The Sicherung Company army file

Finally finished.
The Sicherungs Company army file to use with the Sicherung in Warsaw PDF.
It can be found in the Warsaw Uprising folder.
I hope i didn't make too many mistakes.
Please let me know when something is wrong.

Direct link:
Sicherungs Company army file
Website:
Flames of War Army files
or
Army Files Page

On the website and the Army Files pages you also find a OpenOffice and Excel 2007 file.

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Today in Dutch WWII History: Invasion!

Today it is 70 years ago the the Netherlands were invaded by Nazi Germany.
Although the Dutch government expected that the Netherlands would stay neutral just as in WWI, at 03.55 AM Dutch time (05.35 German time) Operation: Gelb was set in motion.

While the invasion "only" lasted for 5 days it were 5 days of hard and bitter fighting. And not a walkover as Hitler would expected it to be. As a matter of fact the German army lost a lot more planes and soldiers then expected.
An other fact that i like to mention is that in the Netherlands the first major airborne operation took place. More then 10.000 Fallschirmjäger jumped into Holland.
I can write a whole story what has happened during those 5 days of fighting but i think it is better that you follow the link below. It will bring you to one of the best or maybe the best site that handles about the invasion of the Netherlands. There is a lot to read and see.

War over Holland - May1940: The Dutch struggle

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Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Platoon

 This is the Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Platoon found in Hell's Highway that can be used by the US Airborne. If i will ever use them is something i don't know.
One thing to complain. The hands of the gunners are a real mess, poorly cast.



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Today in Dutch WWII History: Holland Liberated

65 Years of Freedom.
5 May 1945 capitulation of the German forces in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands were liberated largely by Canadian troops, with the assistance of the British and American Armies (Operation: Market Garden) and Free French SAS (Operation: Amherst). Although the southern part of the Netherlands were already liberated during Operation Market Garden and the fighting afterwards (September - October 1944), the rest of the Netherlands were still occupied and had to wait a harsh winter to be liberated.
On 4 May General E. Kinzel and Admiral H. G. von Friedeburg signed the surrender documents relating to the German forces in Holland, northwest Germany, the Friesian Islands, Heligoland and all other Islands, Schleswig-Holstein and Danmark at Montgomery's headquarters on Lüneburg Heath.
On 5 May 1945, the Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached and signed an agreement on the capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands in Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen.

How big the impact was of the German occupation of the Netherlands is best to be said that up on this day people of the German government still aren't allowed to join any official  Dutch commemorations. And even now there are still a lot of people who feel a strong dislike towards Germans.

Official Days:
4 May, Remembrance of the Dead (Dutch: Dodenherdenking). Commemoration for the people who have fought and died during World War II and at war operations and peace operations afterwards.

5 May, Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag). To mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. The liberation is celebrated and festivals are held at most places in the Netherlands.


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Today in Dutch WWII History: Operation Manna

The winter of 1944 -1945 in the Netherlands was very harsh, even to Dutch standards. The still occupied Northern and western half of the Netherlands suffered badly of this harsh winter. It is still known by the Dutch as the "Hongerwinter" or "Hunger Winter". In that winter between 15.000 and 20.000 people died because of the hunger and the cold.
In an effort to relieve the Dutch famine, the Allied negotiated for months with the Germans for a coordinated dropping of food by the Royal Air Force over what was still German-occupied Dutch territory. The result was "Operation Manna". The operation took place from 28 April - 8 May 1945.
On 29 April the first planes took of from their bases for the first food droppings.
The Lancaster's, who did the droppings, flew at very low altitude and at a very slow speed.
The crew could see the people everywhere cheering and waving.
On 1 May the US Air Force joined the relief operation in Operation Chowhound .
A total of 3100 flights were made by Bomber Command, and an additional 2200 by the American Air Force. More than 11,000 tons of food were dropped in the ten days of the operation.
It was the only time that Bombers dropped something else then bombs.

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