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festlige WW2 fakta


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You'll enjoy this from Col D. G. Swinford, USMC, Ret., a history buff. You

would really have to dig deep to get this kind of ringside seat to history:

 

1. The first German serviceman killed in WW2 was killed by the Japanese

 

( China , 1937), the first American serviceman killed was killed by the

Russians (Finland 1940); highest ranking American killed was Lt Gen Lesley

McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So much for allies.

 

2. The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He was

wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. His

benefits were later restored by act of Congress.

 

3. At the time of Pearl Harbor, the top US Navy command was called CINCUS

(pronounced "sink us"), the shoulder patch of the US Army's 45th Infantry

division was the Swastika, and Hitler's private train was named "Amerika."

All three were soon changed for PR purposes. (NOTE: there is now only one

CINC...the President of the United State: Commandr in Chief. kcs)

 

4. More US servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps. While

completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being killed was 71%.

 

5. Generally speaking, there was no such thing as an average fighter pilot.

You were either an ace or a target. For instance, Japanese Ace Hiroyoshi

Nishizawa shot down over 80 planes. He died while a passenger on a cargo

plane.

 

6. It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th round with a

tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake. Tracers had different

ballistics so (at long range) if your tracers were hitting the target 80% of

your rounds were missing.

 

Worse yet tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which

direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of tracers at

the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of ammo.

 

This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that

stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss

rate go down.

 

YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THIS ONE....

 

7. When allied armies reached the Rhine, the first thing men did was pee in

it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill

(who made a big show of it) and Gen. Patton (who had himself photographed in

the act).

 

8. German Me-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City , but it

wasn't worth the effort.

 

9. German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.

 

10. Among the first "Germans" captured at Normandy were several Koreans.

They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured

by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were

captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they

were captured by the US Army.

 

AND I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST....

 

11. Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 United States and Canadian

troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands 21 troops were

killed in the firefight. It would have been worse if there had been any

Japanese on the island.

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Det fantes kanskje ett fly som kunne bombe NYC, men det styrtet nok i Atlanteren på vei hjem igjen... :p

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Dei fleste fly kunne bombe NYC uten å styrte i Atlanteren. Det kom ann på kor dei byrja frå. Messerschmitt Me 264 har ein rekkevidde på 4000 km, det betyr at det hadde gått å bombe New York, men det hadde ikkje nådd tilbake til kontinentet.

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Det fantes kanskje ett fly som kunne bombe NYC, men det styrtet nok i Atlanteren på vei hjem igjen... :p

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Dei fleste fly kunne bombe NYC uten å styrte i Atlanteren. Det kom ann på kor dei byrja frå. Messerschmitt Me 264 har ein rekkevidde på 4000 km, det betyr at det hadde gått å bombe New York, men det hadde ikkje nådd tilbake til kontinentet.

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Er det rekkevidden til en Messerschmitt lastet med nok bomber til at det er noen vits å bombe New York? ;)

 

Og hva hadde tyskerene interesse av å bombe i New York City? Det meste av administrasjonen lå vel i Washington så tidlig også (?) og fabrikker lå vel ikke i selve New York heller?

 

Mulig jeg tar feil, for jeg har ikke veldig mye kunnskap om New York på 40-tallet, men virker litt dumt å bombe New York når bakgården er "The garden state".

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Er det rekkevidden til en Messerschmitt lastet med nok bomber til at det er noen vits å bombe New York?  ;)

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Rekkevidden er lang nok til å nå fram, men ikkje til å nå tilbake.

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Med bomber? Rekkevidden blir betydelig kortere fullastet.

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Etter å ha lese litt forskjellige plassar ser eg at oppgitt rekkevidde har varierer frå 4000-15000 km. Eg veit eg ikkje heilt kva eg skal tru på siden eg har funne få relativt sikre kjelder. Flyet var uansett ein prototype produsert i 3 eksemplar. Meininga med flyet var å kunne nå fram til New York med ein liten bombelast og nå tilbake eller med ein tung bombelast, «styrte» i Atlanteren og la mannskapet verta plukka opp av u-båtar.

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Var det ikke en Condor (Focke Wulf) utstyrt med langdistansetanker som faktisk fløy slik at de så lysene til New York? Leste ihvertfall om det engang. Jeg hadde et tysk bombekart (atombombekart) over New York i "Mine Bilder", men må ha slettet det.. Vel, de hadde jo selvsagt ikke atombomber, men de hadde jo planer for alt.

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Disse "festlige" faktaene er ubrukelige uten kildereferanser. Tråden kunne jo like gjerne vært postet i OT-baren med dette seriøsitetsnivået. Historie er slettes ingen lek, barn ;)

 

Yep.

 

Totalt bortkastet for tyskerne å bombe New York, ressursmessig ihvertfall.

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