his body burned afterwards. Besides, was it even physically possible for him to escape?
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:05 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Jewish SOE Naval Unit Led By Brits...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10477
Re: Jewish SOE Naval Unit Led By Brits...
Demolition skills for this group.
- Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:36 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Jewish SOE Naval Unit Led By Brits...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10477
Re: Jewish SOE Naval Unit Led By Brits...
I don't have the source before me but the yacht was actually a British sub,HMS SeaLion,records for the month of May still classified.The Jews were officially not Palmach,but the day after the disapearance the Palmach was officially formed.