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Ciao Erik, Ulrich and all,

@ Erik,

I did not understand well what you need me to scan to Ulrich, but of course if it is something I have I will be more than welcome to do it.

Let me know mon ami .

Ciao Antonio

Ciao Martin and all, unfortunately Mr. Asmussen did not added on top of the Scharnhorst drawings I made with Andrea Toller the same yearly plans I used to drive him on making the Tirpitz drawings, which are of course similar to the ones you are looking at for Gneisenau ( as I have made them for all ...

Ciao all, and I agree with you Ulrich :D I was not aware of those Josef Statz precise statements ( his book is one of the few I miss ) so thank to Jose' for providing that piece of info. My interpretation of what could have been done on Bismarck too as said was made on the really clear Prinz Eugen f...

Ciao all,

I am sure somebody is interested also here in about this very beautiful battleship as Gneisenau was .....

http://www.forum.marinearchiv.de/viewto ... e0fa#10351


Ciao Antonio

Ciao Lucas and all, do not use any cigarette rolling paper, otherwise you will do something historically not correct. Bismarck air recognition ( the swastika's and relative red banner ) were not covered with grey tarps. They have been painted over with grey painture, exactly like happened to Prinz E...

Ciao all, today is November 12th, 1944, the day Tirpitz was sunk by the Tallboys launched by the British Lancaster ' Dambusters ' in Tromso. I have the honor to have received the 'pin' of Tirpitz kameradschaft last year directly from the hands of the ship survivors when we opened the museum dedicate...

Ciao Ufo and all, Thanks ! Your analysis is very accurate and it is the firts time I see those documents references and their correlations with those maps. Well done :clap: ! Is it possible to have a copy or to see those maps and documents ? YES, I agree that Rodney tracks is probably the closer to ...

Ciao all, I am looking for some help. I need to find a copy ( I will of course cover the expenses ) of 2 BBC documentaries : 1) Sir Ludovic Kennedy about Hood and Bismarck. 2) Sir Ludovic Kennedy about Tirpitz. Can anybody help me especially of course on the UK ? NTSC from USA will be good as well a...

Ciao all, here for you something to follow thru about the Bismarck top turrets. From: John Snyder <John_Snyder@macnexus.org> Subject: Re: Was BISMARCK Yellow? Well, once more, here's my take on the subject: In September 1940, then-LCDR Joseph H. Wellings, USN, was serving in a staff position in Wash...

Ciao all, Lets see, it appears that the answers should be .... Question 1 : Bismarck turret A+B out of action at 09.08 ( or 09.02 ) Bismarck turret D out of action at 09.21 ( or 9.18 or 09.24 ) Bismarck turret C out of action at 09.31 ( or 9.21 or 9.36 or 10.00 ) Question 2 : Bismarck opened fire at...

Ciao all, as I am sure everybody have realized that now we have between those 2 set of maps ( this one and the last battle map ) the entire view of what happened to Bismarck from the moment she got torpedoed by the Swordfish on the evening of May 26th, 1941. I fact on this map you have that referenc...

Ciao all, thanks to Jose' for having published the book references. Lets move on some questions regarding the maps I have posted : 1) At what time each Bismarck main turret ( A, B, C and D ) really ceased fire. 2) At what time Bismarck opened and ceased fire ( any gun ). 3) At what time Rodney and K...

Ciao Ulrich and all, well, now I am in Rome for a business trip, so you have to wait a couple of days till I will be back home for more detailed infos. The German maps ( both this one and the destroyer attack one ) are taken out of a German book I purchased on the Internet. The tilte is more or less...

Ciao all,

and here the maps for the Bismarck last battle discussion :

http://www.kbismarck.org/photos/ger-map ... ttle01.jpg

http://www.kbismarck.org/photos/iwm-map ... ttle01.jpg

Enjoy as well

Ciao Antonio

Ciao all, well, long time ago I promised ( to my friend Randy for sure ) once done with Denmark Strait battle to start the destroyer attack study to Bismarck and the final battle of May 27, 1941 were Bismarck got sunk. Th Denmark Strait battle is on the printing. :D Here a map to start the discussio...