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Friday, January 18, 2019

Kit

Parachute Regiment gear, Battle of Arnhem (1944)

http://www.realmofhistory.com/2016/08/11/evolution-military-gear-1066-ad-2014/

Kriegsmarine

German Merchant Raiders of WW2 - Hilfskreuzer - Drach > .

Battle of the Atlantic - Naval Gazing >> .

The Kriegsmarine ('"War Navy"') was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer and the Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces from 1933 to 1945.

In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the Kriegsmarine grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy and prohibited the building of submarines.

Kriegsmarine ships were deployed to the waters around Spain during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) under the guise of enforcing non-intervention, but in reality supported the Nationalists against the Spanish Republicans.

In January 1939, Plan Z was ordered, calling for surface naval parity with the British Royal Navy by 1944. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Plan Z was shelved in favour of a crash building program for submarines (U-boats) instead of capital surface warships, and land and air forces were given priority of strategic resources.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (as for all branches of armed forces during the period of absolute Nazi power) was Adolf Hitler, who exercised his authority through the Oberkommando der Marine.

The Kriegsmarine's most significant ships were the U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned by May 1943 when U-boat losses mounted. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck. However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of surface commerce raiders against convoys.

Following the end of World War II in 1945, the Kriegsmarine's remaining ships were divided up among the Allied powers and were used for various purposes including minesweeping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht .

https://military-historian.squarespace.com/blog/2018/4/5/hilfskreuzer .

39-10-17 German U-47 Raid at Scapa Flow ..

Wehrmacht ..

How Germany Revolutionized Submarine Warfare > .

Culling the Nazi Wolfpacks - Submarines - 41-3-17 > .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_KcQ9qYICo

Pre-WWI Royal Navy vs Kriegsmarine
Dreadnought: The Battleship that Changed Everything > .
Operation Odysseus >> .

Battle Of The Atlantic | Secrets Of War Doc > .
? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=secrets+of+war ?

Thursday, January 17, 2019

LDV

LDV at Osterley Park > .
Army - LDV - Auxiliaries - SAS - tb >> .
Wintringham, Thomas Henry - Home Guard training school ..

Dad's Army: Serving In The British Home Guard - War Stories > .

LDV, Osterley, Defences in Standing Alone 1940 - 2/4 > .
Hiding your Army | Military Camouflage -ttm > .
Resistance - auxiliers, LDV - SuHo >> .
Non-combatant military training - Canadian Newsreel - 1942 > .

How (modern) battlefield camouflage works - Forces > .

Coleshill - site of Auxiliary training | Banjay > .
ARP, Bunkers, Shelters, Underground - BePr >> .

Army - LDV - Auxiliaries - SAS - tb >> .

Commandos, Paratroopers >> .

SAS originals - tb >> .

SOE Sabotage - Armourer's Workbench >>>

Special Forces WW2 - Fyrd Færeld >> .

Training, Education >> .

Unarmed Combat >> .

Britain's Citizen Army (1940) > .
ARP Appeal For Recruits > .
Churchill & Eden > .
Eden announces LDV > .
44-12-3 Home Guard Stands Down ..

Home Guard kit > .

https://youtu.be/L0M8dYBRGmA?t=1m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0M8dYBRGmA

Unarmed Combat >> .
LDVs, Commandos in "Training, Education" >> .
LDV's At Osterley Park > .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YHHz_plQo

"Cromwell" false alarm > .
Unarmed Combat >> .

Coleshill
A clip from 'Escape To The Country' shown on 9th May 2017 on BBC One at 3pm. The clip features our CART Researcher Bill Ashby and shots on the Coleshill estate.

Escape To The Country - Coleshill Estate > .

Coleshill - site of Auxiliary training | Banjay > .
Home Guard training > .
Home Guard at School > .
Home Guard & Bisley (1940) > .
LDV - Home Guard - Dad's Army >> .
stills from Pathe videos .

