"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: The greatest missions were tactical, not strategic
From: "Keith Willshaw"
Date: 9/2/2004 1:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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But once they got the Fuhrer's authorization to move forward they
couldn't ge
very far due to the destruction we imposed on the bridges and rail
lines.
Also
free ranging P-47's attacked anything and everything thet moved on
the
ground. It was tactical operations at their best. It was all a
beautiful
sight. You should have been there.



My father was there. The fighting around Caen was UGLY.
The British and Canadian forces were engaged with those
panzers you claim didnt get there. 7 of the 8 Panzer
divisions the Germans had in Northern France were in
the area. 21st Panzer were already there and the first
reinforcements, 12th SS Panzer arrived on the 8th June.

Fighting Tigers and Panthers when you have
Sherman's and Churchill's isnt fun. Thats where 50th
Infantry Division took its heaviest casualties of the
war, his battallion lost half its men during that
campaign. The 51st Highland division found itself
fighting the 9th and 10th SS Panzer divisions.

The 2nd Canadian Division lost almost 3000 men
in just 6 days. Those panzers got there, the
bombing slowed but did NOT stop them.

Keith


There was more than just one Panzer division in the German army. Didn't
you
read about them?

I just wrote about then

And had we not stopped what we did, your father would have
faced a lot more than he did.

He faced 7 of the 8

Now be a nice boy, say thank you, and go back to
reading your books.


Advice you might want to take yourself.

Start with
PANZERS IN NORMANDY
THEN AND NOW
Eric Lefèvre

http://www.afterthebattle.com/panz.html

Panzer Regiments involved

HEER
Panzer Lehr Regiment (Panzer Lehr Division)
Panzer Regiment 3 (2. Panzer Division)
Panzer Regiment 16 (116. Panzer Division)
Panzer Regiment 22 (21. Panzer Division)
Panzer Regiment 33 (9. Panzer Division)
Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503
Miscellaneous Army Panzer Units
Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 654
Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung 100
Panzer Abteilung 206

WAFFEN-SS
SS-Panzer Regiment 1 (1. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 2 (2. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 9 (9. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 10 (10. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 12 (12. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Abteilung 17 (17. SS-Panzer Grenadier Division)
Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 101
Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 102

Keith