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Hitlers Train

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Post by kenbac » 04 Dec 2008, 08:33

Does anyone have photos of Hitlers Train, especially the inside.
Do they exist?

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Post by ManfredV » 04 Dec 2008, 15:36

A german book about gouvernement trains from 19th century to now:
http://www.geramond.de/titel-7070-regie ... ege_0.html


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Post by kenbac » 04 Dec 2008, 16:10

Thanks for that.
Have you seen the book yourself?


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Post by kenbac » 05 Dec 2008, 19:52

Thanks punkyto

Really apprecaited

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Post by Grisu » 07 Dec 2008, 18:10

Can anyone identify this train station? Where is it?

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Re: Hitlers Train

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Post by kstdk » 07 Dec 2008, 19:08

Hello

It is said in the caption of the picture:

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l? ... %26hl%3Dda

Linz, Austria - 1938

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Post by Grisu » 07 Dec 2008, 20:38

kstdk wrote:Hello

It is said in the caption of the picture:

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l? ... %26hl%3Dda

Linz, Austria - 1938

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Kurt
kstdk
Nice to see my presumption affirmed by the capitation :D Sorry I didn't see this myself, how stupid of me.
Anyway, thanks a lot for pointing it out, kstdk.

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Post by Visionist » 14 Jan 2009, 19:02

Was Hitler's train armoured? Did it look like a conventional express or Intercity of the time?

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Post by FireFoxy » 15 Jan 2009, 10:20

About Hitler's train, i have a question.
The french resistance planted dynaonite on tracks of armoured trains to blow them up!Was it possibale to plant dynaonite on the same tracks as Hitler's own private nazi train to blow it up?
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Post by kenbac » 15 Jan 2009, 11:04

In the dramatised documentary “Killing Hitler”, the possibility of blowing up Hitler’s train was covered.
The plan was examined by the SOE, with little cooperation from the SIS and the findings were very negative.
The plan would entail a person waiting in a station and throwing a bomb underneath the train as it passed through.
However:
Hitler’s Train had no schedule.
Departure was only announced 30 minuets before hand
Routes were not published
Any attempt would have needed serious insider information with amazing good luck and speed of action to even have the remotest chance of success, and would lead to the inevitable death of the assassin.
Also the information the SOE had was very flawed as they had it that when Hitler travelled to the Berghof, he went by train to Salzburg and then by car. The train actually went to Berchtesgaden and he went the remaining 7/10 minuets by car from there. (This was not the only flawed information the SOE had on Hitler shown in the documentary).
Of course, we cannot take all that was in this documentary as being correct.

Regarding placing dynamite on the tracks, I expect the question of when and on which tracks would have been the problem.

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Post by FireFoxy » 16 Jan 2009, 01:32

kenbac wrote:In the dramatised documentary “Killing Hitler”, the possibility of blowing up Hitler’s train was covered.
The plan was examined by the SOE, with little cooperation from the SIS and the findings were very negative.
The plan would entail a person waiting in a station and throwing a bomb underneath the train as it passed through.
However:
Hitler’s Train had no schedule.
Departure was only announced 30 minuets before hand
Routes were not published
Any attempt would have needed serious insider information with amazing good luck and speed of action to even have the remotest chance of success, and would lead to the inevitable death of the assassin.
Also the information the SOE had was very flawed as they had it that when Hitler travelled to the Berghof, he went by train to Salzburg and then by car. The train actually went to Berchtesgaden and he went the remaining 7/10 minuets by car from there. (This was not the only flawed information the SOE had on Hitler shown in the documentary).
Of course, we cannot take all that was in this documentary as being correct.

Regarding placing dynamite on the tracks, I expect the question of when and on which tracks would have been the problem.
Thanks for the input.
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Re: Hitlers Train

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Post by Johnnyrocket » 07 Feb 2009, 18:42

Nice thread.

Johnny R.

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Post by FireFoxy » 08 Feb 2009, 03:04

Johnnyrocket wrote:Nice thread.

Johnny R.
arn't you going to answer or ask questions about Hitler's Train?

Passenger's on Hitler's train? Did Eva Braun and other women ever travel with Hitler?
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Post by Vikki » 08 Feb 2009, 08:23

FireFoxy wrote:
Johnnyrocket wrote:Nice thread.

Johnny R.
arn't you going to answer or ask questions about Hitler's Train?

Passenger's on Hitler's train? Did Eva Braun and other women ever travel with Hitler?

FireFoxy, your response to Johnnyrocket's comment was necessary.....why? Point it out to me, because I can't see the necessity for the rather blunt question.

~Vikki

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