Organisation:

When the Home Guard was first formed it had its' own rank structure. As a unit of 'volunteers' it was felt that there should be a system of 'appointed' ranks and 'officers' did not hold Kings' Commissions. The ranks were as follows:

Home Guard Appointment – Equivalent Army Rank

Zone Commander = Brigadier/Colonel
Group Commander = Colonel
Battalion Commander = Lieutenant-Colonel
Company Commander = Major
Platoon Commander = Captain/Lieutenant/2nd Lt.
Section Commander = Sergeant
Squad Commander = Corporal/Lance-Corporal
Volunteer = Private

It was not until November 1940 that it was decided to bring the Home Guard structure in line with the regular army. From February 1941 officers and men were known by orthadox army ranks with the exception of privates. It was not until the spring of 1942 that the rank of 'volunteer' was dropped in favour of 'private' (at the time when conscription was introduced).

http://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/war-office-and-army-units/3800-the-home-guard
FAQ
http://www.home-guard.org.uk/hg/hgfaq.html

Key elements of Sunday parade Home Guard training

Camouflage
Messages, local knowledge, map reading – observation, tactical route march (including march discipline)
Patrolling – recce, standing, fighting & mobile
Selection of fire positions
Crawling
Fire control
Fire orders
Fire Discipline
Judging distances
Fighting in built-up areas
Section and individual stalking, crossing obstacles

Home Guard proficiency badge introduced in April 1941: proficiency in 8 types of weapons, battle craft, signalling, plus local and unit general knowledge.

"War Office School for Instruction of the Home Guard
SYLLABUS OF TRAINING"

First Day
Commandant’s Address.

Second Day
Tactical Role of the Home Guard
Practical Bombing
Camouflage
Scouting and stalking
Anti-Tank Methods
Aeroplanes
Anti-Aircraft Musketry

Third Day
Street Tactics
Bombs. Making of
HG. OPG. Chain of Command
Map Reading and Compass
Field Manoeuvres
Smoke Demonstration
Reporting
Weapons
Guerilla Warfare

Fourth Day
Organisation etc
Fieldwork and Fortifications

http://www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk/wartime-at-dorkings-mansions/

Bombs & Guns >> .
Home Guard kit > .

Cadets Training (1943) > .
LDV - Home Guard - Dad's Army - Auxiliary Units >> .
Britain's Citizen Army (1940) > .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard

On Guard! (1940) > .
Home Defence (1940) > .

Mum's Army: By late 1942, as many as 50,000 women were serving, entirely unofficially, with the Home Guard
http://theconversation.com/mums-army-the-forgotten-role-of-women-in-the-home-guard-54194

Mum's army: the forgotten role of women in the Home Guard

Mum's army: the forgotten role of women in the Home Guard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom) .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard

Stay Behinds - Cold War ..

Luftwaffe

Logistics of the German Air Force in World War 2 > .
Luftwaffe - World War 2 - MHI playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv0uEimc-uN94vuEgJVeDRRMz_XhVFf6c
Jagdgeschwader = Fighter Wing
Why were Wehrmacht Logistics so bad? - MHnV > .

At the start of the war the Luftwaffe had four Luftflotten ("air fleets"), each responsible for roughly a quarter of Germany. As the war progressed more air fleets were created as the areas under German rule expanded. As one example, Luftflotte 5 was created in 1940 to direct operations in Norway and Denmark, and other Luftflotten were created as necessary. Each Luftflotte would contain several Fliegerkorps (Air Corps), Fliegerdivision (Air Division), Jagdkorps (Fighter Corps), Jagddivision (Air Division) or Jagdfliegerführer (Fighter Air Command). Each formations would have attached to it a number of units, usually several Geschwader, but also independent Staffeln and Kampfgruppen. Luftflotten were also responsible for the training aircraft and schools in their operational areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGT7J_diIjA

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Monty's Caravans

Monty's Caravans > .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBLqcgAsGhk .

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