First of all, it is a lot faster to move men on beach landings than tanks. A number of amphibious tanks were supposed to join in the first wave but...
I think the ones on at the very top of the masts are called crow's nest. That's where the looks-out would be stationed. The mid-level in the forward...
Oh, you meant 'Get Along... with each other, if they won...' Well, there's a lot of if's in order for the Axis to win the war. Foremost of which is...
It was indeed a big disappointment not finding the US carriers in port at Pearl and not finding them first prior to the battle at Midway. It was a...
Civilian deaths in the two bombings far far exceeded military casualties; even if the two cities were military headquarters. So, civilian lives were...
Here's more details, taken from wikipedia: In mid-1943, Adolf Hitler envisioned the Me 262 as an offensive ground-attack/bomber rather than a...
Please refer to my original post. I cited my source. You can look it up. Yes, i agree superior planes alone won't win wars. And as you mentioned, a...
I think the skill factor has long been annulled! When faced with the bare-foot Vietcong guerrillas, American forces handily won. However, facing the...
By August 1945, Japan has, for all intents and purpose, lost the war. Its armies were surrendering (or committing 'sepuku') in all the fields of...
In my post above, I said that Japan's strategic mistake was attacking the USA too early. They would have to attack American interests, eventually....
To the western eyes, the death march would appear to be atrocious. Even before the forced march, wounded soldiers who could not walk were killed....
The Messerschmitt ME-262 was the first jet plane that came into combat service. It was designed as a fighter to counter the Allied Bomber offensive....
Anything that flies, can be made into an intel gathering platform. The Soviets thought that the Korean Airlines 747 was spying so they shot it down....
Late 1940 to early 1941. The battle of Britain was being waged. The German U-boats were sinking an ever increasing number of supply ships in the...
Very interesting reading. Provided insights on why the Japanese Army was able to make quick advances and why only limited defense was deployed by the...
For Japan to be un-involved or even an ally during WWII, it would have required a lot of concessions by the Allies to the Japanese. The Allies would...
I'd say the leaders' personalities got in the way of military strategy. Case in point - Hitler. His total military experience was as an enlisted man...
Impressive, that AK-12. On another note, is it true that the Israeli Galil is a rip-off of the AK albeit using smaller caliber bullets?
Cobber - my apologies; i did not mean to rain on your dream parade. I agree, it would have a heck of a difference if the Allies recognized early...
A close and un-biased reading of this war's story would reveal that the Philippine land forces were the ones that defeated the Spanish Army. But, out...
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