Operation Sealion 1941 – Part 8b
This is a rather long episode. Apologises all round. Enjoy: Operation Sealion 1941 – Part 8b The Second Day - Sunset to Dawn The first British soldier slowly emerged from the concealed entrance to the...
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Wow, really good update. No need to apologise for its length!
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"Whangs" aplenty, thank you. Great chapter, and no longer than it needed to be.Bennett
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Contrary to the 'Great Disaster Movie' Ride at Universal Studios, I managed to break Rule #17 in this episode.Apologies all round.
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HMS Pinafore wrote:Contrary to the 'Great Disaster Movie' Ride at Universal Studios, I managed to break Rule #17 in this episode.Apologies all round. Nice chapter, reminds me of the 1974 war game at...
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No Rule #17 is the one about not killing a domestic pet. Have board members noticed how in all Hollywood films you can destroy half of New York, but the cat, dog etc always survives? Technically...
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A disaster of Pinaforean dimensions! You didn't disapoint us with this one! (not that you did with the others, its just good to see a lopsided victory occasionally)
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HMS Pinafore Ouch, that must have hurt. Hopefully the other convoys will receive the same treatment. How many are there all together? Steve
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The two major books that I have read on Operation Sea Lion gives me either four 'big' convoys - one for each beach, or eight 'not so big' convoys - one for each division. Originally the eight...
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I'd agree with that, lack of escorts forcing 4 convoys. I also think that they'd run some faster merchants unescorted at night, specifically fast ferries and packets, and any available rail ferries....
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MarkLBailey wrote:An alternative is to beach coasters at high tide (they will not get off) and that will get large volumes of ammo ashore, perhaps 800 tons a pop. Of course, if they get hit...Why...
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IIRC that was done at Gallipoli and large holes were cut in the sides for unloading, which would make refloating an interesting task.
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vpsoccer wrote:MarkLBailey wrote:An alternative is to beach coasters at high tide (they will not get off) and that will get large volumes of ammo ashore, perhaps 800 tons a pop. Of course, if they get...
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Definitely shingle at Lydd, I've fallen on it a few times. IIRC William of Normandy fell on shingle at Pevensey but went on to a more prominent career than me.
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