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Post by chinapilot on Feb 18, 2012 16:08:08 GMT 12
Feb issue of 'Britain At War' has a good article on the action there.
Suggests that in the darkness that a few Kiwis were probably injured by fellow Kiwis...
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Post by corsair67 on Feb 18, 2012 18:52:28 GMT 12
Feb issue of 'Britain At War' has a good article on the action there. Suggests that in the darkness that a few Kiwis were probably injured by fellow Kiwis... Yes, I gather that has been a suspicion for a number of years. Unfortunately blue-on-blue incidents are always a risk during close-quarter, house-to-house fighting.  The Germans ultimately won Crete, but at a very high cost. |
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Post by ngatimozart on Feb 20, 2012 20:24:12 GMT 12
Feb issue of 'Britain At War' has a good article on the action there. Suggests that in the darkness that a few Kiwis were probably injured by fellow Kiwis... Yes, I gather that has been a suspicion for a number of years. Unfortunately blue-on-blue incidents are always a risk during close-quarter, house-to-house fighting. The Germans ultimately won Crete, but at a very high cost. Yep we gutted the Fallschirmjäger and they never did another combat jump again. Having said that they were very good troops. |
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Post by corsair67 on Feb 20, 2012 23:00:18 GMT 12
Yes, I gather that has been a suspicion for a number of years. Unfortunately blue-on-blue incidents are always a risk during close-quarter, house-to-house fighting. The Germans ultimately won Crete, but at a very high cost. Yep we gutted the Fallschirmjäger and they never did another combat jump again. Having said that they were very good troops. Yes, but I suspect that they may have had the last laugh at Cassino. |
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