Ark Royal sunk,Stukas,JG27 in action - 1941

Ark Royal sunk,Stukas and JG27 in action

German footage from December 1941

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[DieFaust84]

The planes are Hawker Hurricanes. The narrator says it at 3:04. It cannot be a P-47. The Thunderbolt had its introduction in 1942 and this video is from December 1941.

[woodbinedrinker]

@DieFaust84 NO. Hurricanes have a large central oil cooler. Those planes were American made P-40's. The RAF called them Tomahawks.

[autxpower]

Who was the newsreel narrator? the minister of propaganda? The Nazi women were hot and cute;SIEG HEIL!! NAZI SOLDIERS WERE ALWAYS THE BEST WARRIORS, NOT LIKE TODAY'S GERMAN SOLDIERS ARE CRAPS AND SICK LION CATS.

[JRSchmuke]

Joaheim Marselle(misspelled, I know), shot down a lot of Tomahawks over North Africa, so in all likelihood, that's what they were. They were used mostly in a ground attack mode, overloaded with 20mm cannon instead of the .50 cals they were designed for. 4-20mm cannon instead of 4 wingmount .50's and two in the cowling.(earler models, later had 6 wingmount .50's)

[himmelsfaust]

@diverdown48 You forget that the main point for Germany to declare war against to the US was the Lend Lease Act and the consequent US support for the Red Army. So you can't just say: Country X declared War, when the other country is already doing war acts - after the Lend Lease USA wasn't neutral anymore. A declaration of War was irrelevant after that point.

But then, some believe that a piece of paper is more relevant than a group of acts.

[diverdown48]

This idiot tcrlaf post from 2 years ago can't be replied to. Only a complete fool would not understand that the US was Britians ally long before the Russians got involved. Some forget the Soviets invaded Poland at the same time that Hitler did. Why didn't GB & France declare war on them? Democrats have been fighting to keep this country free for a long time. I was in the US army in Vietnam, My brother was at the Battle of the Bulge & my dad lost a leg in WWI, all democrats. Not Communists.

[diverdown48]

@himmelsfaust According to my studies a majority in the US did not want to get involved in another European war after having fought in WWI. Roosevelt who was not a communist but a friend of Churchill. He did everything he could to get help for the Brits. After Pearl Harbor the American public was outraged & wanted revenge against Japan. When Roosevelt made his speach to Congress declaring war on Japan, not one word was said about the Germans. A declaration of war is a powerful piece of paper.

[himmelsfaust]

@diverdown48 Oficial press, yes it was Germany who declared war

Unofficial press: Atlantic Charta + Lend's Act = US declaring war on Germany.

But for some people a piece of paper declaring war is far more important that several war interfering acts

[reknawfiend]

@vaxiawval erm... you should read up a little on Wagner- especially his anti-semitism. He wasn't Hitler's favourite composer for nothing you know.

[tcrlaf]

You should study history. It can be very enlightening. Start with this:

FDR's UNDECLARED WAR By Jerome M. O’Connor

Naval History magazine (U.S. Naval Institute) February 2004

[diverdown48]

@tcrlaf This is total bullshit. The Germans declared war on the US before we declared war on them. Spoken like a true right wing dip shit.

[shumble32]

at 0:07 it is not the Ark Royal being shown - looks more like HMS Courageous