New Posts For Thread: WW2 threadhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-threadNot sure we've had one or not, but I'll make one for those interested. My primary areas of interest are Burma and Market Garden/Arnhem because of family members involved. I don't know too much about the Eastern front and as I was watching Oliver StonYeah Ramrura Royal Artillery. I was hoping to pin down exactly where he would have been. He lived in Brixton at the time. I'll keep plugging away.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551393085#551393085Yeah Ramrura Royal Artillery. I was hoping to pin down exactly where he would have been. He lived in Brixton at the time. I'll keep plugging away.Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:45:33 -0600RA = Royal Artillery? Anti-aircraft guns (especially during the blitz)? Does typing the name of the regiment and year into google find anything?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551392753#551392753RA = Royal Artillery? Anti-aircraft guns (especially during the blitz)? Does typing the name of the regiment and year into google find anything?Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:20:43 -0600Just been going back over my grandad's army records. I originally thought he was called up and shipped off to India in 42, but looking again at the papers it says he signed up in 1940 - 2 days after the blitz started. Now I'm going to have some extrahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551391265#551391265Just been going back over my grandad's army records. I originally thought he was called up and shipped off to India in 42, but looking again at the papers it says he signed up in 1940 - 2 days after the blitz started. Now I'm going to have some extraSat, 11 Mar 2017 13:36:27 -0600think the spy dusko popov told j edgar hoover a few weeks before the japs were going to bomb PH.....he chose to ignore it........probably deliberatelyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551380971#551380971think the spy dusko popov told j edgar hoover a few weeks before the japs were going to bomb PH.....he chose to ignore it........probably deliberatelyFri, 10 Mar 2017 07:34:31 -0600cardifffc Date Joined: 10 Oct 03 Blogger: cardifffc's blog Add contact | Send message 10 Mar 17 12:34 Joined: 10 Oct 03 | Topic/replies: 10,513 | Blogger: cardifffc's blog hitler declared war on the yanks after PH .....now that wahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551380853#551380853cardifffc Date Joined: 10 Oct 03 Blogger: cardifffc's blog Add contact | Send message 10 Mar 17 12:34 Joined: 10 Oct 03 | Topic/replies: 10,513 | Blogger: cardifffc's blog hitler declared war on the yanks after PH .....now that waFri, 10 Mar 2017 07:06:46 -0600think if franco was a betfair punter he would be a 1.01 backer with fast pictures...............the only time he would have joined the axis powers if victory was almost certainhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551380769#551380769think if franco was a betfair punter he would be a 1.01 backer with fast pictures...............the only time he would have joined the axis powers if victory was almost certainFri, 10 Mar 2017 06:50:03 -0600JC...admiral canaris had a photo of franco on his wall and not hitler..........franco I agree had little in common in character with hitler other than their hatred of communismhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551380729#551380729JC...admiral canaris had a photo of franco on his wall and not hitler..........franco I agree had little in common in character with hitler other than their hatred of communismFri, 10 Mar 2017 06:37:23 -0600hitler declared war on the yanks after PH .....now that was a stupid thing to do.....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551380711#551380711hitler declared war on the yanks after PH .....now that was a stupid thing to do.....Fri, 10 Mar 2017 06:34:39 -0600Yes, Stalin had some of his best troops trained for winter warfare etc down protecting the japanese flank, after Japan was committed to fighting the US he was able to bring them up and throw them at Stalingrad or Khursk."A similar question is why Gerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551380627#551380627Yes, Stalin had some of his best troops trained for winter warfare etc down protecting the japanese flank, after Japan was committed to fighting the US he was able to bring them up and throw them at Stalingrad or Khursk."A similar question is why GerFri, 10 Mar 2017 06:11:34 -0600Hitler urged Japan to join forces against Russia and seize the soviet far east, if they wait Germany may not need them.some Japanese leaders favoured this, the northern route. Others favoured the southern course and seizing Dutch French and British chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30829321/ww2-thread?post_id=551380273#551380273Hitler urged Japan to join forces against Russia and seize the soviet far east, if they wait Germany may not need them.some Japanese leaders favoured this, the northern route. Others favoured the southern course and seizing Dutch French and British cFri, 10 Mar 2017 04:12:02 -0600