Donster Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 1939: German aircraft parachute mines in to the Thames Estuary. 1940: Greeks defeat the Italian 9th Army. 1941: All operational U-boats ordered to proceed to the Mediterranean or its approach. 1941: The 3rd Panzer Korps captures Rostov-on-Don. 1941: A confused battle continues around Sidi Rezegh, with XXX Corps being forced to stop it advance towards Tobruk after the loss of many tanks and for the Tobruk break-out to be halted. Better news for XIII Corps though as it captures Sidi Omar and Capuzzo. 1942: The Soviet 4th Mechanised Corps from the south and the 4th Tank Corps from the north, join hands at Kalach on the Don, thus establishing the complete encirclement of the 300,000 men of 6th and 4th Panzer Army's. The Russians report gains of up to 50 miles south of Stalingrad. 1943: The RAF give Berlin the worst pounding so far, with more than 2,300 tons of bombs dropped in less than 30 minutes for the loss of just 26 planes. 1943: The Cairo summit opens between Churchill, Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-shek. 1943: German troops complete the occupation of the islands of the Dodecanese in the eastern Mediterranean. 1944: The RAF make a second breach in the Dortmund-Ems Canal. 1944: Fighting in Metz is over but seven forts still hold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Rommel Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 1939: German aircraft parachute mines in to the Thames Estuary Vhot vhunderbahr tecknology!!! Juzt imagine droppink a vhole mine by parachute!!!!! Now vhe mine Thames mud under zhe nozez of zhe Britz und zhey are not even aware uf it!! Hmmmmm-- vhonder vhot Thamez mud iz guut fur..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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