Fallschirmjäger in Russia

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by August

You've never seen the Wizard of Oz?

I'm sorry it was on the wide screen when I was a little child, how silly of me.

It could've been the one of his country men in charge of Area 51 for all I know.

[Smaragdadler]

Originally Posted by geetrue

...It could've been the one of his country men in charge of Area 51 for all I know.

That one looked quite different...


-->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Kammler

[AntEater]

Reichsflugscheiben aside, I wonder when those Fallis in Russia pictures were taken.
I suppose mid 1990s for the simple reason that I didnt see a single G 36.
Maybe it was one of the early PFP exercises.

Re Thüringen, the state is quite interesting, even though I'm totally against state patriotism, I'm german and nothing else. States have too much power in Germany and they would best be reduced to pure administrative purposes in my opinion.
The Wartburg, Eisenach, Weimar, a bunch of other nice cities as Erfurt.
Plus the whole WW2 Area 51 crap like Mittelbau-Dora, the giant underground V2 factory.
Btw, the "drei Gleichen" Area is where according to one book Germany tested a nuclear bomb in 45.
"Drei Gleichen" (wordplay, "three equals, but one of the castles is named Gleichen) area a group of three medieval castles aligned in a triangle over a large area, each sitting on a lone hill. Looks quite mysterious.

[Smaragdadler]

Yeah, that's exactly the area, where I live. The local tale has it, that during a storm lighning was stroking
all at the same time. But here almost 'every little village' has some castle or castle-ruins on the hill top above it...

Some of the Castles in Thuringia:
-> http://www.thueringerschloesser.de/m...&config=&part=

[AntEater]

Ok, I suppose the castle density in the southern half of Germany is higher than anywhere else in the world, except maybe Scotland. Look up www.burgtour.de for a very incomplete and regionally biased list of castles, ruins and remains.
For my first years, I spent every vacation with my grandparents climbing up and down Windeck Castle in Weinheim/Bergstrasse.
Today, I know Windeck is nothing special at all, but in my youth this ruin was every story of Knights and heroism and so. I suppose today's parents would get hysterical when their children would climb the same walls and go down the same dungeons I did, even though it was only around 1985.
But the drei Gleichen is simply a magnificent sight, even from the Autobahn.
First time I saw them it was enroute to Berlin, on a sunny January morning with snow.

[Smaragdadler]

As 'Miss Thuringia Castle' i would vote for the Leuchtenburg at Kahla.


But that with the Auobahn (A4) and the Drei Gleichen is right. It's really a fantastic sight. Even at night because the castles are lightet with floodlights. Even better is to drive the A71 between Suhl and Arnstadt through the Turingian Forest. (Thüringer Waldautobahn) There are 5 or 6 Tunnels, one the 'Rennsteigtunnel' is the longest in Germany. And between the tunnels are huge bridges over whole valleys - would be something for games like 'Need of Speed'.


--> http://www.itcwebdesigns.com/tour_germany/thuringia.htm

[geetrue]

That would make a nice greeting card Smaragdadler, thanks.