In article <5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-e247379d7679@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>, jacklinthicum@earthlink.net (Jack Linthicum) wrote: The end object is to take advantage of the lack of real British military capability during June-July 1940 In which case if the Germans have started planning this in 1937 they must have a significant lead in crystal balls. Nobody predicted a French ...

"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggio news:3e2ad491-39b7-496a-9b46-c2e8a9c58d93@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... That was the Kreigsmarine's plan in 1939? Wait for an Allied landing? In 1939? The Kriegsmarine's plan that year was to believe Hitler when he said the British and the French would stay out of the fight. No landings, and actually not ...

John Anderton wrote: The lose of the British batttlecruisers at Jutland gives, I think, a misleading impression of the state of the Grand Fleet. Their losses were due to a number of factors : 1) They were too lightly armoured to go toe-to-toe with ships armed with 11" and 12" guns (they were designed to fight cruisers, not battlecruisers and battleships) 2) They had ...

On May 16, 12:23 pm, "Michele" <nospammiar...@tin.it> wrote: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggionews:d0da945c-c7eb-4e17-8273-5653efa746fb@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... On May 16, 9:21 am, "Michele" <nospammiar...@tin.it> wrote: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggionews:5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-...

"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggio news:d0da945c-c7eb-4e17-8273-5653efa746fb@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... On May 16, 9:21 am, "Michele" <nospammiar...@tin.it> wrote: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggionews:5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-e247379d7679@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... The end object is to ...

"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:d0da945c-c7eb-4e17-8273-5653efa746fb@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... On May 16, 9:21 am, "Michele" <nospammiar...@tin.it> wrote: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggionews:5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-e247379d7679@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... The end object is to take ...

"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:981c31c9-a946-49f6-a3ad-d3f686254029@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... On May 16, 9:27 am, "William Black" <william.bl...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-e247379d7679@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... The parachute units...

On May 16, 9:21 am, "Michele" <nospammiar...@tin.it> wrote: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggionews:5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-e247379d7679@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... The end object is to take advantage of the lack of real British military capability during June-July 1940 Sorry to be a spoilsport, but I suppose you mean the lack of ground...

On May 16, 9:27 am, "William Black" <william.bl...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-e247379d7679@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... The parachute units take the ground before a port and the seaborne units land the artillery, tanks and other vehicles to support this operation. It is Super ...

"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:5947141c-cfd2-49d9-aae0-e247379d7679@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... The parachute units take the ground before a port and the seaborne units land the artillery, tanks and other vehicles to support this operation. It is Super Crete done earlier. German parachutists land armed only with a pistol and have to find ...