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9)ADDITIONS 2018


20 DEC 2018 - Added archival footage on BRAZILIAN NAVY - NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE the first Brazilian troop convoy of the war put to sea.

http://www.sixtant.net/2011/artigos.php?cat=brazilian-navy-northeast-naval-force-*&sub=aux-ship-battleships-cruisers&tag=1)northeast-naval-force


25 SEP 2018 - Added  rare archival footage showing  scenes from the Recife harbor area during World War II, where it is possible to observe:

German and Italian prisoners of war disembarking from US Navy vessel; very likely to be from any German Blockade Runner scuttled in the south Atlantic circa 1944
A large number of US military personnel are seen on the quay of Recife harbor.
Traffic of jeeps and trucks taking the prisoners from the harbor area to the Ibura Airfield.
Two ships from US Navy seen: Light cruiser Memphis and Destroyer Sommers.
Presence of Marines and custodians of the harbor area
German prisoners seen at Ibura Field being interrogated and photographed.
 

11 SEP 2018 Added at SURVIVORS ADRIFT IN SOUTH ATLANTIC, archival footage on the rescue of merchant sailors fished out in the south Atlantic by one Belgian Freighter after 19 days adrift.


15 AUG 2018 - Added at UBOATS SUNK SOUTH ATLANTIC, the sinking of UIT-22 a former Italian submarine sunk off south African coast with a mixed German Italian crew

 http://www.sixtant.net/2011/artigos.php?cat=u-boats-sunk-in-south-atlantic-*&sub=u-128--u-513*&tag=22)uit-22


10 JUL 2018 - Added at FREE FRENCH SHIPS SOUTH ATLANTIC, archival footage of the launching of French Cruiser Georges Leygues

http://www.sixtant.net/2011/artigos.php?cat=free-french-ships-south-atlantic-*&sub=free-french-navy&tag=9)georges-leygues-


05 APR 2018 - Added at ROYAL NAVY FREETOWN, the history of AMC's ARAWA, CORFU, COMORIN, CATHAY, CARTHAGE.

1)ROYAL NAVY FREETOWN - BRITISH ROYAL NAVY SOUTH ATLANTIC - ROYAL NAVY SOUTH ATLANTIC COMMAND - Articles - Sixtant - War II in the South Atlantic


 

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