To: fso301
I revisited Churchill's chapter on Hitler's "Secret Weapon" from
Closing the Ring..
They knew about the construction of the launch sites in northern France by July 43 but were still speculating on their purpose. By September they figured out the Germans were developing long-range rockets and pilotless aircraft. By December 43 they had put it together and determined the sites in France were probably launch sites for both pilotless aircraft and rockets. In the early months of 44 they bombed the sites when they identified them.
12 posted on
04/13/2014 11:52:21 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
They knew about the construction of the launch sites in northern France by July 43 but were still speculating on their purpose. By September they figured out the Germans were developing long-range rockets and pilotless aircraft. By December 43 they had put it together and determined the sites in France were probably launch sites for both pilotless aircraft and rockets. In the early months of 44 they bombed the sites when they identified them. Hmm? Long range rockets and pilotless aircraft. I wonder what the Germans are planning?
13 posted on
04/13/2014 12:43:10 PM PDT by
fso301
To: Homer_J_Simpson; henkster; Tax-chick
Don Gentile got his DSC today. He’s now been awarded just about every medal an Army officer can earn, except the MOH. As I mentioned in an earlier post, his CO supposedly pulled a MOH recommendation when Gentile crashed while hot dogging. He was a hell of a pilot.
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