Donster Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Esther Williams 1940: Royal Navy Heavy cruiser “Suffolk” bombards installations at Stavanger, but on her return is badly damaged by Ju-88 bombers and barely makes Scapa Flow with her stern awash. 1941: Yugoslavia surrenders, with the Wehrmacht taking 334,000 prisoners. King Peter of Yugoslavia is flown to Athens and then on to London by the RAF. 1942: The RAF makes a daylight raid against Augsburg in southern Germany with 14 Lancaster bombers. The raid is pressed home with great gallantry, with squadron leader J.D. Nettleton being awarded the VC. However, 7 aircraft are lost, which convinces Air Marshal Harris that daylight raids by heavy bombers were too costly. 1943: Germans find buried polish officers at Katyn Wood. 1943: The U.S. War Manpower Commission orders 27 million workers in industries deemed essential to the war effort not to leave their positions for any reason. Ann Miller 1944: Amid rumors in the allied press that he is dead or is locked in an insane asylum, Hitler appears, but does not speak at the funeral in Munich of Gauleiter Adolf Wagner. It is the first time Hitler has shown himself publicly since his speech to the "Old Fighters" the previous November. 1945: The battle for Berlin escalates a breakthrough is made by the 1st Ukrainian front. However, the 1st Belorussian Fronts offensive against Berlin is stalled by tenacious German resistance on the Seelow Heights, 2 miles West of the Oder, with great losses of troops and tanks for the Russians. The situation for the German 6th SS Panzer Army in Austria is now critical at St.Polten. The Russians occupies Wilhelmsburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Readin' up on the Suffolk right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Donster Posted April 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 LEGS!! Quick! Somebody smack The Skipper on the side of the head! I think his needle is stuck! (for you young'uns, the needle being referred to his on a record player (phonograph), and the needle has come to a 'skip' on the record being played, causing it to skip and keep repeating the same track over and over) That ends todays lesson in electronics history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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