Gibraltar.

[RegalBurger]

Hey guys, i need pictures (From the air) for my mission to bomb Gibraltar because my grafix card is about to retire.

Pictures from inside the aircraft (makes it look recon-ish). No directly over head screenshots.

Thanks in advance.

RegalBurger.

[-HH- Beebop]

How about these:

WWII aeiral photo
http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/ksp/mittelmeer/gibraltar/gibraltar.jpg

Gibralter Airbase/WWII
http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/gib/arpt1.JPG

More of the airbase
http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/gib/arptspit.JPG

Defensive gun emplacement
http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/gib/breaknk1.JPG

AAA gun
http://www.geocities.com/player2000gi/gib/mid-hill.JPG

The following photos are more modern but give an idea of the general layout of the land.
Gibralter 1965-68
http://www.usscanopus.org/images/photos/gibraltar/image11.jpg

Modern Gibralter
http://mp.motoplaneur.free.fr/images/Voyages/Std_Gibraltar.jpg

Hope these help.

[dog-of-war]

did the germans attack gibraltar or make any attempt to captue it given its location to the med sea. i remember seeing the film das boot where the sub had to try to make its way past gibraltar unseen

[-HH- Beebop]

Originally posted by dog-of-war:
did the germans attack gibraltar or make any attempt to captue it given its location to the med sea. i remember seeing the film das boot where the sub had to try to make its way past gibraltar unseen
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_in_World_War_II

In December, Hitler returned to the issue of Gibraltar. He attempted to force Franco's hand with a blunt request for the passage of German troops to attack Gibraltar. Franco refused, citing the danger that Britain still presented to Spanish colonies and choosing to wait until Britain "was on the point of collapse". Hitler got tougher and offered grain and military supplies as an inducement. By this time, however, Italian troops were being chased from Cyrenaica and the Royal Navy had continued to show its freedom of action in Italian waters. Britain was clearly not finished. Franco responded "that the fact has left the circumstances of October far behind" and "the Protocol then agreed must now be considered outmoded".

Thus ended diplomatic efforts to persuade Spain to join the war or to allow free passage to the Axis.

Spain's fascist government and its support for the Axis powers, particularly Nazi Germany, led to a period of post-war isolation. A number of nations withdrew their ambassadors and Spain was not admitted to the United Nations until 1955.

Operation Felix

Before Hendaye, there had been Spanish-German planning for an attack, from Spain, upon the British territory of Gibraltar which was, and is, a British naval base. At the time, Gibraltar was important for control of the western exit from the Mediterranean and the sea routes to the Suez Canal and Middle East, as well as Atlantic patrols.

The Germans also appreciated the strategic importance of north-west Africa for bases and as a route for any future American involvement. Therefore, the plans included the occupation of the region by substantial German forces, to forestall any future Allied invasion attempt.

The plan, Operation Felix, was in detailed form before the negotiations failed at Hendaye.

By March 1941, military resources were being ear-marked for Barbarossa and the Soviet Union. Operation Felix-Heinrich was an amended form of Felix that would be invoked once certain objectives in Russia had been achieved. In the event, these conditions were not fulfilled and Franco still held back.

As the war progressed and the tide turned against the Axis, the Germans planned for the event of an Allied attack through Spain. There were three successive plans, progressively less aggressive as German capability waned:

Operation Isabella

This was planned in April 1941 as a reaction to a British landing on the Iberian peninsular. German troops would advance into Spain to support Franco and expel the British.

Operation Ilona or Gisella

Ilona was a scaled down version of Isabella, subsequently renamed Gisella. Devised in May 1942, to be invoked whether or not Spain stayed neutral. Ten divisions would advance to Barcelona and, if necessary towards Salamanca.

Operation Nurnberg

In June 1943, Nurnberg was purely a defensive operation in the Pyrenees in the event of Allied landings in the Iberian peninsular.

Espionage and Sabotage

As long as Spain permitted it, the Abwehr, the German intelligence organisation, was able to operate in Spain and Spanish Morocco, often with Spanish cooperation.

Gibraltar's installations were a prime target for sabotage, using sympathetic anti-British Spanish workers. One such attack occurred in June 1943, when a bomb caused a fire and explosions in the dockyard. The British were generally more successful after this and managed to use turned agents and sympathetic anti-Fascist Spaniards to uncover subsequent attacks. A total of 43 sabotage attempts were prevented in this way. In January 1944, two Spanish workers, convicted of attempted sabotage, were hanged.

The Abwehr also maintained observation posts along both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar, reporting on shipping movements.

A German agent in Cádiz was the target of a successful Allied disinformation operation prior to the invasion of Sicily in 1943.

In early 1944, the situation changed. The Allies were clearly gaining the advantage over Germany and one double agent had provided enough information for Britain to make a detailed protest to the Spanish government. As a result, the Spanish government declared its "strict neutrality". The Abwehr operation in southern Spain was consequently closed down.