Though it is not widely discussed, still there are a lot of sacrifices and efforts, worth to mention. A few of them are here to get some infos .....
Sgt John D Foley, a company typist appeared as an aerial gunner, without any formal training astonishingly! His first kill was an A6M Zero fighter...
Thanks a lot for your excellent support to the thread, R Leonard! Here are some aces from the RAF/RAAF/Commonwealth etc..at The Great Britain &...
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum recently refurbished James Nicolson VC exhibition, can be seen at the entrance to the museum's Battle of Britain...
I want to know how the muzzles and breech covers were protected from corrosion? Do you know the types of Lubs they used there? I know there were...
Thanks a lot R Leonard for sharing. Any way, Lt Com H W Howe received the Navy Cross after the engagement. Two things attracted me during this...
Due to Operation Drumbeat, U boats became more offensive on the shipping lanes of the Eastern Seaboard. About 400 Allied ships sank during the first...
Well, as far as I can recall is the 129th Baluchis(7th Indian Brigade of Ferozpore) arrived France via Egypt by late Sept '14 to reinforce the...
An anthropologist turned into guerrilla fighter under the request of British Administration in '42. She formed a small band of scouts of some 150...
'' The intelligence .. from you (Bletchley Park) .. has been of priceless value. It has saved thousands of British and American lives and, in no...
While reading the 'general hints' for the AGs(433 Sq RCAF) of the War, I just wonder how they had to work alone in the toughest conditions, unaided...
Well, there we have seen a genuine and definite clash between the military doctrine (German) vs tactics (Rommel's), where this knightly...
In 1941, OKH sent Rommel to command a small corps of German mechanised troops to North Africa to prevent the collapse of the Italian position in...
A few crew members assigned to U 451, I found important. This one was responsible for sinking HMS Glorious and HMS Rawalpindi before its final...
I have been possessing a very poor idea before reading this, but Pay scale is the most important part for a soldier which enable to determine his...
The most alike incident that is known to all, happened at the flight deck of CV5.
.... from Erich Mombeek § Defending the Reich : The History of Jagdgeschwader 1 - Oesau. 1) There are no meteorological conditions which would...
Who are your most favorite Naval Commanders? I will vote at least two of them. Admiral, the 'electric brain' Spruance. I think he was the perfect man...
Do you think Chiang Kai-shek really helped Stillwell during the North Burma Campaign, what he had to, as per the ARCADIA Conference! It was true...
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