Post by Max on Mar 30, 2005 12:58:53 GMT -5
UNFRIENDLY FIRE
The Highest ranking American Officer to die during WW2 was Lieutenant General Lesley McNair, He was killed by a stray bomb from a US Army Airplane.
In 1940 Italy's Marshal Italo Balbo was shot down over Tobruk, By his own Anti-aircraft defences.
In May 1943 a German ship holding Allied POW's was anchored Off Cape Bon for 3 days. over those 3 days it was attacked 40 times by allied aircraft, but thanks to poor shooting only one POW was killed when the ship was hit by a bomb. out of all the bombs that were dropped, the one that hit was a DUD.
June 1943, The Island of Kiska gets a massive naval bombardment, then 35000 US and Canadian troops stormed the beaches. 21 troops died in the fire fight before anyone noticed there was no japanese forces on the Island.
The Highest ranking American Officer to die during WW2 was Lieutenant General Lesley McNair, He was killed by a stray bomb from a US Army Airplane.
In 1940 Italy's Marshal Italo Balbo was shot down over Tobruk, By his own Anti-aircraft defences.
In May 1943 a German ship holding Allied POW's was anchored Off Cape Bon for 3 days. over those 3 days it was attacked 40 times by allied aircraft, but thanks to poor shooting only one POW was killed when the ship was hit by a bomb. out of all the bombs that were dropped, the one that hit was a DUD.
June 1943, The Island of Kiska gets a massive naval bombardment, then 35000 US and Canadian troops stormed the beaches. 21 troops died in the fire fight before anyone noticed there was no japanese forces on the Island.