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To: mountainlion

Great WWII tie in there.


6 posted on 02/10/2014 1:34:22 PM PST by Gamecock (Grace is not opposed to human activity. It's opposed to human merit. MSH)
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To: Gamecock

http://www.thirdreichruins.com/schweinfurt.htm

Schweinfurt

Schweinfurt, an industrial city of some 52,000 people located on the Main River in northern Bavaria, was a center for the manufacture of anti-friction bearings during World War II (and still is). As the U.S. 8th Air Force began to build up its strength in England in 1943, planners wished to concentrate on bombing those industrial targets that they felt would most hurt the German war effort, particularly the enemy aircraft industry. Low-friction ball and roller bearings were used in all parts of military and commercial machinery, and research indicated that roughly half of the German bearing industry was located in Schweinfurt, concentrated at four or five factory sites on the western side of town. The 8th Air Force planners felt that if they could strike hard enough at Schweinfurt, the results might cripple the German war industry.


13 posted on 02/10/2014 1:38:16 PM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: Gamecock
Great WWII tie in there.

Or an episode of Hogan's Heroes.

20 posted on 02/10/2014 2:01:54 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: Gamecock

***Great WWII tie in there.***

COMMAND DECISION?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040242/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


36 posted on 02/10/2014 3:02:27 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Gamecock

Or BLACK SUNDAY a non WWII movie?


37 posted on 02/10/2014 3:04:53 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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