When Hirohito addressed to the nation accepting the terms of surrender as per the Potsdam Declaration, the word 'surrender' was absent in his speech!...
Consequences within Indochina of the Fall of Dien Bien Phu '54. https:/www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/doc40.htm
Well, from December '41 to February '42, within 2 1/2 months the game was over as soon as the Fortress fell. Some 60 000 to 95 000 (differs in...
Very true. Probably you know the Chatfield Committee Report, where he strongly advises for refurbishing the RAF squadrons based in the East. Much...
You may recall how the 6th and 15th Brig faught against the 4000 from the formidable Japs! I think this battale was an important event for the...
Well, as far as my knowledge goes, I can tell you that 133rd went to France with 44th RSR (Home Counties) Inf Div as a part of BEF, untill they were...
No 681 Sq RAF, SEAC, Spitfire and Hurricane taxiing/take off on the Red Road, been used as an emergency air strip ~ Calcutta, a very rare film :...
It had been very very fruitful for Nazi Germany by keeping the Them neutral. Swiss bankes had been flooded by truckfull of Gold bricks, and you know...
Well, a very good stuff and worth to read!
A substantial report of the Christmas raid on Calcutta by the Japs under Op U-Go, 1942. http://gypsyscholar.com/31618historiceventsjapbombst.html...
Thanks a lot for the gift, Interrogator#6, wishing very Merry Christmas! Same to you jrj1701, Merry Christmas.
At least a symbol for Peace inbetween their bloody affairs! It was not too easy to congregate for foes whom you or your fellow comrades had been...
A very warm Merry Christmas to you and to ALL of our good members of the Forum!
Though an important part of the WW2, oftenly overlooked in the military history! However, a good stuff been provided by those links, worth to study...
Männer gegen Panzer/Men against Tanks ~ 1943 Wehrmacht training film, also used by NATO during Cold War, for training. Panzerschreck & Panzerfaust...
Now, considering Panzerfaust as a forerunner, qus arrises for which is obvious next? Well, its easy to think but hard to determine! PIAT, a two men...
I don't know what our good members are thinking, but if we have a Section like this, it'll be helpful in many ways. Here, in this good forum, a very...
Well, for the Panzersschreck, it was more accurate on long range but heavier too. PIAT, also a good AT weapon but think for its 2nd shot. Bazooka,...
Relevant maps are here : http://mitteleuropa.x10.mx/wk2_otto_skorzeny.html
Operation Eiche (Op Oak), rescued Il Duce by Otto Skorzeny from Campo Imperator Hotel (about 6500ft/1980m from sea level), with his Fallschirmjagger...
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