I found it a mildly interesting take. One daughter, a gov't/hispanic studies double major, had it as a text book for one of her courses - I think it...
And the bunkers in question were not "on the beach" they were above the beach and had those soldiers and the tanks coming ashore in defilade. Just a...
Here’s a D-Day type website (note that I am scrupulously avoiding citing Wiki) which addresses the DD Sherman. Specs for armor found on the right...
I don't need them, you do. I am, however, a nice man . . . you might find this interesting...
They used to have an annual re-enactment of the battle. I was privileged to have been a member of the first contingent of actual VMI cadets to...
Nope, sorry. A matter of visual perspective and your guess, not to mention different versions of the tank. Show some design specifications. I...
We can get to your tank in general, tank gunnery, and weapon vs target expertise later. Remember when you said: Still waiting for your...
Basic ballistics. A conical shaped bullet fired from a rifled barrel, i.e., a barrel the interior of which has lans and grooves, acquires a...
Frankly, having some small experience as an M48 driver, lo, those many, many, many years ago while undergoing the requiste years in cadet gray at an...
Hundreds? And just from where were all the landing craft for these hundreds of tanks supposed to come? You seem to be forgetting some, oh dear,...
Your initial complaint was that there were not tanks assigned to go ashore with the first wave. There were, now you have figured that out for...
No, actually it would be better if you did your own research, that way you wouldn't have to take my word for it and you would have the satisfaction...
You might want to actually look up what type of tanks were assigned to the first wave assaults.
While I'd be the first to admit that I am, and perhaps terminally so, Pacific Theater Centric and therefore pay little attention to events in the...
See above. This is another non-starter. And exactly how many troops are you expecting the Japanese to drag along with them, on this supposed purely...
You are aware that the range limitations of the Luftwaffe strike aircraft, with one or two exceptions leaves them as non-supporting players over any...
A computer-less weekend and then I discover, oh my, a 10000 character limit . . . well, we will just have to spread out a bit … Really, you think?...
I never said they did, but in not knowing what was going on, it would not be beyond the realm of possibility that some overly clever and imaginative...
Just some minor points and random thoughts . . . Unless one is willing to sacrifice all ones strike capability, the total of seven Japanese...
I tend to avoid Wiki as one should avoid Ebola. Without dragging out a bunch of official reports and documents or even a list of book titles, here’s...
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