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- Wed Dec 21, 2022 11:18 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hello All, There is a danger of this thread diverting off into a discussion of Plan Z and its purpose. There are other threads devoted to this. Raeder was required to carry out the transport and support of an army invasion of Norway using what would be a barely adequate naval force force, and would ...
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:39 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hello TTTT, Hans and all, This from Hans, Also, Prager states that decision to employ Lützow in Oslo area (despite initial decision to send her to northern Norway) was taken following her Captain suggestions, because she was required back to Germany as soon as possible after the invasion, to repleni...
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hi Hans and all, I must correct my earlier post. You are quite right. Pol III was not rammed, but the "rammer", creating a "grazing impact" which dented her bow a little. There is an excellent photo on the Wikipedia Action in the Oslofjord page showing very minor dent in the uppe...
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hi Hans, The timing issues are that Norwegian time 04:00 is German time 05:00. Koop and Schmolke Heavy Cruisers of the Hipper Class have an extensive quote of the combat report for Blucher created by her XO Erich Heymann. The preliminary highlights how little weapons training had been possible durin...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:25 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hello Hans and all, Excellent input Hans. We must check timings to make sure everybody is on the same zone. So with some light available a bombing raid to disable Oskarborg's open air gun mounts was perfectly feasible, especially since aircraft were tasked with attacking Fornebu airfield prior to pa...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:02 pm
- Forum: Military Conflicts Today
- Topic: What is Putin up to?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 34208
Re: What is Putin up to?
Hi All, Having disposed of the alternative "reality" sources Larry Johnson and Scott Ritter, alleged audio evidence falsifier and convicted sex criminal, respectively, we move on to the shoot down of David MacGregor and John Mearsheimer. After his appearance on Fox News (a well known sourc...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:32 pm
- Forum: Military Conflicts Today
- Topic: What is Putin up to?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 34208
Re: What is Putin up to?
Hi All, Gullible types think that Putin just woke up on the 24th of February [2022] and decided to invade Ukraine and risk starting WW3 Nope, that's just the other shoe falling. He "woke up" much earlier. On 27 February [2014], Russian armed forces without insignias seized the building of ...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:03 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hi RF A searchlight illuminated Blucher so Eriksen could fire on it. And searchlights make excellent targets - see Battle of Jutland. The Germans unaccountably thought they could sneak through without opening fire first, even though shots had been exchanged earlier. With Blucher and Lutzow they had ...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 3:00 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hi All, that would basically be suicide, as the inlet to the fjord could easily be sealed off by powerful RN units. And Luftwaffe couldn't support Narvik until late April/early May - when a suitable airfield was built near Trondheim. Well, it would be suicide for General Dietl and his 2000 mountain ...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:28 am
- Forum: Military Conflicts Today
- Topic: What is Putin up to?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 34208
Re: What is Putin up to?
Hi All, Apparently, the wayward former popular TV historian Neil Oliver has also said on GB News (a non-mainstream news channel) On GB News, Oliver spoke on the subject of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying "I'll be honest. I don't know what's happening in Ukraine. I don't understand ...
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:21 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hi Byron and TTTT, I cannot locate any bathymetry for the Drobak Narrows but I suspect that since this is a drowned glacial fjord the deepwater extends to quite close to the shore, so the "channel" is quite wide. The wreck is in 90-65 m of water and photographs of her sinking show her clos...
- Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:55 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hello TTTT, But they could also be able to land the troops and just turn around without re-fueling The nature of amphibious operations is that your forces will require continuous re-supply and that means retaining local maritime (and air) control to allow further ammunition and fuel to be delivered ...
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:57 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Operation Weserübung - why
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4794
Re: Operation Weserübung - why
Hello TTTT, I am perplexed by As it was, the short range basically doomed the destroyers. The Germans had already got an oiler Jan Wellem , in position in Narvik Harbour, pretending to be an innocent merchant ship on passage from Murmansk to Germany, but actually with a stock of fuel for Bonte's shi...
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:14 pm
- Forum: Military Conflicts Today
- Topic: What is Putin up to?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 34208
Re: What is Putin up to?
Hi Steve, Thanks for your approval of my efforts to keep things in touch with reality. It is clear Putin realizes the value of using high-profile "mouthpieces" with their own (different) personal agenda to destabilize faith in unbiased established news sources amongst the people of the wor...
- Fri Oct 21, 2022 5:47 pm
- Forum: Military Conflicts Today
- Topic: What is Putin up to?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 34208
Re: What is Putin up to?
Hi All, Scott Ritter, now he is out of jail, frequently writes for RT News RT is a brand of TV-Novosti, an autonomous non-profit organization founded by the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novost Jeffrey Sachs' speculations, when challenged, have no supporting evidence. Go to https://www.dw.com/...