- published: 09 Oct 2008
- views: 10829
- author: HoustonGD
10:01
(1/5)TANKS!: Blitzkrieg A Blueprint for Victory
--SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT World War II VIDEOS---- --UPLOADED Weekly--- This episode of the ...
published: 09 Oct 2008
author: HoustonGD
(1/5)TANKS!: Blitzkrieg A Blueprint for Victory
--SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT World War II VIDEOS---- --UPLOADED Weekly--- This episode of the excellent series Tanks; chronicles the early days of the panzer force, and blitzkrieg tactics. The dominance of blitzkrieg lay with superior tactics, radio communication, training and air support of the Whermacht. Before World War II the German Army spent considerable time training armored forces. Many in the German High Command refused to be swayed by the younger officer corps, that deep attacks into the enemy rear was the wave of the future. Many conservative generals reasoned that; logistical problems would doom a deep thrust attack to failure. Prior to World War II, then Col. Heinz Guderian authored a book titled Auctung Panzer. Guderians brilliant theories expanded on the prior writings of British General Fuller and Liddell Hart. Most nations still clung to the old theory of tanks supporting infantry, rather than infantry supporting tanks. Guderian's theories found acceptance with Hitler, who expanded the armor program into practice. Even though, the French and British based their defense of France and the Low Countries on old military theories, their equipment in some cases was superior to the Germans. The Panzer I was considered a training tank, with halftrack armor protection and 2 machine guns. The Panzer II was a reconnaissance tank with little armor protection and a 20mm cannon. These two panzers were almost worthless in tank to tank duels with the Allies Char-1b, S-35 and ...
- published: 09 Oct 2008
- views: 10829
- author: HoustonGD
10:01
(4/5)TANKS!: Blitzkrieg; A Blueprint for Victory
Videos Running Time 00:48:00 in 5 Parts TANKS!: Blitzkrieg A Blueprint for Victory --SUBSC...
published: 05 Oct 2008
author: 2bn442RCT
(4/5)TANKS!: Blitzkrieg; A Blueprint for Victory
Videos Running Time 00:48:00 in 5 Parts TANKS!: Blitzkrieg A Blueprint for Victory --SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT World War II VIDEOS---- --UPLOADED Weekly--- This episode of the excellent series Tanks; chronicles the early days of the panzer force, and blitzkrieg tactics. The dominance of blitzkrieg lay with superior tactics, radio communication, training and air support of the Whermacht. Before World War II the German Army spent considerable time training armored forces. Many in the German High Command refused to be swayed by the younger officer corps, that deep attacks into the enemy rear was the wave of the future. Many conservative generals reasoned that; logistical problems would doom a deep thrust attack to failure. Prior to World War II, then Col. Heinz Guderian authored a book titled Auctung Panzer. Guderians brilliant theories expanded on the prior writings of British General Fuller and Liddell Hart. Most nations still clung to the old theory of tanks supporting infantry, rather than infantry supporting tanks. Guderians theories found acceptance with Hitler, who expanded the armor program into practice. Even though, the French and British based their defense of France and the Low Countries on old military theories, their equipment in some cases was superior to the Germans. The Panzer I was considered a training tank, with halftrack armor protection and 2 machine guns. The Panzer II was a reconnaissance tank with little armor protection and a 20mm cannon. These two ...
- published: 05 Oct 2008
- views: 7392
- author: 2bn442RCT
10:01
(3/5) TANKS!: Blitzkrieg Blueprint for Victory
Videos Running Time 00:48:00 in 5 Parts TANKS!: Blitzkrieg Blueprint for Victory --SUBSCRI...
published: 09 Oct 2008
author: HoustonGD
(3/5) TANKS!: Blitzkrieg Blueprint for Victory
Videos Running Time 00:48:00 in 5 Parts TANKS!: Blitzkrieg Blueprint for Victory --SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT World War II VIDEOS---- --UPLOADED Weekly--- This episode of the excellent series Tanks; chronicles the early days of the panzer force, and blitzkrieg tactics. The dominance of blitzkrieg lay with superior tactics, radio communication, training and air support of the Whermacht. Before World War II the German Army spent considerable time training armored forces. Many in the German High Command refused to be swayed by the younger officer corps, that deep attacks into the enemy rear was the wave of the future. Many conservative generals reasoned that; logistical problems would doom a deep thrust attack to failure. Prior to World War II, then Col. Heinz Guderian authored a book titled Auctung Panzer. Guderians brilliant theories expanded on the prior writings of British General Fuller and Liddell Hart. Most nations still clung to the old theory of tanks supporting infantry, rather than infantry supporting tanks. Guderians theories found acceptance with Hitler, who expanded the armor program into practice. Even though, the French and British based their defense of France and the Low Countries on old military theories, their equipment in some cases was superior to the Germans. The Panzer I was considered a training tank, with halftrack armor protection and 2 machine guns. The Panzer II was a reconnaissance tank with little armor protection and a 20mm cannon. These two ...
