Welcome to the forum. And thank you for your service, even if you never saw combat. Actually, be thankful you avoided combat for as I understand it,...
The reason why Rommel was so successful in the magrib (North Africa) is that his boffins were de-crypting British Signals and had an Intelligence...
I still like Sir Francis Drake for his raid on Portobello. He lead the defence against Spainish thingie. And he was the guy who commanded the...
As I understand it, Stillwell suffered from a common American Army trait of the time: BIGOTRY. Stillwell did not like Chiang Kai-shek, he did not...
Welcome. Do you know the name of the shipping line who managed the SS FALABA?
Why didn't Nazi Germany have a decent long-range heavy bomber? Two primary reasons, many secondary reasons: Hitler did not want one, and the...
Shall we start a list for the worst of the high-ranking commanders of the war? My nominees would have to be Rudolf Hess, for his flaws in command...
Just looked at it a moment but I can see this is a treasure of information about the German side of the code war.
I wonder if it was even considered. The 20mm cannon would have been bigger, but also heavier. Remember the gunners had to be able to lift and...
Please note: I am not an advocate of slavery, now or then, but I echo the sentiments of others for the sake of playing Devil's Advocate for this...
Slavery most likely would have ended due to European pressure. Exactly how would the Europeans been able to pressure the South to give up her...
In the decades prior to the disunion caused by the hotheads of the South, it was boasted that most of the wealth generated in the United States came...
Here is another: [media]
And now for a bit of fun: "I was Monty's Double" [media]
I saw a Kevlar helmet at the 82nd Airborne Div. Museum at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA. This helmet showed an impacted slug from a combat...
Nice book-report except for the omissions. You fail to clearly identify the title of the book (I have to presume it is entitled "Moon over Malaya....
I rise to support the often overlooked sharpened entrenching tool. Not only could it be used as a very effective hand-to-hand weapon in a pinch, it...
I have mixed feelings. On the one hand she is honouring her father and his work. On the other, what e and his fellows did was tragic and wrong.
My first encounter with Norman was with an old copy of a annual of either the BEANO Book or a SCHOOL Companion Annual 1960. My sister was given...
I believe the banner identifies the tube as containing important information. It was a message dropped from an aircraft, written by an "Officer...
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