Major General Orde Wingate, founder of the Chindits in the Burma campaign against the Japanese is my favourite. He was as nutty as a fruitcake and...
My father was in Dover helping the Dunkirk evacuees come ashore from the motley fleet of boats, ships, pleasure yachts and basically anything that...
Although Hitler had a pipe dream about teaming up with the British Empire to fight the common enemy of Bolshevism, and in fact sent his emissary...
Hi there Larry, and welcome to the Forum Beautiful county Gloucestershire, I should know as I'm from there too! I'm afraid I can't help you with your...
Don't get me wrong, Diptangshu, I am not Nazi!!! The fact that I said "Thank God the Germans didn't have more leaders like him," clarifies which...
I think there's another legitimate rule that permits you to surrender in battle, and that is if you've been forced by a dictator to take up arms...
The only economioc benefits of slavery were for the owners themselves, they got free labour. For the economy as a whole it was clearly negative,...
Absolutely. And this cost him his life. After the Stauffenberg bomb exploded under Hitler's backside in his HQ in Prussia, many good German officers...
There was a serious problem for the Allies after the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Project Manhattan, the top secret atom bomb programme,...
I worked with a man once who had served as an officer under Monty during the Allied breakout from Normandy in Operation Goodwood, and his opinion of...
I'd definitely agree with that, Pilot2fly. The Japanese military machine was determined to fight to the bitter end to protect their emperor, and...
I agree with that Vladimir. One movie I thoroughly recommend to everybody interested in the American Civil War is "Of Gods and Generals" which...
Ok SabraO, I'm with you now. Sorry for misunderstanding you before. You're right: if it's a one off pad, not a book like Rebecca was, then when it...
I'm not an expert in cryptology but I'd tend to disagree with you SabraO (Hi and welcome BTW) that all codes were just single use between sender and...
I believe the bird was sent back from Normandy during the weeks following D-Day, so if the message had been deciphered as planned it could only have...
A great air movie is "The Flight of the Memphis Belle" which recreates just one US daylight bombing raid over Germany and captures the atmosphere...
This explains why Americans are not very popular in Spain when politics are discussed. Franco was a bloodthirsty butcher, responsible for 40 years...
Fair point Vash. In answer to your question, I think it's ok to surrender if the alternative is death, and the victorious side should be...
Now political philosophy was never my strong point, but at least I managed to understand John Locke : "Political legitimacy derives from popular...
It's medieval I believe, teamrose. In a battle between men with heavy armour, it was necessary to show your allegiance by the design on your shield....
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