- published: 09 Oct 2008
- views: 8194
- author: HoustonGD
9:22
The Cochrane Collaboration in low- and middle-income countries
The second installment in the Cochrane20 Video Series introduces a range of Cochrane contr...
published: 24 Jan 2013
author: CochraneCollab
The Cochrane Collaboration in low- and middle-income countries
The second installment in the Cochrane20 Video Series introduces a range of Cochrane contributors from low- and middle-income countries. This video focuses on the need for, achievements in, and challenges of producing, disseminating, and implementing systematic reviews in resource-challenged settings.
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 662
- author: CochraneCollab
9:59
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 1 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 02 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 1 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 02 Jul 2008
- views: 41284
- author: KoLo2071
10:01
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 2 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 03 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 2 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 03 Jul 2008
- views: 54906
- author: KoLo2071
10:01
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 4 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 03 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 4 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 03 Jul 2008
- views: 21731
- author: KoLo2071
30:51
The Battle of the Netherlands 1940
The Battle of the Netherlands 1940 (Dutch: Slag om Nederland) was part of Case Yellow (Ger...
published: 28 Feb 2012
author: RogerNetherlands4U
The Battle of the Netherlands 1940
The Battle of the Netherlands 1940 (Dutch: Slag om Nederland) was part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. The battle lasted from 10 May 1940 until the main Dutch forces surrendered on the 14th. Dutch troops in the province of Zealand continued to resist the Wehrmacht until 17 May when Germany completed its occupation of the whole nation. 10 mei Comite 4 en 5 mei dodenherdenking The Battle of the Netherlands saw one of the first major uses of paratroopers to occupy crucial targets prior to ground troops reaching the area. The German Luftwaffe utilised paratroopers in the capture of several major airfields in the Netherlands in and around key cities such as Rotterdam and The Hague in order to quickly overrun the nation and immobilise Dutch forces. The battle ended soon after the devastating bombing of Rotterdam by the German Luftwaffe and the subsequent threat by the Germans to bomb other large Dutch cities if Dutch forces refused to surrender. The Dutch General Staff knew it could not stop the bombers and surrendered in order to prevent other cities from suffering the same fate. The Netherlands remained under German occupation until 1945, when the last Dutch territory was liberated.
- published: 28 Feb 2012
- views: 16130
- author: RogerNetherlands4U
6:50
Early RAF jet planes of the 1940s and 50s.
Early RAF jet planes of the 1940s and 50s. I have not included all of the RAF jets of the ...
published: 01 Nov 2008
author: jbmilitarycollector
Early RAF jet planes of the 1940s and 50s.
Early RAF jet planes of the 1940s and 50s. I have not included all of the RAF jets of the 40s and 50s just my favourites starting with the Gloster Meteor the first operational allied jet fighter. The Meteor entered RAF squadron service beginning in July 1944 and was used to intercept German V-1 flying bombs. Meteor IIIs flew to the Continent in January 1945 and operated out of the Low Countries with the 2nd Tactical Air Force until the end of the war in early May 1945. They performed ground strafing attacks there is some war time footage of this shown in the video. The next jets to appear in the video in the order that you see them are the de Havilland vampire also developed during the war but did not see any combat it holds two key distinctions in the history of aviation. It was the first jet-powered aircraft to successfully land on a moving aircraft carrier (the Sea Vampire) and was the first single-jet-powered aircraft in British service. Next the The de Havilland Venom FB.1 went into service with RAF Germany in the summer of 1952. The Hawker Hunter follows that it first entered service with the RAF in July 1954. Then we get into the bombers the first being the English Electric Canberra a really successful design it remained in service with the Royal Air Force until 23 June 2006, 57 years after its first flight. it was also one of the few foreign aircraft to be purchased by the Americans with the designation B57. Then come the V bombers. The Vickers Valiant was the ...
- published: 01 Nov 2008
- views: 70453
- author: jbmilitarycollector
10:01
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 5 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 04 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 5 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 04 Jul 2008
- views: 21952
- author: KoLo2071
8:29
Debate between Christian Biophysicist and Atheist Philosopher - Part 1 of 3
Debate between Christian biophysicist Cees Dekker and atheist philosopher Herman Philipse ...
