Nigel Hay schrieb:
> I am sure that most of us who could here in UK, watched the excellent BBC2'
> "Battlefields of WW2" with the enigmatic Proffessor Richard Holmes.
> He was this week in the Cassino episode taking viewers back to the Anzio
> beaches in a fully kitted out wartime Jeep - strangley there was a rev
> counter attatched to the steering column and the camera close up showed him
> pull up to stop and cut the distinctively diesel engine by pulling an
> engine stop cable.
> Surely a gaff that ought to have been avoided?
>
> However, if this comes to you on local channels dont miss this series.
>
> NIGE
After the end of WW2, when in Europe many JEEPS came into civilian hands,
a lot of them were converted to Diesel engines,because theses civilians didn't
have the fuel resources of the US army.
Best regards
Andreas
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