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Cool WW2 stories
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:38 am
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:38 am
Post 'em here. I'll start...
In the fall of 1943, the Nazis sent a meteorologist and some weather equipment (manufactured by Siemens) aboard a U-boat which traveled across the Atlantic and installed the equipment near the northern tip of Newfoundland. The idea was to give the Germans a better idea of what type of weather to expect in Europe several days ahead of time, since weather systems generally travel from west to east. The weather station, named "Weather Station Kurt" after the meteorologist, functioned properly for only a few days. The Germans never figured out why it stopped working.
Weather Station Kurt was rediscovered in 1977 by a scientist studying the geology of the area. He thought it was a Canadian military installation, so he named it "Martin Bay 7". A few years later, a retired Siemens employee was researching the history of the company and became aware of Weather Station Kurt's existence. He located the site in 1981, and found the station still there, although canisters had been opened and components strewn about.
Today Weather Station Kurt is on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
In the fall of 1943, the Nazis sent a meteorologist and some weather equipment (manufactured by Siemens) aboard a U-boat which traveled across the Atlantic and installed the equipment near the northern tip of Newfoundland. The idea was to give the Germans a better idea of what type of weather to expect in Europe several days ahead of time, since weather systems generally travel from west to east. The weather station, named "Weather Station Kurt" after the meteorologist, functioned properly for only a few days. The Germans never figured out why it stopped working.
Weather Station Kurt was rediscovered in 1977 by a scientist studying the geology of the area. He thought it was a Canadian military installation, so he named it "Martin Bay 7". A few years later, a retired Siemens employee was researching the history of the company and became aware of Weather Station Kurt's existence. He located the site in 1981, and found the station still there, although canisters had been opened and components strewn about.
Today Weather Station Kurt is on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
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Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:40 am to RidiculousHype
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The Germans never figured out why it stopped working.
I thought you were gonna tell us.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:42 am to RidiculousHype
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Canadian War Museum
Which is probably the size of a doghouse.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:45 am to RidiculousHype
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functioned properly for only a few days.
The penguins probably messed with it and broke something. Those little bastards are curious.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:47 am to TheCaterpillar
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The Germans never figured out why it stopped working.
I thought you were gonna tell us.
The batteries ran down?
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:49 am to TheCaterpillar
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I thought you were gonna tell us.
There is some talk among various Internet sources that the frequency was jammed, but there is no record of the U.S. or Canada being aware of Weather Station Kurt. So it's a bit of a mystery to this day.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:49 am to RidiculousHype
When my Dad was 18, he was a co-pilot in a Marine B-24 flying over some island in the Pacific. This was Dad's first flight over a combat zone. He looks out and sees "some really interesting clouds" and points them out to the pilot. Pilot says "that's AA fire, not clouds" and takes evasive action.
This post was edited on 5/10/17 at 9:51 am
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:50 am to ThatMakesSense
Canada actually was instrumental in the allied victory and had over 1 million serve in WW2.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:50 am to RidiculousHype
Pegasus Bridge
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:50 am to RidiculousHype
Cool. Another good read from the Battle of the Bulge:
LINK
LINK
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:50 am to ThatMakesSense
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Canadian War Museum
Which is probably the size of a doghouse.
You have a lot to learn.
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Determined to end four years of often-brutal German occupation, on 6 June 1944, Allied forces invaded Western Europe along an 80-kilometre front in Normandy, France. Of the nearly 150,000 Allied troops who landed or parachuted into the invasion area, 14,000 were Canadians. They assaulted a beachfront code-named “Juno”, while Canadian paratroopers landed just east of the assault beaches. Although the Allies encountered German defences bristling with artillery, machine guns, mines, and booby-traps, the invasion was a success. Other Canadians helped achieve this victory. The Royal Canadian Navy contributed 110 ships and 10,000 sailors in support of the landings while the R.C.A.F. had helped prepare the invasion by bombing targets inland. On D- Day and during the ensuing campaign, 15 R.C.A.F. fighter and fighter-bomber squadrons helped control the skies over Normandy and attacked enemy targets. On D-Day, Canadians suffered 1074 casualties
And this is just DDay
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:53 am to RidiculousHype
This is where the OT will be in here telling us their grandfather (who is a direct lineage of George Washington) was the first to do something awesome in WW2, directly caused the fall of Germany, and mated all of France.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 9:58 am to ThatMakesSense
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Which is probably the size of a doghouse.
they've been a pretty good ally to us, plus a Canuck soldier knocked up a young British tart and created Eric Clapton, so there's that too
Posted on 5/10/17 at 10:08 am to RidiculousHype
CSB hijack: I met a Battle of the Bulge survivor a couple of weeks ago. 92 years old, drove up in his own vehicle and came strolling in to the office with his much younger wife. (younger being a relative thing, she was still pretty old.) Couldn't hear worth a shite but had a firm handshake and looked about 72 instead of 92.
He told me a few stories. Was assigned to the 75th Infantry Division. He was trained as a combat engineer, but they were short of infantry, so they made him a BAR automatic rifleman. Talked about how his ears froze, and how he's hated cold weather ever since.
He told me a few stories. Was assigned to the 75th Infantry Division. He was trained as a combat engineer, but they were short of infantry, so they made him a BAR automatic rifleman. Talked about how his ears froze, and how he's hated cold weather ever since.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 10:14 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:Jame Doohan was there
Determined to end four years of often-brutal German occupation, on 6 June 1944, Allied forces invaded Western Europe along an 80-kilometre front in Normandy, France. Of the nearly 150,000 Allied troops who landed or parachuted into the invasion area, 14,000 were Canadians. They assaulted a beachfront code-named “Juno”, while Canadian paratroopers landed just east of the assault beaches. Although the Allies encountered German defences bristling with artillery, machine guns, mines, and booby-traps, the invasion was a success. Other Canadians helped achieve this victory. The Royal Canadian Navy contributed 110 ships and 10,000 sailors in support of the landings while the R.C.A.F. had helped prepare the invasion by bombing targets inland. On D- Day and during the ensuing campaign, 15 R.C.A.F. fighter and fighter-bomber squadrons helped control the skies over Normandy and attacked enemy targets. On D-Day, Canadians suffered 1074 casualties
Posted on 5/10/17 at 10:16 am to Jim Rockford
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so they made him a BAR automatic rifleman
this may be a stupid question but I've always wondered if soldiers could ever pick which gun they wanted.
I realize most were given M1's but say a soldier got promoted, could they go to the armory and switch out their M1 for a Thompson?
csb: my high school headmasters name was Tommy Gunn, his brothers name was Ray Gunn
This post was edited on 5/10/17 at 10:17 am
Posted on 5/10/17 at 10:18 am to Mstate
Usually a bigger guy got the "privilege" of toting a heavier weapon, but it didn't always work that way.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 10:19 am to ThatMakesSense
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Which is probably the size of a doghouse.
They fought and died in Italy, France and other places
Posted on 5/10/17 at 10:24 am to RidiculousHype
I've posted this before of my uncle who was shot down and escaped pow camps twice. Worth the read.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 5/10/17 at 10:26 am to Jim Rockford
That last is the badge of all the Bulge veterans. I swear every autobiography, interview, or second hand retelling ends with some form of "frick winter."
Same hubris that caught up to the Germans on the Eastern Front got us there. Run to the end of your supply line and strain your logistics ( which don't? even have the right supplies forthcoming) you're gonna have a bad time.
Same hubris that caught up to the Germans on the Eastern Front got us there. Run to the end of your supply line and strain your logistics ( which don't? even have the right supplies forthcoming) you're gonna have a bad time.
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