published: 12 Feb 2010
author: wimsweden
Debate between Christian Biophysicist and Atheist Philosopher - Part 1 of 3
Debate between Christian biophysicist Cees Dekker and atheist philosopher Herman Philipse The dutch equivalent of Francis Collins versus Daniel Dennett Distinguished University Professor Cees Dekker's homepage: www.ceesdekker.net Distinguished University Professor Herman Philipse's university page: www.phil.uu.nl Prof. Herman Philipse is also a Fellow at the Center for Inquiry Low Countries: www.cfilowcountries.org Christian Biophysicist vs Atheist Philosopher - Part 1 of 3
- published: 12 Feb 2010
- views: 15742
- author: wimsweden
10:01
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 6 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 04 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 6 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 04 Jul 2008
- views: 17793
- author: KoLo2071
10:01
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 7 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 04 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 7 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 04 Jul 2008
- views: 20042
- author: KoLo2071
10:01
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 9 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 06 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 9 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 06 Jul 2008
- views: 17180
- author: KoLo2071
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Battlefields: "Fall of France" 10 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 09 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 10 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 09 Jul 2008
- views: 16450
- author: KoLo2071
9:39
German War Files : German Bombers 39-42 part 1
Germany's Luftwaffe fighter squadrons proved a challenging enemy with their well-designed ...
published: 04 Jan 2009
author: Leandrojaques
German War Files : German Bombers 39-42 part 1
Germany's Luftwaffe fighter squadrons proved a challenging enemy with their well-designed aircraft, which included the Heinkel He-111, Dornier D0-17 and Junkers JU-88 Schnellbombers. Featuring dramatic footage, this documentary chronicles battles from the years 1939-42, focusing on combat involving the Luftwaffe bomber squadrons. Bombing raids from North Africa to northern Norway and the Battle of Stalingrad are examined. "This is a comprehensive overview of the German level bomber aircraft, as seen in Die Deutschen Wochenschau (weekly newsreels). The clips are arranged in a roughly chronological order, while retaining a sense of continuity. The development of all level bombers (including those that could dive-bomb) are discussed in detail and combat footage covers campaigns in Spain, Poland, Battle of the Atlantic, Scandanavia, France and the Low Countries, Battle of Britain, Barbarossa and the first Russian winter. While it lacks the production values of many modern documentaries, it is a good, complete overview of the development of the German level bomber force and its usage in the first part of the war. Enjoy"
- published: 04 Jan 2009
- views: 53999
- author: Leandrojaques
4:08
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 12 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countri...
published: 10 Jul 2008
author: KoLo2071
Battlefields: "Fall of France" 12 of 12
At dawn on Friday, 10 May 1940, Adolf Hitler plunged his bloody fists into the Low Countries and headed for France; at 5:00 PM that same evening, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new Prime Minister felt confident of victory then, but the French high command had made a grave miscalculation. Believing that the enemy would be coming through Belgium, as in 1914, the sixty-seven-year-old generalissimo Maurice Gamelin had sent the flower of the French troops and the entire British army?the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF into Flanders. Instead, Nazi tanks struck through Ardennes Forest and crossed the Meuse. When the French defenders panicked, the panzers rolled up the entire Allied line all the way to the sea, trapping the Allies' force. On the fifth day of the enemy offensive, the extent of the disaster began to emerge. Paul Reynaud, the French Premier, wired Churchill: "The German army has broken through our fortified lines south of Sedan." He then asked for ten more Royal Air Force squadrons "immediately." The Prime Minister sent four squadrons, then decided it was "imperative to go to Paris." At 3:00 PM on May 16th, he took off in an unarmed Flamingo, a civilian passenger plane, accompanied by Generals Hastings Ismay and Sir John Dill and his bodyguard Walter Thompson, an inspector from Scotland Yard. Over the French coast Churchill peered down, and Thompson saw his face go grey. He was looking, for the first time, at the war's refugees ...
- published: 10 Jul 2008
- views: 15547
- author: KoLo2071
9:54
German War Files : German Bombers 39-42 part 4
Germany's Luftwaffe fighter squadrons proved a challenging enemy with their well-designed ...
published: 04 Jan 2009
author: Leandrojaques
German War Files : German Bombers 39-42 part 4
Germany's Luftwaffe fighter squadrons proved a challenging enemy with their well-designed aircraft, which included the Heinkel He-111, Dornier D0-17 and Junkers JU-88 Schnellbombers. Featuring dramatic footage, this documentary chronicles battles from the years 1939-42, focusing on combat involving the Luftwaffe bomber squadrons. Bombing raids from North Africa to northern Norway and the Battle of Stalingrad are examined. "This is a comprehensive overview of the German level bomber aircraft, as seen in Die Deutschen Wochenschau (weekly newsreels). The clips are arranged in a roughly chronological order, while retaining a sense of continuity. The development of all level bombers (including those that could dive-bomb) are discussed in detail and combat footage covers campaigns in Spain, Poland, Battle of the Atlantic, Scandanavia, France and the Low Countries, Battle of Britain, Barbarossa and the first Russian winter. While it lacks the production values of many modern documentaries, it is a good, complete overview of the development of the German level bomber force and its usage in the first part of the war. Enjoy"
- published: 04 Jan 2009
- views: 13493
- author: Leandrojaques