Does anyone else thinks it is crazy ?

[Joe2]

Actually that is definatly not crazy. An honourable man and his Honourable enemy.

[k9kiwi]

Can any of you tell me during WWII which other country apart from New Zealand was lead by a Militiary Commander who had recieved the equivalent of the Victoria Cross for "Valour under Combat"?

Take a wild stab in the dark

Freyberg V.C.

[HealzDevo]

Australia?

[k9kiwi]

NONE.

Smoke that Syscom.

[T4.H]

Another story.

Battle between heavy cruiser "Admiral Hipper" and the destroyer "HMS Glowworm", 8.04.1940.

The commander of the Glowworm decided to attack the heavy cruiser. For me he was a stupid idiot.
At the end of the battle, the destroyer "rammed" the german heavy cruiser.

The true story is another.
When both ships collided, the Glowworm was a hull leaking burning wreck, all weapons shot away or destroyed, the stearing jammed and heavily damaged, driving with low speed. The german heavy cruiser collided in bad weather with the destroyer.

Lieutenant Commander Gerard Roope awarded the "Victoria cross" posthumously.

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"It is noteworthy that he received this honour in part due to the recommendation of his opponent, Captain Hellmuth Heye of the Admiral Hipper, who wrote via the Red Cross to the British authorities giving a statement of the valiant courage Lt Cdr Roope had shown when engaging a much superior ship in close battle."

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