WW2

[Arminius]

 

[Arminius]

 

[Stephen Graham]

Waar sloeg die Dieppe Raid eigenlijk op?

 

[Arminius]

Eén van de redenen waarom Hitler het Kommandobefehl invoerde. Dat koste, mijns inziens, Anton Dostler onterecht het leven. Hij had alleen de pech dat hij zo'n beetje de eerste was die na de oorlog werd terechtgesteld. Kan me eigenlijk niet voorstellen dat hij iets later de doodstraf had gekregen. (die daadwerkelijk werd uitgevoerd en niet omgezet)

Er was trouwens een equivalent in de oorlog op zee. (Laconia-Befehl)

 

[Arminius]

oké...

 

[Arminius]

Er bleef vast niet veel over van z'n gezicht.

Galgenhumor?

 

[Arminius]

Zag weleens een interview met een Vlaamse W–SSer, onderscheiden met de panzervernichtungsabzeichen, die zei dat hij, na al die jaren, nog steeds het geschreeuw van de Sovjets kon horen nadat dat ding (panzerknacker) afging.

War: It's fantastic!

 

[Arminius]

De andere denkt aan eten.

Bekijk bijlage 457145

Is dit onze smullende vriend rechts?

 

[Arminius]

Ik zou er toch niet zo'n fan van zijn om interessant te gaan doen met vlaggen van de tegenstander. De Amerikaan aan de linkerkant heeft trouwens het hoofddeksel van een Heer officier op.

 

[Arminius]

 

[Arminius]

Slag om Brody (juni 1941)

De grootste tankslag in de geschiedenis. Niet Prochorovka, tijdens Koersk, zoals velen (nog steeds) denken.

 

[Arminius]

An SS soldier stands by while a Soviet infantry man tends to a wounded comrade in July 1943, while the remains of T34/76 Model 1943 blazes in the background. The SS soldier is lightly equipped - he does not even carry spare ammunition for his MP40.

A few moments later, the SS soldier gives the wounded Soviet a drink of water from his M1931 field flash. He has a well worn "Plane Tree" pattern camouflage helmet cover and an early style "Palm" pattern camouflage smock originally introduced in 1940.

 

[Arminius]

Dietrich & Wünsche

Dietrich had trouwens lak aan het 'halt order' ten tijde van Duinkerke. Hij en Hitler gingen gingen zo ver terug in de tijd, waardoor ik denk dat Sepp zich nog veel meer had kunnen permitteren.

(al was dat order sowieso niet Hitler's idee)

 

[Arminius]

Over Frankrijk gesproken, Hans von Luck v.d. 'Gespensterdivision' (Spookdivisie)

Links

Hans von Luck over Erwin Rommel:

Meuse:

Rommel appeared among us, as so often in the following weeks, in order to form personally a picture of the situation. He arrived in his armored car, specially equipped with radio gear. "What's going on?" he asked. "Held up by artillery fire," we replied. "Show me. Where is the fire coming from?" Standing in his armored car, he studies the opposite bank with his binoculars. He was calm and steady, giving no sign of uncertainty or nervousness. Within minutes he made his decision. "Stay put," he told us. "This is a job for the infantry."

Soon we saw elements of the 7th Panzer Grenadier Regiment climbing down the hill, accompanied by the army engineers with rubber dinghies. Further south near Dinant, the 6th Panzer Grenadier Regiment was on the move. Hardly had the first boats been lowered into the water than all hell broke loose. Snipers and heavy artillery straddled the defenseless men in the boats. With our tanks and our own artillery we tried to neutralize the enemy, but he was to well screened. The infantry attack came to a standstill. Rommel went to Dinant to see whether the other regiment had been more successful. But there, too, dinghy after dinghy had been sunk.

"Smoke," thought Rommel, but we had no smoke shells. Again came one of Rommel's instant decisions made on the spot: some houses that stood in the right direction for the wind were shot into flames, and under cover of the smoke the attack was begun again. Like a whirlwind Rommel came back to us, at once organizing covering fire for the 7th Panzer Grenadier Regiment. He personally took command of its 2nd Battalion. With the second wave Rommel was across the river, where it became possible to form a small bridgehead in the teeth of the French, who defended themselves bravely.

During the night the first tanks were ferried over by the engineers. On the morning of 14 May we took up the attack with the infantry. Rommel was there again; his command post could not hold him. His command tank was hit and the driver put in the ditch. Rommel was slightyl wounded, but hurried forward on foot in the midst of enemy fire. "Is Rommel immune?" we asked ourselves. It made a strong impression on all the officers and men; his example spurred us on.

La Bassée Canal:

During the violent crossing of the canal, Rommel stood like a target on the embankment and directed the fire, while next to him men were being wounded and even killed. Once again he spurred us on by his exemplary behavior. Only when Stukas came into action was the crossing finally successful. Meanwhile the British had decided, even without the French, to launch a counterattack east of Arras on our right flank. One of our panzer grenadier regiments caught the brunt of it. Our own tanks were already west of Arras at the time. The situation became increasingly critical, so Rommel decided to intervene again personally. To our dismay the British attacked with a new tank which, though slow, was well armored, the Matilda. against which our 3.7cm antitank gun was powerless. Rommel realized this at once and brought up an 88mm battery. He personally directed the 88s shot by shot with the result that over 30 British tanks were knocked out and the enemy withdrew. Rommel never even noticed that one of his orderly officers was killed beside him.

 

[Arminius]

Zag weleens een interview met een Vlaamse W–SSer, onderscheiden met de panzervernichtungsabzeichen, die zei dat hij, na al die jaren, nog steeds het geschreeuw van de Sovjets kon horen nadat dat ding (panzerknacker) afging.

War: It's fantastic!

Two British soldiers remove the remains of a German soldier from a Panzer IV

 

[Arminius]

Volltreffer!

 

[Arminius]

"Winter Fritz"

Spoiler

Dan ben je wereldberoemd – Hebben ze nog steeds je naam niet kunnen achterhalen

 

[Arminius]

Trivia Time: Waar heeft hij lak aan?

 

[Arminius]

Die ene gozer lijkt een Duitse MP40 rond z'n nek te hebben.

 

[Arminius]