Afrika Korps, POW, Belfast buses

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by M J Carley, Oct 26, 2009.

  1. M J Carley

    M J Carley Guest

    M J Carley, Oct 26, 2009
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  2. Excellent.

    I liked this:

    "an army bomb disposal team got a shock when, lining up their
    Wheelbarrow robot to fire a pressurised water disrupter, Heubeck came
    into sight on their viewfinder, walking along inside the target bus. As
    they watched in astonishment, he calmly moved the device to the street
    and asked the army to neutralise it there. Disposal teams came to regard
    him with a mixture of annoyance and reluctant admiration."
     
    The Older Gentleman, Oct 26, 2009
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  3. M J Carley

    M J Carley Guest

    The North African campaign carried on well into 1943.
     
    M J Carley, Oct 26, 2009
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  4. No. The Wehrmacht wasn't kicked out of North Africa for another year or
    so.
    Yup.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Oct 26, 2009
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    Simes Guest

    No point hanging about there was a war on.
     
    Simes, Oct 26, 2009
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    Jim Guest

    Apparently his transport to Africa was sunk in the Straits of Sicily, he
    swam to shore (Cape Bon) and was then captured shortly after - he never
    got to the desert.

    This means it must have been May 1943: see
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign#Endgame
     
    Jim, Oct 26, 2009
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    Simes Guest

    All his friends called him 'Lucky'
     
    Simes, Oct 26, 2009
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    Salad Dodger Guest

    The DAK ceased to exist as a true organisation past late '41.

    "As the entire Afrikakorps organization was restructured and even
    renamed in August 1941, the nomenclature of Afrikakorps lasted less
    than six months. The famous force, with the short-lived name
    Afrikakorps, became a major German component of Panzer Army Africa;
    Panzerarmee Afrika, which evolved into the German-Italian Panzer Army
    (Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee) and then to Army Group Africa
    (Heeresgruppe Afrika) in the twenty-seven months of the campaign for
    this force." Wikipedia.
     
    Salad Dodger, Oct 26, 2009
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    'Hog Guest

    1100 buses FFS! good grief.
     
    'Hog, Oct 27, 2009
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  10. He didn't make all that much of a difference. I'm surprised he bothered,
    really.
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, Oct 28, 2009
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