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"A Time to Fight...a Time to Die!": On 1940-May-11th, the Blackhawk squadron airdropped into a small Dutch town, from their very-modified Grumman two-seat XF5F-1 ground-attack fighters, and kiboshed a Nazi-sponsored completely-bogus plebescite election, plus encountered a very large experi

Yep! I reckon this'd be a good time for us to join the enemy and go grab us a couple of brews.
Chuck Wilson

Blackhawk #251 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1982. It was published on July 1, 1982.

Synopsis for "A Time to Fight...a Time to Die!"

On 1940-May-11th, the Blackhawk squadron airdropped into a small Dutch town, from their very-modified Grumman two-seat XF5F-1 ground-attack fighters, and kiboshed a Nazi-sponsored completely-bogus plebescite election, plus encountered a very large experimental tank and kiboshed it with tommy guns and karate. By 1940-May-12th, Blackhawk got captured by Kapitan Von Tepp, and was interrogated at Eindhoven, with sodium pentothal, and revealed the coordinates of an Allied ammo depot, but really it's all just directions to nowhere, pre-planted via post-hypnotic suggestion by Allied Intelligence.

Appearing in "A Time to Fight...a Time to Die!"

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  • Connie (Dies in flashback)
  • Jack (Dies in flashback)
  • Leuuen

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Notes

  • This series is set on Earth-One, in which Chuck is from Texas (not Brooklyn), Hendrickson is from Netherlands (not Germany), Olaf is from Sweden (not Denmark), and Chop-Chop is young and fit but still wearing the Chinaman suit, at first.[1]
  • The issue's placement in the timeline is problematic.
    • The fights in Holland takes place on May 11, which is still during the invasion that started the day before. The Wehrmacht marched on the defensive lines on the Grebbe line (where battle started the next day) and would not have wasted troops on occupying small towns or holding a vote.
    • The Luftwaffe was the main branch involved in the attack, ferrying paratroopers into the Rotterdam area and contesting the air space at heavy loss. They did not have any airfields in occupied territory and would not have been able to land anywhere. They would not have occupied Eindhoven, an industrial city of limited strategic importance away from the front lines.
    • Hendrickson and André would still be expected to serve their respective home countries as the Battle of France had also started the previous day.
    • The Dutch government surrendered after the bombing of Rotterdam on May 14 and went into exile. The Germans installed their own civilian governor as leader of and forbade any parties, so there never was any talk of a plebiscite.
    • Hendrickson mentions having been in a war before. The Netherlands was neutral during World War I and their last colonial fight ended in 1903. A small number of Dutch soldiers did volunteer for other nations in the First World War.
  • As described in the flashback section of a later story, the previous April, it had been General Ernst Von Tepp who took command of the Nazis' super-soldier program.[2]



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