Joomla! site syndication http://www.baor.org 2010-09-06T14:08:37+01:00 http://www.baor.org http://www.baor.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-12-07T06:36:49+01:00 http://www.baor.org http://www.baor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187 A US spokesman, Lt Col Rumi Nielsen-Green, said the incident was militarily insignificant . So far there hasn't been a significant loss or impact to our mission, she said. The purpose of a well executed attack is to dislocate the enemy, to get inside his ability to react and gain advantage. The attack by the Taliban at the Pakistani Port World Logistics terminal has been long anticipated, representing the obvious target for an enemy who has tried conventional resistance, but has realised that he is overmatched. Attacking the baggage shows that the Taliban leadership has finally graduated to the big league and is beginning to think at the operational level. NATO Forces are completely reliant on their overland supply chain and the Taliban just cut it! Ltc Nielsen-Green surely cannot have believed that the loss of over 100 armoured HUMVEES will have no impact. She surely cannot think that, having shown how fragile the NATO link is, things will stay the same?Big Ups to the Taliban in this one - great use of IPB, audacious use of light forces. A real Sterling moment.This one belongs to the Taliban! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7769758.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7769758.stm) text/html 2008-12-07T09:55:43+01:00 http://www.baor.org http://www.baor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=188 Militarily Insignificant ? Or the Latest Round in the Great Game?Just a few notes, random ramblings which have no thread:The attack on the transportation depot was made on 7 December.The raiders killed no-oneThe raid brought the fragility of the NATO supply pipeline into sharp focusAn alternative route through the former Soviet republics is being soughtAn alternative route needs the agreement of the Russians as it crosses their territory somewhere along its lengthAny alternative will need the ASSENT of the Russians, assent which must be boughtThe Russians REALLY do not want an Anti Missile Defense Shield in countries neighbouring their territoryThe Shield is designed to counter Iranian MissilesThe Iranians are past masters at politics ....Do I really need to join these dots for you? text/html 2008-10-23T11:36:03+01:00 http://www.baor.org http://www.baor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=36 I have spoken to someone today who said that he towed an unusual casualty once from Osnabruck almost to Muenster. The Signals outfit he was with came across a Matador 6x6 (?) at the side of the autobahn. The driver said he was from the Topo and had broken down. He said that his vehicle was designed to tarnsport a bath of acid slung between the front and foremost rear axles. The acid bath was to kept as still as possible to avoid slop and was somehow connected to the production of maps.The driver said that the vehicle's fit was classified and could not be left unattended. The Unit took the vehicle in tow and was almost in Muenster by the time the Polizei removed them from the autobahn for travelling below the minimum speed limit.Can anyone give me any more detail about the Matador and its role? text/html 2008-08-27T20:15:26+01:00 http://www.baor.org http://www.baor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=228 I have come across a card from someone in Itzehoe to a POW still in the UK on 19 Dec 1948. The addressee is to Obersch. Emil Sommer, B193850. At that time he was an inmate of Mortimer Camp POW Camp near Reading, and must have been amongst the last of the POW we held. Was he still in detention because of his rank? Does Obersch mean Oberscharfuehrer? Does anyone know his family? This information is included for two reasons: Itzehoe was under our care at the time; and his family will therefore have been known to us in some capacity. text/html 2004-06-12T11:54:06+01:00 http://www.baor.org http://www.baor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1 This site is the latest in an extremely long line of half finished projects all aiming to achieve the same things: To detail the History of the British Army of The Rhine (BAOR). Based in Germany between the Cease Fire in May 1945 and the fall of the Berlin Wall on 3 October 1990, The British Army of the Rhine worked in partnership with its allies to secure the safety of Germany from the Soviet Hoard. It is the purpose of this site to find, capture and record, and comment on the EXPERIENCE of serving in Germany during those momentous days. To give a home to a great deal of random, but useful detail I have written, picked up or want to have handy to refer to. I hope this area is of use to the general browser; and of specific use to the A Team (you know who you are)