The Italians logically should have developed their sea power more, considering that Mussolini's dreams of empire were aimed at Africa, so any Italian...
If you liked Stalingrad, Vashstampede, I recommend the movie "Cross of Iron" directed in 1977 by Sam Peckinpah. Like Stalingrad, it shows the...
Spot on R Leonard! :) I've always thought it such a pity that aircraft carriers are not mentioned even once in the Sound of Music. Perhaps Julie...
The French also had an aircraft carrier during the war, the Béarn. In 1939 Béarn's battle group had the task to hunt down the Graf Spee, which was...
The payload of the V2 was one ton. Luckily Hitler didn't see the full potential of developing an atom bomb. The Germans had good scientists but the...
The V2 rocket was horrifically destructive and psychologically devastating for the population of Allied citites within range. Some 1000 were launched...
Yes, that's what happened R Leonard, she ended up going round in circles the blighter. It was a very lucky hit to get the Bismark exactly in the...
Zulu made in 1964 and starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker is another classic movie of British military history. It shows the true story of how a...
The reason they couldn't send in heavy tanks and artillery would seem to be that they just didn't have the necessary transport. One thing not...
Ok vashstampede this is my first ever attempt to insert a link here, hope it turns out ok....
Starting with a classic that was made in black and white way back in 1955 was The Dambusters, the true story about the incredible RAF attack on 3...
Glad I could be of some use! A pleasure. That's a good question about if the Home Fleet could set sail from Scotland and arrive in time to attack...
Hi Vashstampede, we could write a novel about this one! It's an intriguing "what if?" situation. Ok, I'll explain. The British Home Fleet was...
I can't find any record of a Luftwaffe attack on Royal Navy ships in the battle of Britain but someone please correct me on that if I'm wrong. Yes...
Exactly, Jameson. And it's important not to forget that the President's powers today are way stronger than they were in the middle of the 19th...
Have you ever heard of the Japanese secret weapon, the I-400? It was amazingly a submarine that carried aircraft for an attack, possibly bilogical,...
The Spanish Civil War was one of the most bitter fratricidal conflicts ever fought in Europe. Brutalities were comitted on both sides, yet while...
The cuts imposed by the Thatcher government prior to April 2 1982 were the main motivation for the Argentine regime to believe that we wouldn't react...
There was an elderly man in my village who as a cub reporter attended a Hitler rally just before the outbreak of hostilities. He had to leave half...
The second battle of Arras in June 1940 was the only major victory inflicted by the BEF on the Nazi forces sweeping through northern France to drive...
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