WW II Recognizance Photography (Page 2): Which is why I believe the Allies really didn't try to assonate Hitler in the end. They figured he was the German Army's worst commander.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Which is why I believe the Allies really didn't try to assonate Hitler in the end. They figured he was the German Army's worst commander.
Interestingly enough the recently released JFK documents seemed to indicate that Hitler had escaped to Argentina and was alive there in 1956.
Interesting stuff to speculate about...

Best,
Todd Ferguson

Bigmike1 wrote:

Hitler’s generals didn’t fail him. He was his own worst enemy by refusing to listen to his generals. His inept generalship on the battlefield guaranteed the defeat of his own forces.

lautenk2

BHC wrote:

I wonder if he was using the word “jeep” generically. Some ¾’s we’re used as field labs, but, for the most part, deuce-and-a-half’s were the most common labs. Many of the 2-½’s we trained on at Ford Ord still smelled strongly of stop bath, so much so that a lot of the recruits thought they were old field kitchen carriers.

There was a vehicle informally called a "Dodge Jeep," used in WWII. Maybe that's what he meant. My uncle bought one surplus after the war, my mom described riding around in it. It sort of looked like a big Jeep, truck sized, but not near as large as a deuce-and-a-half.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Here is an example Dodge WC....which after the war became the basis for the Power Ram trucks...

Best,
Todd Ferguson

lautenk2 wrote:

There was a vehicle informally called a "Dodge Jeep," used in WWII. Maybe that's what he meant. My uncle bought one surplus after the war, my mom described riding around in it. It sort of looked like a big Jeep, truck sized, but not near as large as a deuce-and-a-half.

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cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

Bigmike1 wrote:

Hitler’s generals didn’t fail him. He was his own worst enemy by refusing to listen to his generals. His inept generalship on the battlefield guaranteed the defeat of his own forces.

I was going to comments as you have Big Mike1. If they had assassinated Hitler when they tried and the Army given its head, the world could be a different place today, possibly.

starbuck107

If “Realistic” is what you seek try this movie. Where Truphets Fade.
This HBO movie doesn’t hold back and it demonstrates how war. Any war is Hell and Cruel! This one was forgotten because so many men never came back!!!

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Bigmike1 wrote:

Hitler’s generals didn’t fail him. He was his own worst enemy by refusing to listen to his generals. His inept generalship on the battlefield guaranteed the defeat of his own forces.

I have to agree with you on this. His decisions were often met with much resistance by his Generals.

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

In response to the comment about why the generals didn't try too hard to assassinate Hitler and if they had the world might be quite different. I really think that if Von Stauffenberg had been successful that the generals would have turned all their force against Russia and allowed the western allies to enter Germany unopposed. They knew the war was lost and feared the Russians far more than they did the Americans and British.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

Notorious T.O.D. wrote:

Yes, I usually think of the Battle of The Bulge movie with Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw...

"Ob Sturm oder Schneit, ob die Sonne uns lacht ...."

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

Zooman 1 wrote:

I was in the Army from 7-61-7-64, was also trained... (show quote)

Zooman,

What can you tell us about the drones? How big were they and how were they controlled? What was the camera like, etc.?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rmorrison1116 wrote:

I'm guessing you mean Reconnaissance.

Ah, you recognized the typo!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Notorious T.O.D. wrote:

Which is why I believe the Allies really didn't try to assonate Hitler in the end. They figured he was the German Army's worst commander.
Interestingly enough the recently released JFK documents seemed to indicate that Hitler had escaped to Argentina and was alive there in 1956.
Interesting stuff to speculate about...

Best,
Todd Ferguson

I caught a few minutes of a documentary on TV, and the commentator used the term, "Hitler's advisers." Really? Hitler didn't have advisers. He had Yes Men and people who committed suicide after they criticized his decisions.

Did those documents say anything about the aliens who helped the government build advanced aircraft?

Hitler was poisoned, shot, burned, buried, and then dug up by the Russians. Naturally, being Russians, they told no one.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DaveyDitzer wrote:

"Ob Sturm oder Schneit, ob die Sonne uns lacht ...."

You're on the wrong forum. : )

https://www.duolingo.com/topic/67/hot

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

BHC wrote:

I wonder if he was using the word “jeep” generically.

Most likely. I'm always surprised when I hear "Jeep" used to describe almost any kind of vehicle, especially on English TV. I was with a group of people, and one guy said, "We can take my Jeep." His Jeep was a Porsche Cayenne!

William J Renard

Meine Ehe Weis Treue

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

moptopper52 wrote:

My dad was an Army Staff Sargent serving in Belgium and France with 42nd Rainbow during the”Battle of the Bulge”. He said he would receive “drops” of aerial negatives that he would develop and print in his Jeep mounted darkroom which he would send up to forward command for strategic planning.

Does anyone have any info on this practice?

I don’t. I hope you can locate these. I am looking for images of the Canadian raid at Dieppe in 1942. If you find any, I’d would be willing to negotiate a purchase of the negatives.