It seems that everyone was justfully terrified of, it but was poison gas ever used in W W II ? I know the Italians used it in Africa before the...
Sometimes a war hero goes unidentified in an unmarked or watery grave, It's good to see that FLying Officer Derek Allan will finally get the...
So it is more a skilled sub commander penetrating a destroyer screen and attacking a crippled carrier than just coming upon 2 nearly stationary...
Hi; So there was an antisubmarine screen, I must confess I've not done allot of extensive research into this aspect of the battle. The way you...
After the heroic attempts made to save her why was U S S Yorktown left basically dead in the water with only 1 destroyer ? Why knowing the value...
The U S Navy's big carriers, were like the Grummen planes that flew off them able to take damage that would destroy their Japanese counterparts....
Thank you; He had A long and happy life....
There is a very good Documentary series called " Battlefield " that deals with the Battle of Midway , one of the aspects that they covered was the...
It is with sadness that I note the passing of my friend Donald Duggan , he died peacefully in his sleep on Feb 10, 2012 he was 97. Don served with...
[ATTACH]I can't help but think if someone famous or the relative of someone with some political influance was found that the money and means to...
I think it's sad that after the work these people put into locating the crash sites governments can be so disinterested in seeing that their...
thanks; I suppose it took a while but by late 42 or early 43 the old W W I style helmet was a thing of the past ...
When did the U.S army and marines switch from the british style helmit they used in World war I to the classic one we see in photographs and...
My father had a saying "f$%k with da bull , you get da horn " and you might know there's always a group of dissillusioned people gathered in a...
One very important reason for educating young on subjects like World War II is that if we don't, there is a possibility that some twisted people...
When was Arthur Harris knighted ? Was it for his wartime contributions ? They don't bestow a Knightood on a war criminal...
Hi; There are allot of otherwise intelligent Canadians who are barely aware there was a World War II , let alone have any knowlege of the...
Nice work, very impressive
From what i have read Stalin complained bitterly to the allies that his army was doing all the fighting and wanted a second front opened in the...
I was reading a biography on the late James Doohan ( Scotty from Star Trek ) he was a Canadian Army vet who went ashore on Juno Beach on D Day ....
