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Post by raunchel on Dec 4, 2022 8:58:17 GMT
About the Civil War one (the only one I follow because there is no way to catch up on the more established ones) I find it striking how utterly useless Buchanan was, as illustrated by his last state of the union. He had so many options but consistently did nothing.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 4, 2022 9:04:28 GMT
About the Civil War one (the only one I follow because there is no way to catch up on the more established ones) I find it striking how utterly useless Buchanan was, as illustrated by his last state of the union. He had so many options but consistently did nothing. There is nothing much he can do, he is a lame duck president.
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Post by raunchel on Dec 4, 2022 9:34:53 GMT
About the Civil War one (the only one I follow because there is no way to catch up on the more established ones) I find it striking how utterly useless Buchanan was, as illustrated by his last state of the union. He had so many options but consistently did nothing. There is nothing much he can do, he is a lame duck president. Yes, but earlier he also did next to nothing.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 4, 2022 10:11:56 GMT
There is nothing much he can do, he is a lame duck president. Yes, but earlier he also did next to nothing. Wich earned him the ranking as the worst president in American history.
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Post by stevep on Dec 5, 2022 9:39:46 GMT
On today's WWII thread I think one of your trolls needs a geography refresher.
This should be the Med I assume.
Steve
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Post by lordroel on Dec 5, 2022 10:25:24 GMT
On today's WWII thread I think one of your trolls needs a geography refresher. This should be the Med I assume.
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Will edit it.
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Post by Max Sinister on Dec 10, 2022 18:56:00 GMT
Page 71 of the WW2 thread: Was Singapore renamed to Shonan on the 17th or 18th? Of course, given the time zones... also, I could have sworn it was "Syonan". But maybe the first ever source where I read that was wrong. (German magazine "Merian".)
The two translations... I guess they might be both OK. But I don't speak that much Japanese.
Finally, not a nitpick, just something funny: Douglas MacArthur was the Commander in Chief US Army Forces Far East (USAFFE)? That'd make him the "US-Affe" (US ape) in German. I wonder whether the propaganda knew about this.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 10, 2022 19:00:44 GMT
Finally, not a nitpick, just something funny: Douglas MacArthur was the Commander in Chief US Army Forces Far East (USAFFE)? That'd make him the "US-Affe" (US ape) in German. I wonder whether the propaganda knew about this. If they new we would have a giant German propaganda poster of MacArthur as a ape with a pipe.
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Post by stevep on Dec 13, 2022 12:01:15 GMT
On today's WWII post I'm a bit doubtful of this bit.
I would suspect that 2nd embolden section should be something other than lost i.e. destroyed as 126 B-17s in a single mission would be a massive hit. Especially since there's already an earlier figure for lost a/c. Possibly it means lost as in failed to find the target? Or its a typo and damaged but not beyond repair?
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Post by lordroel on Dec 13, 2022 19:03:41 GMT
On today's WWII post I'm a bit doubtful of this bit.
