Military Despatches Vol 18 December 2018 What’s the real story Unsolved mysteries of Nazi Germany It’s a tradition Some military Christmas traditions Daralago Sahasa The fearless courage of the Gurkha Nuts! General Anthony McAuliffe Head-to-Head World War II paras For the military enthusiast CONTENTS December 2018 Page 48 Click on any video below to view How much do you know about movie theme songs? Take our quiz and find out. Hipe’s Wouter de The old South African Goede interviews former Defence Force used 28’s gang boss David a mixture of English, Williams. Afrikaans, slang and Battlefield techno-speak that few Pearl Harbour outside the military could hope to under- 26 stand. Some of the terms Features were humorous, some A matter of survival 6 This month we look at finding were clever, while others and gathering plants for food. were downright crude. Unsolved Nazi Mysteries Ten mysteries of Nazi Germany 30 that have never been solved or Remembrance Day Round-up Part of Hipe’s “On the explained. We look at some of the events couch” series, this is an 12 18 that commemorated Armistice interview with one of It’s a traditional thing Christmas and a world at war Day. author Herman Charles How did the British celebrate For anyone in the military, Quiz Bosman’s most famous spending Christmas on duty or Christmas during World War I? characters, Oom Schalk away from home is never great. 21 22 A taxi driver was shot Lourens. Hipe spent time in Yet there are some that at least The Sharp Edge try and make it easier. dead in an ongoing Hanover Park, an area Hitting the right notes This month we look at iconic war between rival taxi plagued with gang 16 When it comes to music, the knives and swords and you tell organisations. violence, to view first- military is not always all about us what they are. hand how Project Daralago Sahasa pomp and circumstance. Roughly translated, the Nepali Ceasefire is dealing with expression Daralago sahasa 24 the situation. means ‘fearless courage’. And Rank Structure Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- for many Gurkha it is not mere- This month we look at the rank thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. ly an expression, but a way of structure of a rather strange life. army - The Salvation Army. Check out Hipe TV and remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. 00 3 CONTENTS Page 44 Editor’s PUBLISHER Sitrep Hipe Media EDITOR Matt Tennyson DEPUTY EDITOR kay, what the hell hap- John Verster pened to 2018. I looked away for only a few PHOTOGRAPHER O Regine Lord Forged in battle - Zero seconds and it was December again. CONTRIBUTORS Head-to-Head Gaming These days the year seems to Janine, Cassidy, Raymond This month in history consist of Should Old Acquaint- Fletcher, Regine Lord, Ryan 34 54 58 ance Be Forgot, Happy Birth- Murphy, Matt O’Brien, Matt day to You, and We Wish You World War II Paras Operation Hooper & Modular December Kime Tennyson, John Verster, Andy A Merry Christmas. Then the Ward. This month we compare the This month Matt O’ Brien gets Some of the events of military year is gone. most of you will at least be tak- weapons and equipment of the to grips with a game that feels importance that happened in I managed to attend two Re- ing a bit of a break this month. Military Despatches is pub- World War II paratroopers. just a little bit too close to home. December. membrance Day Parades last I want to try and get the Jan- lished on-line every month. month, both of which were uary edition of the magazine The articles used in Military Famous Figures Front Cover moving and well organised. done as early as possible. Then Despatches are copyrighted Movie Review November was a bit of a sad at least I can also take a bit of a and may not be used without 40 Bored US Marines on deploy- month for me. On 14 November 56 ment in Afghanistan obviously break over Christmas. prior permission from the edi- General Anthony McAuliffe my 16 year old cat passed away. On Christmas Eve I will have tor. