I, too, have had my share of "debate" on-line with Deniers and Disciples of David (Irving). I put debate in quotes for I find the exercise similar...
I liked a cartoon by Bill Mauldin in "Stars and Stripes". Two dogfaces (foot soldiers) are hunkered down beneath a bush. Near by behind is a...
I was first allowed to interact with a computer back when they had vacuum tubes. But I never had a computer of my own until about 1991. I always...
The AEF to Vladivostok was, as I understand I, predicated on the notion of an attempt to keep the Russians supplied so they could continue the Great...
I also thought of AAA (ant-aircraft artillery) Flack shells. BTW, I recall there have been some good articles in Encyclopedia Britannica on...
P.S. The Germans lost all their U-boats by the terms of the Versailles Treaty. I know most were turned to scrap.
I will have to think about this. I know by the time WWII came along the Great War boats were considered, mostly, comparatively primitive. They...
Oh, I just recalled the siege of KUT during the Mesopotamian (modern Iraq) Campaign where a large British force was trapped. They were cut off, and...
I believe there were cases of temporary food as well as water shortages in trenches. If a sector was under a protracted bombardment, for instance,...
Yes, I believe that something wicked happened in Europe during WWII. And I do believe the Germans attempted "racial hygiene." There is just too...
Kelly, could you please tell us more of the basics. Like which Nation did he fight for. When was he captured. By whom?
I can recall an incident with a friend's father. I must have been about sixth grade. And I recall he was reading "Rise and Fall of the Third...
I am not sure how early my interest in thing military was ignited but it must have been before my first schooling, my first learning to read. I...
Prior to 1860 the economy of the South was based upon the production and exports of the cash-crops of COTTON and TOBACCO. Though others crops were...
As I recall the first Ironclad ship was not American, but my memory fails me as to who built/owned her. But that ship, as I seem to recall, never...
Please recall most vessels of this time were built for their purpose. Most cargo ships were built to carry more goods with a minimal crew. Navy...
Such an interesting discussion. The best "short" explanation of the causes of the ACW was given by Carl Sandburg in a rather disappointing book...
May I ask a silly question? How is your film to differ from "Enemy at the Gates", which was based upon "War of the Rats"? I presume you have read...
Could someone please post subscription information?
Who shot down the Red Baron? I thought everyone knew it was Snoopy.
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