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| I am Honor | I am scared lol.. say, why not u do it
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| Optio | 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. Last edited by Reiben; January 15th, 2006 at 15:26. |
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| Centurion | By middle east, do you mean Palestine or Egypt? Dean. |
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| Optio | Middle East command included both Egypt and Palestine. The weapons were not for use in Palestine, but for offensive operations in the middle east. |
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| Can you hear me now? | Was it Syria?
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| Centurion | 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. Last edited by Dean; January 15th, 2006 at 18:50. |
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| Optio | 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 |
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| Can you hear me now? | Do they have to around the Cape of Hope then though Suez canel? |
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| Optio | 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. Last edited by Reiben; January 15th, 2006 at 22:38. |
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| Centurion | 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. |
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