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04-02-2004, 11:40 AM
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The Sm.81, that was the Sparrow wasn't it?
| i think it was the pipistrelle 
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04-02-2004, 11:45 AM
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04-02-2004, 11:47 AM
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and btw..... this post makes me #1 poster woooooo screw you lanc 
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04-07-2004, 02:49 PM
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Country:  | The C-47 was made in so meny numbers they were given away as Lend-lease!
As for the 101st Normandy landings going poorly, try dropping that meny troops in the night to try and get bridges and cross roads, while deep behind the lines. While it went all bad, one good thing was the Germans did not know where they were goin, so they were tied up all night.
As for the British airborn, they were mostly in gliders and had vastly different objectives. But they were pulled by Halifaxes, a great plane that was better then a Lanc!!
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04-07-2004, 08:11 PM
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Country: | The British Airborne were to capture bridges over Orne River and Caen Canal, attack Merville Battery, destroy bridges over Dives river and hold Ranville ridge. Which they all did quickly and effectively. 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire with only the loss of 2 men captured the two bridges, the first unit to complete its objective on D-Day.
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04-10-2004, 02:25 PM
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Halifaxes, a great plane that was better then a Lanc!!
| more versitile yes, better, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-10-2004, 07:03 PM
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Country: | Lanc, I thought you would say that  But I think they do not get the credit they shodd, at least in the States.
Plan_D: thanks, I did not know the British airborn drops were that good. I hope thought that you would agree that with all the miss drops the US airborn had it did confuse the German's.
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04-11-2004, 07:29 AM
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Country: | we used allot of decoys aswell, you know, just dummies with parachutes..................
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04-11-2004, 01:42 PM
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| how did they pop their parachutes......??? | |
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04-11-2004, 02:06 PM
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(p.s. i was hoping someone would quote my last post and say "who, the americans?")
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04-12-2004, 02:38 PM
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Country: | thanks Lank! That was not that nice, but I can understand it.
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04-12-2004, 03:00 PM
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04-12-2004, 03:48 PM
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Country: | It would have been very confusing for the Germans, with Americans all over the place. They did the best they could, and the operation was a success, no one can complain that much.
Although, I could think of many complaints...
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04-13-2004, 01:49 PM
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Country: | Plan_D: You have a point, but are you defending the Germans? If they would have just shown some backbone ad moved the panzers Normandy would have goe very poorly.
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04-13-2004, 04:37 PM
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Country: | The Panzer Divisions were all in Calais, anyway it took us a while to take Cherbourg, and the surrounding areas. I wouldn't advise trying to tell the veterans in the tanks going through the Bocages there were no tanks.
Driving along in your innocent little Sherman, then, BAM! 88mm shell from a Tiger in the trees rips your tank apart.
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