What have you learned about WW2 recently?

is the Officer on Far right same as Officer in Presentation of "Hats" looks a rather "Ally" chap

 

Image looks to reversed? Calvert’s medal ribbons are on the right side of his tunic?

 

Definitely Steve, printed a*** about face!

Should be thus:



Courtesy of IWM Collections:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196763

Also, to redtop's question in post #1422 above; No, not the same officer. The chap accompanying/escorting Mike Calvert has medal ribbons up, while the hat carrier(s) has none. And yes, it's same day at Tarbes, same ceremony, just different chaps.

No ribbons, sans rubans.



Kind regards, Garde à vous, always,

Jim.

 

Yes I agree had me puzzled for a while ,could not work out if Troops cap badges were on right as per. French or UK reversed but his ribbons prove it.

 

I was looking at the WWII service history of Gerhard Barkhorn in relation to a comment at a 1963/64 RAF West Raynham Officer Mess Battle of Britain dining in night.

As he and his fellow pilots from the Tripartite Kestrel Evaluation Squadron entered the room the mess steward announced "Winners to the Right - Losers to the Left".


Gerhard Barkhorn - Wikipedia

His record was disputed at 301/302 Allied Kills.

Barkhorn was said to have commented, "Drei hundert und zwei [302]!" after he was helped from the Kestrel XS689 he had just wiped out the u/c on landing.

Disputed 302nd kill as it was repaired and is now in NASM collection.

Pictured here in NASA service - NASA521


Aircraft Photo of NASA 521 | Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #793480

Ross

 

The amount of stuff laying around the family house, which is of WW2 origins.
Fork, knife, spoons, etc stamped WD in the cutlery drawer.
Large Black pen knife, with Hoof stone remover tool (spike) stamped WD.( now in the fishing bag)
Funny metal plate rectangular, with Italian lettering. Littolli etc. in the old coins box.
an Italian I.D Tag? Now, long gone. But nice to know eventually what is was.

Not this one obviously, but the same type.


An astrocompass Mk 2 Contract Number: AC27901 same as the below photo/script.


Which my father purchased Post war to make an adjustable camera mount. (but never got around to.)

 

Type 1 Ho-Ki - Wikipedia

 

So, your basic daily driver?

 

Johannes Blaskowitz

I did not realize he committed suicide while in allied custody.
Wikipedia, for whatever that is worth, thinks al he charges would have been dismissed.
For a German General commanding troops in WW2, Wiki made him seem like he was decent as the times made possible.

 

The Nuremberg Rally Stadium.......... i did not realize it had a name past that.
Zeppelin Field/Stadium.
Do not think i have ever heard the name before.

Quite a bit of it still remains.................
Traces of Evil: Zeppelinfeld

 

Funny metal plate

This is an Italian dog tag with date of birth, name, names of both parents. Last line is his regiment, starting with VI, but I can't read the rest.

Could you please post yours?

Vitellino

 

Field Marshal Alexander wanted to disband both British 1st & 6th Armoured Divisions after the fall of Rome. He, correctly in my opinion, argued that the terrain of Italy mitigated against the mass use of armour. He wanted to use the armoured Brigades of both divisions as independent Brigades in the infantry support role, whilst the infantry brigades and support troops from the divisions, plus 201 Guards Brigade would be used to create a new infantry division. The War Office opposed the plan, but as a compromise the 61st Infantry Brigade was created and added to 6th Armoured Division.
Got this from a WW2TV documentary which showed a copy of Alexander's memo written on the issue.

 

IMAM Ro.57 - Wikipedia

 

That up until 1942 Luftwaffe pilot training programmes apparently included dance classes and skiing holidays !

 

The May Incident
May was responsible for the release of highly classified military information during World War II known as the May Incident.[6] U.S. submarines had been conducting a successful undersea war against Japanese shipping during World War II, frequently escaping their anti-submarine depth charge attacks.[6][7] May revealed the deficiencies of Japanese depth-charge tactics in a press conference held in June 1943 on his return from a war zone junket.[6][7] At this press conference, he revealed the highly sensitive fact that American submarines had a high survival rate because Japanese depth charges were exploding at too shallow a depth.[6][7] Various press associations sent this leaked news story over their wires and many newspapers published it, including one in Honolulu, Hawaii.[6][7]

After the news became public, Japanese naval antisubmarine forces began adjusting their depth charges to explode at a greater depth.[6][7] Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, commander of the U.S. submarine fleet in the Pacific, estimated that May's security breach cost the United States Navy as many as 10 submarines and 800 crewmen killed in action.[6][7] He said, "I hear Congressman May said the Jap depth charges are not set deep enough. He would be pleased to know that the Japs set them deeper now."[6][7] A report from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Submarine Fleet determined that Japanese anti-submarine warfare (ASW) forces failed to uncover the maximum test depth ability of U.S. fleet submarines during the war.[8] However, the report made no finding as to whether or not Japanese ASW forces altered their depth charge attacks to deeper settings as a consequence of May's revelation to the press.[8] The incident would not overshadow May's considerable contributions to the war effort as Chairman of Military Affairs. In a 1945 letter to Congressman May, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, wrote: "Everyone in general appreciates the superb job you have done for your country in connection with Army legislation, and Naval officers appreciate in particular the cooperation you have given the Navy."[9][better source needed]

Andrew J. May - Wikipedia

 

I went to watch the Peaky Blinders film yesterday and, in all my years, I never knew BSA, stood for Birmingham Small Arms.

I knew BSA made bikes, but never knew their full name.

 

I didn't know that either until him indoors bought a t-shirt with BSA on it.
He said it was Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited.
I suppose being a motorbike rider for decades he knew that. He knows some stuff me old man, and some of it is useful at times .

 

This "remembering" you speak of...

 

I always 'assumed' Enfield motorcycles and Enfield firearms evolved the same way and only just now learned they had nothing to do with each other.