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence decided to get into the spirit of I had him since he was a kitten When given an ultimatum by a couple of mates around (all The views stated in this mag- Released in 1983, and directed Christmas. and he would always keep me the Germans to surrender dur- military veterans) for Christmas azine do not necessary reflect by Nagisa Oshima, this war- company during the long nights ing the Battle of the Bulge, lunch. Being Irish, we have our the views of Hipe!, the editor, time drama is set in a Japanese I was busy editing magazines. General Anthony McAuliffe re- Christmas lunch on the evening the staff, or Hipe Media. prisoner of war camp and stars His name was Kime. It’s a plied with a single word. of Christmas Eve. the late David Bowie. Japanese word that means in- I trust that you will all have Hipe! tense or focused. He was the a good Christmas and that 2019 P.O. Box 31216, Tokai, 7966 most stubborn cat that you will be a peaceful and special South Africa. could imagine. one for you. Book Review Now I know some people will Until next month. email say, “Get over it. It was only a [email protected] 57 cat”, but you have to realise that I liked my cat more than I like Back Issues Dead Men Running most people. I will miss him. To view any back issues of An excellent account of Special So, it’s the festive season, Military Despatches, go to OPS-K, better known as Koev- or the silly season depending www.militarydespatches.co.za oet. on your view point. I trust that Matt or click here. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten dead, aged just 23. She had proximately two months after what appeared to be a self-in- the order to surrender. Unsolved mysteries of flicted gunshot wound to the The captain, Oberleutnant chest. Immediately, rumours Otto Wermuth, offered no ex- Nazi Germany began to spread, accusing Hit- planation as to why it had tak- Ten mysteries of Nazi Germany that have never been solved or explained. ler of her death. en them so long to reach port, She had been killed with Hit- why no crew members carried ler’s personal pistol, a half-fin- any identification, why the azi Germany officially About The Wonder Weapon”, ished letter to a friend was on a ship’s log was missing, or even came to an end more which referenced a German se- nearby table, and she appeared how the deck gun had been de- Nthan 73 years ago when cret weapon called ‘Die Glocke’ to have suffered a broken nose. stroyed. Germany surrender on 7 May or ‘The Bell’. Curiously, the first policeman Even more intriguingly, a US 1945. The weapon was a giant, me- on the scene was Gestapo Chief C-4 intelligence report noted Yet to this day there remains tallic, bell-shaped device. It Heinrich Muller, who pocked the arrival of an unknown ship Heinrich Himmler a fascination with the Nazis and was three metres wide and ap- the letter and pistol before leav- in the Coronel Dorrego district their Third Reich. There are proximately four metres high, ing. of Buenos Aires during the mours about their more secre- still many unanswered ques- containing two counter-rotating A local journalist, Fritz Ger- U-503’s missing months, alleg- tive activities have persisted. tions about Nazi Germany and cylinders filled with ‘Xerum lich, investigated the matter edly landing with a high rank- Thule member Heinrich conspiracy theories abound. 525’, a violet, mercury-like and claimed that Hitler had ing officer and a civilian. Himmler would go on to form While many conspiracy theo- substance. Geli Raubal never left for Nuremberg at all, The report claims that these the SS, whose hierarchy and be- ries are absurd, there are some According to author Nick but had instead returned to the individuals bore a surprising re- lief in racial purity is believed that raise interesting questions. Cook, the effects of the bell in- 9. How did Geli Raubal die? apartment after dinner at a local semblance to Adolf Hitler and to have mimicked that of the Did Hitler die in the bunker, cluded a strong radiation field Angela Maria “Geli” Raubal restaurant. Eva Braun. Thule Society. This Thule ‘pu- or did he escape to Argentina? – one that supposedly killed a was the daughter of Hitler’s Geli’s death was eventually If this ship could be proved rity’ manifested itself in later What really happened to Hein- number of scientists working half-sister, Angela Raubal. This ruled as suicide, and both Ger- to be the U-530, it would add SS operations such as Lebens- rich Müller? What happened to on the project by breaking their made Geli Hitler’s half niece. lich and the owner of the restau- shockingly strong support to born, the selection of suitably the Nazis ‘Wonder Weapons’ organic tissue down into a gel From the age of 17 Raubal rant were killed during the 1934 the controversial theory that ‘Aryan’ children for kidnapping and did they even exist? like substance. lived in Hitler’s Munich apart- massacre known as the Night of Hitler did not commit suicide in from occupied territories.