I just wanted to wish your all a very Merry Christmas. I hope you all are enjoying a warm one with family.
Sounds like fun then. I spent many an hour in Silent Service. I'll PM you my Silent Hunter user name. :)
Thanks for the heads up. That is a genre I used to enjoy quit a bit. Remember the old Silent Service series? And before that, Gato? Good times. :)
That is a good resource, Alexander. Another one in the same vein is NS Frauen-Warte.
Thank you very much for the links, Alexander. They both contain quite a bit of material to sift through. :)
This thread reminds me of a story my Air Guard father-in-law once told me. The Air Guard does all kinds of joint activities with the Army Guard at...
Hello all. The title pretty much says it. Does anyone have recommendations for reading on the East African Campaign. It was, largely, fought...
I would go with the US Army too. Particularly after the US logistical system was refined. Tangentially question, other than the aforementioned...
Seventy years ago today, December 16, the German's launched Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (Operation Watch on the Rhine). It is better known as the...
Agreed, 1941 is a riot. As to the main question, Kelly's Heroes (1970) is an excellent dark comedy. The Guns of Navarone is an awesome...
At first blush this may sound like a strange question, but it does touch upon the most serious of subjects: logistics. Napoleon once famously said...
Thank you for the great write up, Kate. Yes, I am in the United States. Good point about being able to see and touch "history". To a young mind,...
Hello all. One of the things my father, a history major and buff, did at an early age was instilling in me an intense interest in history. I have...
It was today, December 11th, in the year 1941, that Nazi Germany declared war on the United States. Italy followed along with her Axis partner. The...
The following is an interesting piece. Its a US Army training film about German small arms. I thought I'd pass it along. [MEDIA]
Hey pallies. I thought it might be interesting to start a thread of wartime era training films. The thread can cover both Axis and Allied weapon...
Hello all. I've read a number of books on the Volkssturm over the years and found it fascinating. I haven't, at least to the best of my...
Lack of fuel and lubricants was indeed a huge factor in the eventual defeat of the Axis. The European Axis failed to capture or control the oil...
Agreed with all that. I voted for the Panzerfaust because it was effective, could (and was) produced in gigantic numbers, and the concept of a...
I had an interesting discussion with a friend the other day. What was the most effective man-portable anti-tank weapon of the Second World War? The...
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