The title of the thread sort of says it. After the decisive Battle of Midway, was there any real chance of Japanese victory in the Pacific Theatre?...
Holy cow, Burgess Meredith! I had not seen this one before. Thank you for posting the vid!
Some World War II era subs had AA equipment to fend off aircraft whilst surfaced. Modern subs, it is kind of a moot point. The threat from the air...
The latest is Sgt. Bergdahl will likely stand trial for desertion. A final decision has not been made yet though. Details are available here.
The earliest example I can think of is the Hittites (somewhere in 1500–1200 BC) drove Tularemia victims into enemy lands to infect them. Poison...
There has been indeed many times in which on culture has defaced the religious articles, arts, objects, etc. of another. It is a pretty common theme...
LMAO! I have some family in Oz and I can confirm; they do like their beer quite a bit. ;)
Indeed, the Klan was sort of a postbellum resistance movement in the South. It was also an early example of homegrown terrorism in this country. A...
I am not surprised in the least, actually. Depictions of humans, eh-hem, engaging in relations have been found in the earliest dawn of human...
Hello all. I recently came across a couple interesting documentaries on two of the Free forces that fought during the war. One covers the Free...
I just got a case of déjà vu. Anyway, there is a running thread here that might be of interest. Cheers.
I have indeed heard and read about the practice and the single, tragic incident that resulted in the death of the pregnant woman and the five...
Interesting you mention the shortages in WWII. One of the items that are still floating around in circulation is the steel penny. Due to the need...
As I understand it, the "value" in the Confederate dollar was contingent upon Southern victory. It was sort of a promissory note, if you will. As...
Interrogator#6 nailed it with respect to legal tender versus numismatic value. The Confederate dollar, contrary to popular belief, was not backed by...
Thank you both for the recommendations. I am searching on them on Amazon now. I appreciate the assistance. Would the Desert War Trilogy be the...
Taking Switzerland would have been no easy task, even in the early war period. The mountainous terrain and a tenacious foe would have provided, at a...
There was a plan to invade Switzerland called Unternehmen Grün. It would have likely involved a joint invasion by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy....
Oh yah, I remember the BBS days. Even ran one back in that era. Good times. :D
Well, its the 100 year anniversary of the Christmas truce on the Western Front during the Great War. It was an unofficial ceasefire, of course, but...
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