Heres another I remarked on in another thread, present day spades, forks and shovels evolved from trench digging in WW1, prior to the war these all...
I totally disagree, I think that Germany knew that we relied on the US and Canada for a large amount of our supplies, and the development of the...
The point about Montgomery fighting on his "own terms" is a good one, and it is significant to note that whilst the Allies were holed up for a long...
I was visiting a friend recently, who's husband died several years ago, he was an avid collector of replica guns, she now wants to sell these and was...
Total pish the point you are missing is that whilst the Germans were building an army, and building ships as if they were going out of fashion the...
The British made that mistake too, promoting officers who had survived WW1 to Flag Rank and General Staff, which is why I think we ended up at...
I find this remark quite disparaging to be honest, we may not have been fighting in Europe from start to finish, but the British regiments were...
I was under the impression that they started with a lot more than that, and produced over 1000 during the war, http://uboat.net/boats/listing.html...
Being ex-RN I've always had an interest in the Battle of the Atlantic, and when the actual turning point occurred, to allow the allies to control the...
The biggest influence was the race by the Americans and the Russians to capture the scientists responsible for the development of them, they were...
My Grandfather was a gunner on the Belaraphon, he seemed to remember they only got a small number of shells off during the whole day. He remarked...
I'm interested in learning as much as I can about the South Wales Borderers in WW1. My Grandfather John ( Jack) Walters served with B Comp, 2nd...
The first link is giving a 404 error now, the page must have moved and can now be found here :...
It's funny how new words catch on, and one of the parts I like about WW1 is how everyday things we accept now, came about because of WW1. When...
Heres a snippet of truth. Before WW1 the English used what we call an Irish shovel for digging, this had a shaft that was in the region of 5ft long....
Sort of agree with this, some commentators even regard him as a flawed genius, tactically his judgement seemed to be superb, it was only in the...
Funny Question, but after D-Day and the push, did they have any Royal Engineers with them ? My father was part of a pathfinder group, attached to a...
At the start Hitler appealed to what he saw as the injustice of the Treaty of Versaille after the WW1 which saw the German people made to suffer as...
If you term "shortly" as three years then yeah that happened, you may have "helped" win the war in Europe, but the Allies had been on their own long...
What does telling a lie to protect London have to do with Pearl Harbour, I just don't see the relevance.
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