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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle for Crete (May 1941) - May 27th, 2003
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| Ian McGibbon
Posted on 05/27/2003 5:33:55 AM PDT by SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
Morning.
For once, it's not raining here.
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posted on
05/27/2003 9:49:55 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Nox aeternus en pax.)
To: Sparta
I agree Sparta. It's a facinating battle to study from both sides and it's amazing how close it came to failing for the e Germans.
You can't help but wonder what the long term results for the African campaign would have been if Malta was the target for the operation.
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posted on
05/27/2003 9:51:49 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("They are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind" - Hugh Robert Orr - They Softly Walk)
To: Valin
"When forced to choose between two evils, try the new one."
I like that quote.
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posted on
05/27/2003 9:52:38 AM PDT
by
Sparta
To: Darksheare
They're actuall predicting good weather here for the next week.
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posted on
05/27/2003 9:52:54 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("They are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind" - Hugh Robert Orr - They Softly Walk)
To: Johnny Gage
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Stuka used by the Italians also and the Spanish after WWII?
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posted on
05/27/2003 9:55:07 AM PDT
by
Sparta
To: SAMWolf
Memorial Day was rained out of existence here.
'Course, it had been raining here since last Thursday so i guess it's not much of a surprise.
The trout fishing will be good for a few days afterwards though.
Unless one wants to get in on the Salmon run that's still going on.
Supposed to get up in the low 60's here today with partly cloudy.
Winds variable.
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posted on
05/27/2003 9:56:58 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Nox aeternus en pax.)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
The Connie sure had one Hell of a last hoorah in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (The Constellation is set be retired at the end of the year.)
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posted on
05/27/2003 9:59:59 AM PDT
by
Sparta
To: SAMWolf
You can't help but wonder what the long term results for the African campaign would have been if Malta was the target for the operation.
The Suez would've been captured, probably along with Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Britain would've been much closer to defeat that it already was.
Hitler's stupidity, for the lack of a better word, cost Germany a war they could've easily won.
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posted on
05/27/2003 10:05:29 AM PDT
by
Sparta
To: SAMWolf
Awww. Look at those little itty bitty sailor babies. Adorable.
To: Darksheare
Neat howling wolf gifGlad you like it. Good to see you.
Even though we are the FReeper Foxhole, naturally the gif is in honor of the Master of this house!
To: Pippin
Thank you Pippin. I know it was a little heavy on graphics but I just couldn't do it any other way. Good luck today.
To: Sparta
The Connie sure had one Hell of a last hoorah... She sure did!
To: Sparta
Without Malta in British hands, Rommel's supply lines would have been a lot more secure that's for sure. COuld have made all the difference in the campaign for the Germans.
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posted on
05/27/2003 10:15:37 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("They are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind" - Hugh Robert Orr - They Softly Walk)
To: snippy_about_it
Master? We have a master? No one tells me anything!!
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posted on
05/27/2003 10:16:52 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("They are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind" - Hugh Robert Orr - They Softly Walk)
To: SAMWolf
No one tells me anything!! 
Oh my, you're right, lookie there, the wolf does appear to be in the dark......
:)
To: SAMWolf
These are fantastic! I love it! The dads seeing their little ones for the first time are heart warming.
To: snippy_about_it
Sometimes I feel like a mushroom.
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posted on
05/27/2003 10:48:13 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("They are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind" - Hugh Robert Orr - They Softly Walk)
To: snippy_about_it
Thanks! :O)
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posted on
05/27/2003 10:48:45 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( I know that my Redeemer liveth!)
To: bentfeather
Yeah. Great to see the looks on their faces.
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posted on
05/27/2003 10:49:27 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("They are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind" - Hugh Robert Orr - They Softly Walk)
To: SAMWolf
Why a mushroom?
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posted on
05/27/2003 10:50:15 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( I know that my Redeemer liveth!)
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