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Operation Sealion Part III! |
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Part III
Earlier the next day after having a quick breakfast, Friedrich and his crew were supplied with another Panzer IV and were ordered to support the LAH 1.zug as they broke into Trafalgar. In the air Stukas continued its bombings and destroyed many fortified British positions which made it easy for the ground troops to penetrate into the city. As Friedrich's tank and men of the LAH moved into Trafalgar Square, they saw lots of British troops retreating into the London underground. Friedrich unbuttoned from his tank and commanded the combat pioneers to blow the station out. Before the pioneers could run into the station. British snipers took them out one by one. Without much choice, Friedrich called for artillery support and shelled the whole area.
Taking a short break with the men. They tuned into the radio with one of Hitler's speeches, "This day! I promise to you my German people! Britain will never be a threat to us! Because soon Britain will be part of our Reich! Our sons and fathers have done the fatherland proud and no more again shall the Treaty of the Versailles endanger Germany! Sieg Heil!" (A roaring of Heil's were heard)
Friedrich looked at the men as they grinned... "We will do the Führer proud! Lets' go!" Friedrich closes the hatch and orders the men to move forward into the city. As planes continue to Blitz London, The remnants of the British Army and partisans along with civilians all poured out from buildings and underground stations with hands raised up some wounded and waving a piece of white cloth.
SS-Feldgendarmes along with Heer Feldgendarmes strips the defeated men and women of weapons and intelligence and secured them. The Feldgendarmes lined up a couple of the men, women and children and the firing squad was already on hand. Friedrich saw what was happening. And ran to scene, his crew also followed him, but before they could do anything. The shooting squad opened fire at the prisoners. They reached the scene, with eyes of shock. One of Friedrich crew wanted to confront the Feldgendarmerie Officer but was stopped by Friedrich.. "No don't do it.. You know very well the Feldgendarmerie has higher authority than we do.." He then stopped.. They made their way into their tank. They were ordered to move into Birmingham palace.
Driving on their way there, they marveled the views of London. As one of the Friedrich crew looked around.. Friedrich nudged at him.. "You looking for beautiful london women?" He looked and replied.. "Nein!!! I got a wife at home already!" Friedrich laughed. They were later joined by the men of the Großdeutschland and Hermann Göring Division Fallschirmjägers. When they reached their destination. To their astonishment, half of the Birmingham palace was leveled by the bombings. But they still made their way in to look for survivors. As the infantrymen went into the dilapidated palace. Friedrich and the Fallschirmjägers covered their backs.
One of the GD Officer yelled in English.. "Hello! Are there anyone in there?" A feminine groan was heard. The men moved in and removed the debris from the woman and also found a few others with her. They pulled them out from the palace and brought them out to safety as the sanitäter treated them of their wounds. The victims were the members of the royal family and one of them was Winston Churchill. Amazed with their find. They reported to the General Georg von Küchler of the 3. Armee. They were promptly taken to the hospital.
A week later. The surrender document was prepared and scheduled to be signed in the House of Lords. Churchill and a few British Generals walked into the hall where the commander of the 3.Armee Georg von Küchler awaited their arrival. Churchill and the Generals took their seats as General Georg von Küchler explained the capitulation details and the document was passed to Churchill and he signed it with regret. And General Georg von Küchler took the document and signed it. Churchill and the others were later escorted by Feldgendarmes to the truck and drove off.
SS Panzergrenadiers posing with an 2 Officers at the outside of Big Ben
2 SS Officers posing for the camera.
2 SS Officers posing for the camera at Scotland Yard.
An SS-Unterscharführer smiling for the camera during his guard duty.
Pictures from www3.mistral.co.uk/sbg1
 Fashion Polizei · Sat Oct 29, 2005 @ 02:49pm · 2 Comments |
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Invasion of Britain! Part I
An artillery shell hits 10m away from SS-Hauptscharführer Friedrich Zimmer's Panzer IV as it continues to charge into London. By late 1940 Hitler's Army has penetrated into England. The 3rd Army among with the elite Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and Luftwaffe joined the campaign. And it has been a week since the Germans have penetrated into England surrounding the whole of London, the end was pretty much near for the Brits.
Friedrich remembered his childhood days in Post World War I Germany, where he was frequently bullied by British soldiers, they cracked pranks and tied him up on a tree hanging him upside down, only to wait for his Dad to untie him when he came back from work.
Camouflaged behind a building, Friedrich peers through the cupola periscope and spots a Valentine, Friedrich yells at his gunner with his throat mike as he commanded him to engage the enemy tank as he surveys the surrounding and goes back into focusing on the enemy, the gunner took aim and gets a command of "Feuerfrei!" from the commander and kicks the pedal. A deafening roar is being heard as the tank shook from the recoil of the 75mm gun as the shell punctures a hole into the frontal armour of the Valentine and exploded. Amidst the loud explosion, Friedrich and his crew all cheered "Hurrah!!"
Finally support came, a group consisting of Waffen-SS grenadiers, Luftwaffe Fallschirmjägers and Heer soldiers engage Trafalgar square picking off desperate teabaggers.
Being aware of the London tube station evacuation facilities the Pioniers deployed radio-controlled demolition vehicles into tube stations and blasted strategic tube stations forcing civilians out.
Invasion of Britain! Part II
Waffen-SS grenadiers wait as they hear noises coming out from the entrance of Westminster tube station. Not being aware if there were also partisans as a couple of people came out from the tube station, the Waffen-SS grenadiers opened fired at the people not as to kill.. but to wound them, but however during the chaos 10 of the people died. The SS-Feldgendarmes were able to secure armed civilians and put them under custody and escorted the other civilians to a secured area.
Waffen-SS soldiers being briefed outside of Westminster Tube station.
Friedrich drove his Panzer into a small town and was accompanied with a half track equipped with a few SS Grenadiers as he was assigned to secure the town. As Friedrich drove past a mansion..all of a sudden, a Partisan armed with a Boy anti-tank rifle shot a round from above the 5 storey mansion and hit the engine compartment of Friedrich's moderately armoured Panzer IV and causing it to explode. As soon as his Panzer got hit, there were multiple gunshots heard, They have been ambushed! As Friedrich and his crew of 4 bailed out he got his radioman to call for reinforcements. As they came out they saw lots of the grenadiers accompanying them were wounded and dead. Behind the cover of his tank, Friedrich pulled out his P38 and shot at the partisans hiding in the mansion as the other crewmen with their MP40s sprayed at the windows killing the partisans shooting from there. Friedrich took some grenades left by the fallen grenadiers and threw it into the windows and exploded, killing alot of partisans as most of them flew out of the window and fell to their deaths. After a 30 minutes gunfight, a Panzer III accompanied with SS grenadiers came and brought the resistance to a thundering halt as the Panzer III did justice to the mansion. Friedrich and his crew managed to survive the ordeal and along with other SS grenadiers. Later that day the partisans were executed.
SS Panzergrenadiers getting ready for the attack.
SS Panzergrenadiers marching into the town.
Posing a photo with an SS Officer after the taking of the town.
Pictures from www3.mistral.co.uk/sbg1
Fashion Polizei · Sat Sep 10, 2005 @ 08:04am · 14 Comments |
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