By Denes Bernad, Andrew Probert, Richard Hudson, Don Greer
Henschel HS 129 in motion КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Henschel HS 129 in motion (Aircraft quantity 176)ByDenes BernadPublisher:Squadron/Signal courses Inc.2001 fifty two PagesISBN: 0897474287PDF19 MBThe Spanish Civil conflict (1936-39) was once an incredible trying out interval for Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union to judge new guns and strategies for air and land wrestle. This checking out included the hot inspiration of shut air help for pleasant troops or opposed to enemy forces. the duty of destroying mounted or slowly relocating goals with pinpoint accuracy used to be assigned to dive bombers resembling the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (Sturzkampffltigzeug: Divc-Bombing Aircraft). The Germans assisting the Spanish Nationalists came upon obsolescent biplanes just like the Heinkel He fifty one and Henschel Hs 123 have been unsatisfactory in attacking small, quick, and maneuverable targets. those objectives incorporated tanks, different armored cars, and troop concentrations. The He fifty one and Hs 123 have been unarmored, frivolously armed, gradual, and susceptible to flooring hearth. The event in Spain highlighted the Luftwaffe's transparent want for a well-protected and seriously armed Schlachtflugzeug (Ground assault Aircraft). sharingmatrixletitbit zero
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The frostbite in my feet is growing ever larger and more infected with abscess every day . . And there are the Bolsheviks! . 124 Nevertheless it must be stressed that the GD Division went on fighting till the bitter end, in spite of repeated complaints of this kind. It was only in April 1945 that the division finally broke down. Coming under a heavy Russian artillery barrage, the Sixth Grenadier Company climbed out of its trenches and began walking to the rear. 'My attempts to keep the company together with threats failed*, later wrote the battalion commander.
Thus, for example, looting of boots in France may have been considered to be 'theft', whereas in Russia it would not be thought of as an offence at all; rape in Fiance would be defined as a 'moral offence', whereas in Russia, if considered at all, it might appear as a racial offence, health hazard or even as 'collaboration with partisans'. D. following the Polish campaign. The number of offences increased from seventeen in September 1939 to sixty-three in the November. The most common were absence-without-leave, theft, violations of military regulations and traffic offences, and a large number of the cases had been caused by drunkenness.
It should therefore be pointed out that only the sum of the offences can be considered as a relatively reliable figure. Nevertheless, some conclusions can be drawn from this table. D. (23-3). This can probably be explained by the fact that the GD was often under a much greater strain at the front and that the combat discipline required from the troops was also probably somewhat stricter. We can also note that theft was the most common offence in the GD too, and that notwithstanding the missing data, we do possess records of seven executions.