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January 13th, 2006   #321
MightyMacbeth
 
 
I am scared lol..

say, why not u do it 8)


~when a man does his best, what else is there? Gen.George S.Patton

 
January 15th, 2006   #322
Reiben
 
 
Sorry guys been under the weather.

During the Battle of Britain the British war cabinet decided to send reinforcements to the middle east. The threat of invasion was great and Britain decided to gamble and send much need equipment for UK defence to the middle east. What was sent on this convoy to the middle east?

A clue is the answer is not just tanks.

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January 15th, 2006   #323
Dean
 
 
By middle east, do you mean Palestine or Egypt?

Dean.
 
January 15th, 2006   #324
Reiben
 
 
Middle East command included both Egypt and Palestine. The weapons were not for use in Palestine, but for offensive operations in the middle east.
 
January 15th, 2006   #325
Fox
 
 
Was it Syria?


I shall return-

General Douglas MacArthur
 
January 15th, 2006   #326
Dean
 
 
That was a bit of a fishing expedition on my part. I was wondering if you are referring to the convoys that were reinforcing Egypt against Rommel, or for offensive action from Palestine into Syria against the Vichy French.

Or are you talking about the P-40 Kittyhawks that the Brits sent around that time?

Dean.

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January 15th, 2006   #327
Reiben
 
 
The convoy carried equipment primarily for use in Egypt, I think some may have been used eleswhere in Ethopia and Somaliland. But it was only land in the middle east in one place.

The question is what was on the convoy
 
January 15th, 2006   #328
Fox
 
 
Do they have to around the Cape of Hope then though Suez canel?
 
January 15th, 2006   #329
Reiben
 
 
The convoy in question was in 1940, well before Rommel. There were no planes in the convoy. The equipment was for the army, and was used in O'Connors offensive. The convoy arrived on 5 September 1940.

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January 15th, 2006   #330
Dean
 
 
The convoy carried 150 tanks, 100 artillery pieces and nearly 1,000 machineguns and anti-tank guns. General O'Connor then used them to smash an Italian army 5 times larger than his. Quite a feat.

Dean.