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		<title>The Short but Violent Operation CRUSADER of 6 RTR</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Wehrmacht, there apparently was a joke that the life of a gunner in the assault artillery was short, but exciting (so much for Germans not having any humour). The same could be said for the participation of 6 RTR in Operation CRUSADER.
There has been an assumption on the internet that the war diary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=886&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>70 years on</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[70 years ago today WW2 started in Europe with the attack by the Wehrmacht on Poland.  The BBC has written up a fine piece on the rememberance of a Polish veteran of the Westerplatte battle here (let&#8217;s not get too fussy regarding that Schleswig-Holstein was not a cruiser, but a pre-Dreadnought battleship (Linienschiff - literally, &#8217;ship of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=870&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defending Position 19 – What happened next to the remains of 11th Company 255th Infantry Regiment?</title>
		<link>http://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/defending-position-19-%e2%80%93-what-happened-next-to-the-remains-11th-company-255th-infantry-regiment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize that in the prior post at this link I promised to finish the translation of the report by the commander of a platoon of 11th Company 255th (11./I.R.255) Infantry Regiment, but I somehow never got round to it. So here it is. It is an interesting insight into the process of withdrawing out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=855&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Note on German Army Military Unit Designations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the discussion in the comments section on this prior entry, I think it might be useful to explain my understanding of German unit terminology as it was used in 1941 (there were some changes throughout the war).  This is also helpful because in our book we will stick as much as possible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=842&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Order of Battle Division z.b.V. Afrika (Africa Special Purpose Division), 10 November 41</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The division had originally been formed in June 1941 for service in Africa.  It lost some elements during transport across the Mediterranean, and had other elements added to it after arrival. In the end it was a hotchpotch, and lacked vital supply, signals, and logistics elements which would have been standard in ordinary divisions, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=832&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tobruk Breakout from the Other Side of the Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The text below is the translation of the evening report of Div.z.b.V.Afrika for 21 November 41, the day the Tobruk garrison started its breakout.  On this day the division was under pressure from two sides.  7th Support Group with 7th Armoured Brigade attacked S.R.155&#8217;s (Rifle Regiment 155) positions on the escarpment from their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=823&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canon de 155 Mle 1917 Schneider C &#8211; who used them?</title>
		<link>http://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/canon-de-155-mle-1917-schneider-c-who-used-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During 1941 Vichy France supplied 20 heavy howitzers of the type Canon de 155 Mle 1917 Schneider C to the Axis forces in North Africa. It is possible that at least part of these were in action during CRUSADER.  This particular gun was a very popular gun, in use by many armies between the wars, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=807&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Regia Marina&#8217;s Emergency Supply Programme of 22 November 41</title>
		<link>http://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/the-regia-marinas-emergency-supply-programme-of-22-november-41/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a translation of a report from the Italian Navy&#8217;s official history &#8220;La Difesa Del Trafico con L&#8217;Africa Settentrionale&#8221; (The Defense of the Traffic with North Africa &#8211; Volume II), which was published in the early 1960s as part of the 8-volume complete history of the Regia Marina in World War II. The translation was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=790&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>German Antisubmarine Equipment on Italian Vessels</title>
		<link>http://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/german-antisubmarine-equipment-on-italian-vessels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the files of the German naval command in Italy held at NARA, I found something completely new to me (as one does).  In autumn 1941 the German navy had started to equip Italian escort vessels withASDIC active sonar equipment (S-Geraet) and depth charge launchers (WBW).  The priority was apparently given to equipping escort units [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=781&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some more on I./StG3 in North Africa</title>
		<link>http://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/some-more-on-i-stg3-in-north-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a prior post (at this link) I have discussed the move of I./StG3 to North Africa.  From a discussion on the AHF (at this link), it appears there is a substantial lack of clarity regarding this post, partially induced by it:
a) showing that Hooton (presumably in his &#8220;Eagle in Flames&#8221;) made an error, and
b) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crusaderproject.wordpress.com&blog=4239705&post=761&subd=crusaderproject&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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