I would suspect that 2nd embolden section should be something other than lost i.e. destroyed as 126 B-17s in a single mission would be a massive hit. Especially since there's already an earlier figure for lost a/c. Possibly it means lost as in failed to find the target? Or its a typo and damaged but not beyond repair? Steve
Had my trolls do some digging, VIII Bomber Command 154, this explains Mission 154 more than what i wrote. The port areas at Bremen and Kiel, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. This is the first mission where more than 600 aircraft are despatched. This mission is comprised of 8 elements. The first element consists 182 B-17s from: 91BG (31); 303BG (40); 379BG (43); 381BG (30); 384BG (38); 482BG (4 PFF equipped). 171 aircraft of this contingent are effective at Bremen, Germany at 1159-1206hrs. 1 battle damaged aircraft makes a crash landing at Grafton Underwood and is declared to be Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) but crew are OK 10RTD. 1 airmen is KIA and 3 others are Wounded in Action aboard aircraft that returned. 30 aircraft are damaged. The bomber gunners of this contingent make no claims on enemy aircraft. The second element consists of 119 B-17s of 1st Bomb Division that included: 92G (28); 305BG (27); 306BG (22); 351BG (21);401BG (21); 482BG (4 PFF equipped); 106 aircraft are effective on the target at Keil, Germany. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 7KIA 3POW. No other casualties. 34 aircraft are damaged. The bomber gunners of this contingent from 1st Bomb Division claim 0-0-1 of attacking enemy aircraft. The third element was a combined force of 119 B-24s from 2nd Bomb Division that included:(6 PFF equipped); 44BG (24); 93BG (27); 389BG (22); 392BG (25); and 445BG (15) despatched to bomb the port area of Keil, Germany. This is the first combat mission for 445BG. 99 aircraft are effective on the target at 1245-1247hrs. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 3KIA 7POW. No other casualties. 4 aircraft are damaged. The bomber gunners of this element claim 1-0-0 of attacking German aircraft. The fourth element consists of 121 B-17s of 3rd Bomb Division that included: 482BG (2 PFF equipped); 94BG (41); 100BG (19); 385BG (21) and 388BG (40) despatched to bomb the port areas of Keil, Germany. 112 aircraft are effective on the target at 1306-1317hrs. There are no aircraft losses, but 67 aircraft are damaged. 1 airman is KIA and 4 others aboard returning aircraft are Wounded in Action (WIA). The bomber gunners in this element claim 6-3-11 of attacking German aircraft. The fifth element is a composite force of 21 B-17s from 94BG & 385BG despatched to Keil, Germany. 18 aircraft are effective on the target. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 1KIA 9POW. Therer are no other casualties. The bomber gunners of this element calim 0-0-2 of attacking German aircraft. The sixth element is a composite force of 19 B-17s from 100BG & 390BG depsatched to Keil, Germany. 17 are affective on the target. There are no losses or claims. The seventh element is a combined force of 81 B-17s from 95BG (43) and 96BG (38) despateche to bomb Keil but heavy frosting and poor visiblity frustrate the attack and this element drops on Hamburg as a target of opportunity at 1300-1305hrs. 2 Aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 2KIA 17POW. 1 aircraft with battle damage crash lands at Snetterton Heath, aircraft declared to be Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) 4KIA 6RTD. 4 airmen in returning aircraft are Wounded in Action (WIA). 28 aircraft are damaged. The bomber gunners claim 0-0-2 of attacking German aircraft. The eighth element is a compositie force of 21 B-17s from 96BG & 388BG and 21 B-17 from 390BG. (Force includes 2 PFF equipped B-17 from 483BG). 36 aircraft are effective on the target. There are no aircraft losses but 7 are damaged. 3 airmen are KIA and 8 others Wounded in Action (WIA) aboard returning aircraft. There are no claims on enemy aircraft.
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Post by stevep on Dec 21, 2022 14:49:26 GMT
On today's WWI post I think you hqave something missing in the article about the loss of the SSP 4. The last line reads Possibly one of your trolls decided to censor the location on security grounds?
Otherwise looking good thanks.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 21, 2022 15:20:22 GMT
On today's WWI post I think you hqave something missing in the article about the loss of the SSP 4. The last line reads Possibly one of your trolls decided to censor the location on security grounds? Otherwise looking good thanks. Steve
Not the trolls fault this time: 21 December 1917 – SSP4 Lost
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Post by stevep on Dec 21, 2022 16:13:01 GMT
On today's WWI post I think you hqave something missing in the article about the loss of the SSP 4. The last line reads Possibly one of your trolls decided to censor the location on security grounds? Otherwise looking good thanks. Steve
Not the trolls fault this time: 21 December 1917 – SSP4 Lost
Ah a problem with the original source material.
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Post by stevep on Dec 23, 2022 10:49:42 GMT
On today's WWI post you have
Should there be something following on from this as to what he actually said? It sounds more like an intro than a comment in itself.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 23, 2022 10:55:15 GMT
On today's WWI post you have
Should there be something following on from this as to what he actually said? It sounds more like an intro than a comment in itself. Steve
Again. let me see what the Trolls missed this time. Seems the source has the same, so again the trolls are not to blame, but i will speak to them on not checking the sources twice before putting out a daily update.
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