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generalgrog wrote:Comic was very funny.

My Grandpa survived Africa, Italy, D-Day and Europe and had 3 tanks getting knocked out from under him. He's my hero.

GG

no offense, but how did he fight in italy and d-day

youbedead wrote:

generalgrog wrote:Comic was very funny.

My Grandpa survived Africa, Italy, D-Day and Europe and had 3 tanks getting knocked out from under him. He's my hero.

GG

no offense, but how did he fight in italy and d-day

He could have done it since the invasion of Italy took place well before D-Day. Several regiments and divisions were withdrawn from Italy after the Sicily campaign and were moved to the UK in order to supplement the forces that were to partake in Operation: Overlord.

Silverthorne wrote:God nukes are so the cheese. Leave it to America to not play fluffy an only field baseball players and corn farmers. Jerks.

Well the Germans started the war with a zerg rush through the Ardennes. All the Russians did was spam infantry and T-34s.

Orcus wrote:Most people don't realize how close the Nazis came to conquering the world. Their military technology in most cases was superior.

Sort of. People tend to look at the German super weapons and assume other nations weren't building that stuff because they couldn't. Truth is most other countries were more interested in fighting a war of scale, mass producing simpler weapons. There were more than a hundred thousand machine hours involved in each Panther. Meanwhile the Russians and the US were mass producing simpler, more robust tanks.

At the height of their power the Nazis had the entire industrial capacity of Europe at their disposal. To be defeated by the Soviets and US (and remember the US never came close to fully gearing their economy to war like the Germans and Russians did) is all about how utterly wasteful the Nazi war machine was.

So when you say how close the Germans came, I agree... imagine if they hadn't been run by lunatics.

youbedead wrote:

generalgrog wrote:Comic was very funny.

My Grandpa survived Africa, Italy, D-Day and Europe and had 3 tanks getting knocked out from under him. He's my hero.

GG

no offense, but how did he fight in italy and d-day

Operation Torch November 8th, 1942 (North Africa)
Operation Avalanche September 9th, 1943 (Salerno, Italy)
Operation Overlord June 6th, 1944 (D-Day-Normandy France)
Battle of the Bulge December, 1944 (Ardennes, France)

His story is pretty amazing, and in fact I'm working on a book. The national archives have been pretty difficult to get information out of, becuase I'm looking to find out what specific units he was with. He passed away last year, and before he did, I interviewed him. Unfortuneately the only unit he could remember being in + he has patches, is the 3rd armored division. Since the 3rd armored division didn't take part in D-day, I can only assume that he was transferred to the 3rd armored division, after D-day, or after the war.

GG

I have spent my entire adult life in the military.I was two weeks out of high school back in 92 when I left for boot camp. I know nothing else. Sometimes I wish I was just a regular civilian...but on days like today 9/11 I am glad I am still in and committed to my service and country. I am in awe of what the sailors, soldiers, and marines did before me and I do my best everyday to honor their service and sacrifice.

BTW,
Yes it is possible to have served in Africa and D-Day.
My Grandfather was in the 75th ID 291st Infantry Regiment, CN Company. Most of his unit was wiped out and was replaced with guys from the states in 44.

generalgrog wrote:

youbedead wrote:

generalgrog wrote:Comic was very funny.

My Grandpa survived Africa, Italy, D-Day and Europe and had 3 tanks getting knocked out from under him. He's my hero.

GG

no offense, but how did he fight in italy and d-day

Operation Torch November 8th, 1942 (North Africa)
Operation Avalanche September 9th, 1943 (Salerno, Italy)
Operation Overlord June 6th, 1944 (D-Day-Normandy France)
Battle of the Bulge December, 1944 (Ardennes, France)

His story is pretty amazing, and in fact I'm working on a book. The national archives have been pretty difficult to get information out of, becuase I'm looking to find out what specific units he was with. He passed away last year, and before he did, I interviewed him. Unfortuneately the only unit he could remember being in + he has patches, is the 3rd armored division. Since the 3rd armored division didn't take part in D-day, I can only assume that he was transferred to the 3rd armored division, after D-day, or after the war.

GG

ah, okay. i had thought he would have stayed in italy or continued the push through southern europe.

my grandfather was a british codebreker who worked at Bletchley Park, and helped crack the engima code. he may have not actually fought but he certainty contributed to the wreffort