parsifal
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Summary of Losses
This Day in the War in Europe: The Beginning
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It's not Camina Nera (it has no sense), but "Camicia Nera"!
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Captain Herbert Kuppish was Captain Kuppish has nothing to do with U-96. Herbert Kuppisch (10 December 1909 - 27 August 1943) was a german naval Officer during World War II and commander of U-58, U-94, U-516 and U-847.
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The right character seems to be Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
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The right character seems to be Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
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parsifal
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thankyou for the correction. I think you are right. Kuppisch did not have any association with U-96 as you say. According to U-boat net his wartime commands were U-58, U-94 and finally U-847. Kuppisch never reached the rank of captain, though perhaps his DKM rank of Kapitänleutnant is equivalent.
Kuppisch was in command of U-516 for only 6 days in June 1943 and afaik didn't ever take the boat to sea even for training. He was essentially a seat warmer during this period, until taking over command of his last sea posting the type IXD2 U-847. He lost his life along with the entire crew on or about 25 August 1943 in the Sargasso Sea, after being hit by a "FIDO" homing torpedo fired by an Avenger from CVE USS CARD, supported with flak suppression by F4F Wildcats.
parsifal
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I have to get in and finish off my bit of this thread I see.
F.W.I.W. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock commanded U96 from September 1940 until March 1942. He previously commanded U8 and U5 and would subsequently command U256.
Other commanders of U96 were another recipient of the RK Hans-Jurgen Hellriegel (3.42-3.43), Wilhelm Peters (4.43-2.44), Horst Willner (2.44-6.44) and Robert Rix (7.44-2.45). It's always worth checking dates
Herbert Kuppisch served on U2, U29, U9 and U23 before assuming command of U58 (2.39-6.40), followed by U 94 (8.40-8.41). He had a brief sojourn, as above, in command of U516 (6.43) before moving to U847 on 7.43 until he was killed a month later. He received his Knight's Cross on 14.5.41.
One cannot fail to be in awe of the effort and sacrifice these men and their comrades made in what proved to be an utterly futile campaign, and at such a dreadful cost.
Cheers
Steve
Other commanders of U96 were another recipient of the RK Hans-Jurgen Hellriegel (3.42-3.43), Wilhelm Peters (4.43-2.44), Horst Willner (2.44-6.44) and Robert Rix (7.44-2.45). It's always worth checking dates
Herbert Kuppisch served on U2, U29, U9 and U23 before assuming command of U58 (2.39-6.40), followed by U 94 (8.40-8.41). He had a brief sojourn, as above, in command of U516 (6.43) before moving to U847 on 7.43 until he was killed a month later. He received his Knight's Cross on 14.5.41.
One cannot fail to be in awe of the effort and sacrifice these men and their comrades made in what proved to be an utterly futile campaign, and at such a dreadful cost.
Cheers
Steve
Old Wizard
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Operation Góral (Polish: Akcja Góral) was an action carried out by the Home Army (Armia Krajowa, or "AK"), which involved a heist of over a million US dollars' worth of currency being transported by Nazi German authorities on 12 August 1943. It was carried out in the center of Warsaw by a unit of Kedyw, "Motor", which seized a transport car carrying the money. It was one of the best organized actions of the Polish underground during the German occupation, and it took only two minutes.
The name of the action comes from the "Góral", the popular name for the 500 złoty currency note (which were also known as "Młynarki"). Polish historian Tomasz Strzembosz called this operation one of the most successful resistance operations in occupied Europe.
Following the German invasion and occupation of Poland in 1939, a large resistance network was formed. That resistance required funds to operate, and the resources of the Polish government in exile, delivered through the Cichociemni commando-couriers, were limited. In 1942 the resistance began planning to acquire money from the occupiers by carrying out large-scale robberies.[1] Having learned that a large quantity of money would be moved by the occupiers to the German-established Bank of Issue in Poland, the resistance recruited a number of sympathizers within the bank. Preparations lasted about 14 months.
A cell, codenamed "Motor 30" from the Kedyw formation, led by operative "Pol", was assigned to the operation. The plan was to block the road at a specified location, shoot the German personnel attempting to clear it, and carry away the money. The action was initially planned for August 5, but a miscommunication resulted in the operation not being carried out. Fortunately for the insurgents, a new delivery was planned for the following week. The plan was carried out successfully, with the truck redirected into a small alley, all German personnel, including an escorting vehicle, quickly eliminated (according to one report, the Germans suffered nine fatalities and seven wounded; according to another, six killed and six wounded; only one of the Polish insurgents was wounded and the truck captured. Approximately 50 Polish insurgents took part in the operation, which lasted only about two minutes.
The Polish insurgents obtained about 105–106 million złotys and a smaller amount of German currency, estimated to be worth about one million 1943 US dollars (approximately twenty million of 2010's USD). German investigation efforts, despite a large bounty for informants, failed to produce results, and the Germans were even not sure who had carried out the operations – the insurgents or regular criminals, which led to no reprisals against the civilian population (an otherwise-common tactic used by the Germans to discourage resistance operations).
AK carried out similar operations on other occasions, for example on 1 June 1943 in Siedlce, though they obtained less money
The name of the action comes from the "Góral", the popular name for the 500 złoty currency note (which were also known as "Młynarki"). Polish historian Tomasz Strzembosz called this operation one of the most successful resistance operations in occupied Europe.
Following the German invasion and occupation of Poland in 1939, a large resistance network was formed. That resistance required funds to operate, and the resources of the Polish government in exile, delivered through the Cichociemni commando-couriers, were limited. In 1942 the resistance began planning to acquire money from the occupiers by carrying out large-scale robberies.[1] Having learned that a large quantity of money would be moved by the occupiers to the German-established Bank of Issue in Poland, the resistance recruited a number of sympathizers within the bank. Preparations lasted about 14 months.
A cell, codenamed "Motor 30" from the Kedyw formation, led by operative "Pol", was assigned to the operation. The plan was to block the road at a specified location, shoot the German personnel attempting to clear it, and carry away the money. The action was initially planned for August 5, but a miscommunication resulted in the operation not being carried out. Fortunately for the insurgents, a new delivery was planned for the following week. The plan was carried out successfully, with the truck redirected into a small alley, all German personnel, including an escorting vehicle, quickly eliminated (according to one report, the Germans suffered nine fatalities and seven wounded; according to another, six killed and six wounded; only one of the Polish insurgents was wounded and the truck captured. Approximately 50 Polish insurgents took part in the operation, which lasted only about two minutes.
The Polish insurgents obtained about 105–106 million złotys and a smaller amount of German currency, estimated to be worth about one million 1943 US dollars (approximately twenty million of 2010's USD). German investigation efforts, despite a large bounty for informants, failed to produce results, and the Germans were even not sure who had carried out the operations – the insurgents or regular criminals, which led to no reprisals against the civilian population (an otherwise-common tactic used by the Germans to discourage resistance operations).
AK carried out similar operations on other occasions, for example on 1 June 1943 in Siedlce, though they obtained less money
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