ATB Issue 141

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  1. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Picked this up at Foyles today, too.

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    Details of this issue:

    THE OB. WEST HQ AT SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE - Jean Paul Pallud tells how after seven months of 'Phoney War', the Wehrmacht launched its attack in the West on May 10, 1940 and within six weeks the Netherlands, Belgium and France had been defeated, as had the British Expeditionary Force. The Armistice with France was signed on June 22 and hostilities ceased threee days later. Of the three army groups that had fought and won the swift campaign, Heeresgruppe A was designated to remain in the West and Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt and his staff soon established themselves at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just west of Paris. RAF Target Mapping Centre at Hughenden Manor Hughenden Manor, well known as the residence of Victorian politician Benjamin Disraeli, was in the Second World War home of the top-secret RAF target mapping centre known as 'Hillside'. Employing a motley team of talented mapmakers, it was here, in the quiet scenery of the Chiltern Hills, that all the target maps for Allied bombing missions were produced. The Discovery of HMAS Sydney - On November 19, 1941, the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney - the pride and fame of the Royal Australian Navy - sank with all hands after a short but sharp naval battle with the German raider Kormoran in the ocean off Westeren Australia. The ship and her entire crew of 645 men seemed to have disappeared without trace. It was Australia's worst naval disaster, which left bereaved families across the nation. Karel Margry tells us the tragic story

    Found the article on HMAS Sydney of particular interest; something I knew very little about. Didn't realise it was the greatest loss of Australian lives in Australian naval history, for example.

    More here:

    http://www.afterthebattle.com/ab-con1.html#spec
     
  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Went to Hughenden today. The map making displays were very interesting. Didnt take any pics though.
     
  3. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    A short film explaining what part Hughenden Manor played in aerial photography being used to produce maps. Alas it does not explain how the National Trust did not know about this until a visitor told them.

    So the text
    Then the film: Places with Second World War connections

    Some of the aircraft shown are indistinguishable and twin-engined bombers are shown, when most bombing was not by them when this operation began in October 1941. This is an aside.
     
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