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October 27th, 2005   #71
tomtom22
 
 
Go at it, sunb!


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October 27th, 2005   #72
tomtom22
 
 
Go at it, sunb!
 
October 27th, 2005   #73
sunb!
 
 
Spring 1943 Waffen SS requested permission to recruit a special Hitler Youth formation for boys under military age. What was the name of the division created and how many from the Youth organization served in it? What was so special about the NCOs in the division?


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October 27th, 2005   #74
LeEnfield
 
 
The Hitler youth units were the 12th Division Hitlerjugend, there 20,000 of them around Caen in 1944 and 17.000 were killed trying to stop the British and Canadian advanced. As far the NCO's go I do not have a clue, the only thing I do know about them is they got an extra sweet ration or some thing like that. Also by the time this unit returned to Germany at the Wars end there were just 600 lads left alive from the 20,000 that started out


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October 27th, 2005   #75
Ted
 
 
Was the name "die Junge Löwen", the young Lions?
 
October 28th, 2005   #76
sunb!
 
 
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Originally Posted by LeEnfield 2
The Hitler youth units were the 12th Division Hitlerjugend, there 20,000 of them around Caen in 1944 and 17.000 were killed trying to stop the British and Canadian advanced. As far the NCO's go I do not have a clue, the only thing I do know about them is they got an extra sweet ration or some thing like that. Also by the time this unit returned to Germany at the Wars end there were just 600 lads left alive from the 20,000 that started out
You are correct LeEnfield! The 12th Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was created and began training the same year, counting 10.000 voulenteers whose average age was 17. They were led by good officers who had worked their way through the ranks - but their NCO's were boys with no combat experience at all.

Your turn, LeEnfield!
 
October 28th, 2005   #77
LeEnfield
 
 
Where and when was the first Royal Navy attack by planes launched from an Air Craft Carrier
 
October 28th, 2005   #78
The Cooler King
 
I'll take a complete shot in the dark here. Was it the Swordfish torpedo planes launched from the aircraft carrier Victorious to sink the Bismarck?
 
October 28th, 2005   #79
LeEnfield
 
 
Wrong
 
October 28th, 2005   #80
zyonchaos
 
 
Do I win a prize???

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