I would recommend this as a good overview, with the exception of the section on UFOs, which could have dropped a lot of non relevant material. In no way was it sensational, the author tried for skeptical objectivity, and there is a significant amount of referencing. It loses its way around three quarters of the way through during the discussion of UFOs and alien abduction, but then comes back on point towards the conclusion. I would recommend this as a good overview, with the e This book starts out well, with lots of interesting facts and discussion on the origins of the Aryans, propaganda, archaeology etc. The resemblance to the Nazi eagle (opens in new tab) in the Cobb logo, even down to the side profile of the eagle and the centred angular ES logo beneath it, is very hard to ignore. It loses its way around three quarters of the way through during the discussion of UFOs and alien abduction, but then comes back on point towards the conclusion. It’s unclear whether this was simply one of the worst inadvertent logo design fails we’ve ever seen, or something more sinister. Unfortunately, all died between 1817-43, and it’s not likely much biographical information on either of them can be found.This book starts out well, with lots of interesting facts and discussion on the origins of the Aryans, propaganda, archaeology etc. The remaining three were promoted to Commander between 1814-16, and could all have been the man in charge. This leaves four potential candidates, one being promoted as late as 1827, he is probably not the man. Out of the remaining six, four have entries in either Marshall’s or O’Byrne’s Naval Biographies, two with service records, but these two do not mention anything about the action, which would be highly unlikely if it resulted in the man’s promotion. Of the remaining, three died between 1817-22 before receiving a promotion and must also be ruled out. When the eagle is looking to its left shoulder, it symbolises the Nazi Party and was called the Parteiadler. Of these, 9 have a Lieutenant’s commission date after 25 July 1809 or died before that date and can be ruled out. German eagle: The Nazi Party used the traditional German eagle, standing atop of a swastika inside a wreath of oak leaves. Action with cutter and schooner ‘Guadaloupe’, and capture.Ī search of the Navy List from 1793-1815 reveals a total of 18 commissioned officers with the surname of Morgan. The only information appearing to be available for this unclaimed clasp can be found in the London Gazette issue of 1849, where the approved NGS clasps were published:īoats of ‘Fawn’ under Lieut. That year Ford’s chief executive received the Nazi German Eagle (first class) 4). Army intelligence, was producing “troop transport-type” vehicles for the Wehrmacht. In 1938, for instance, it opened a truck assembly plant in Berlin whose “real purpose” according to U.S. For these and other contributions to wartime preparations, GM’s chief executive for overseas operations in 1938 was awarded the Order of the German Eagle (first class) by Adolf Hitlerįord was also active in Nazi Germany’s prewar preparations. During succeeding years, GM supplied the Wehrmacht with Opel “Blitz” trucks from the Brandenburg complex. That year its Opel subsidiary cooperated with the Reich in locating a new heavy truck facility at Brandenburg, which military officials advised would be less vulnerable to enemy air attack. GM’s participation in Germany’s preparation for the war began as early as 1935. as owner of Germany’s largest automobile factory, General Motors was quite naturally a more important factor in the Axis war effort than either Ford or Chrysler, whose investments were substantially less. Figure 11: Excerpt of the Chicago Tribuneįurther awards to Americans occurred in 1938.
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