Donster Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 1939: Two German cruisers which are accompanied by 5 destroyers are damaged by torpedo's from the British submarine HMS Salmon as they are returning from a mine laying operation off the northeast coast of England. Later in the day, HMS Salmon also gives warning under the 'rules of war' to a German liner, although it reaches the port of Bremen safely. 1939: Finnish have some success against Russian troops at Tolvajärvi, inflicting heavy casualties. 1940: Sheffield is heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe. 1941: Britain declares war on Bulgaria. 1941: Bulgaria declares war on both Britain and the USA. 1941: Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. 1941: US declares war on Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria after receiving those country's declarations of war against the US. 1941: The ship "Struma" leaves Romania for Palestine carrying 769 Jews but is later denied permission by British authorities to allow the passengers to disembark. In Feb. 1942, it sails back into the Black Sea where it is intercepted by a Soviet submarine and sunk as an "enemy target." 1942: The 1,500 ton destroyer HMS Partridge is sunk off the coast of Algeria by U-565, commanded by Wilhelm Franken. 1942: In the Mediterannian Sea, Italian midget submarines sink four ships in the harbor at Algiers. 1942: A hastily assembled force of 13 divisions, including three Panzer divisions, under the control of 4.Panzerarmee (Hoth), begins Operation Winter Tempest, the relief of 6.Armee (von Paulus) encircled at Stalingrad. Angela Greene 1943: Rommel becomes C in C of Army Group B, which covers the coastal defences from Holland to Bay of Biscay. 1943: The exiled Czech government signs a treaty with the Soviet Union for postwar cooperation. 1944: The underground V-weapon factory at Wittring is captured by the U.S. Third Army. *1937: The Japanese fire on British and U.S. ships on the Yangtze River in China, sinking the American ship Panay. The Japanese apologize to the United States and pay reparations; the British refuse to accept any Japanese apology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dude Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Interestink! Nice babe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Interesting to me,because of the line "Sheffield heavily bombed by Luftwaffe - 1940. I remember that nite well. I was cowering in an Anderson Shelter with my mum,and shaking from fear. Dad was an Air Raid Warden,out doing his thing,and I've never felt so terrified in my life listening to the sound of JU 88 and Heinkel 111 engines droning above me and the whistling of the dropping bombs. Total helplessness,for a 9yr old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Anyone would feel pretty helpless in that situation Whizzers, there's not a lot you can do during a bombing raid except keep your head down and pray. For what it's worth I'm glad they missed ya. Also speaking of bombers, damn but those B-29s are pretty things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 WOW..........Whiz is 75....................mind if I call you Whizoldfart?? Just teasing ya Whiz..................must have been an experience living through that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Whizkid Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 WOW..........Whiz is 75....................mind if I call you Whizoldfart?? Just teasing ya Whiz..................must have been an experience living through that!!! Be my guest! Donnie comes up with many inventive ways of saying similar names. But then,he also stares in the mirror a lot wondering who he is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Be my guest! Donnie comes up with many inventive ways of saying similar names. But then,he also stares in the mirror a lot wondering who he is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Be my guest! Donnie comes up with many inventive ways of saying similar names. But then,he also stares in the mirror a lot wondering who he is! Yeah...the 1960's were hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Helmet Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 WOW..........Whiz is 75....................mind if I call you Whizoldfart?? Just teasing ya Whiz..................must have been an experience living through that!!! Pisskid is so old that he can remember when bacon, eggs and sunshine were good for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Pisskid is so old that he can remember when bacon, eggs and sunshine were good for you. They aren't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dude Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Damn, Whizzer! I knew you were 75, and I knew you were British, but you never told us that you lived through the damn Blitz. Hats off to you, my friend Did you always use the shelter or did your family, like most families in Britain, just decide it was better to take your chances inside the house where it was warm and dry or get covered in the same potential rubble pile should a bomb fall close by while shivering in a damp, cramped Anderson Shelter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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