I know one of the guys that was on the expidition that found U215 she rests in about 270 ft of water off the south west coast of Nova Scotia. She...
I toured The John W Brown when it visited Halifax a few years ago, and I recommend that anyone interested in World War II era ships go see her ....
thank you , I suspected the Canal must have heavily guarded but I had no idea the lenghts the US military was going through to guard against just...
Hello; In the what if catagory, what if at the time of Pearl Harbour the Japanese had managed to scuttle a merchant ship and/or sew a few mines in...
Hello; June 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. There are some which consider the war an American victory, there...
Hi; My ancestry is French Acadian on my dad's side and Scottish, French and Metis on my Mother's side. I recommend anyone who is intrested try...
Hello again; What about the German army's failure at Kursk? It was I believe The last large scale German offensive on the eastern front , after...
Hello;this is a facinating topic, I am of the opinion that a combination of the events listed above no doubt cost Hitler the war. Declaring war on...
Hi; Although it's not just a single battle but a campain how about the allied disaster at Gallipoli ? There were more than 200,000 allied...
Hello; This is quite understandable, someone who lived with the nightmares of war for decades just wants to forget...
Hello; I must congratulate you on an excellent post. To quote General Sherman "war is all hell" it was true in 1864 and it's true now. While...
Hi; This is a very interesting thread and everyone examined pratically every possible outcome . From what i've read I don't believe the damaged...
Hi; I believe it was Soviet Marshal Zhukov who once said " it takes a brave man to be a coward in the Russian army "
Hello; Another thing about the Bismark surrendering is that she would have been the only one ever to do so . The Graf Spee 's captain scuttled his...
HI; I watched a couple of programs recently about teams( one British and one American ) that restore old tanks. One group recovered a derelict...
HI; It may not be a weapon in that it attacks either side equally, but one of the most lethal weapons of World War II and every conflict for the...
Hi; I have another example of a somewhat useless weapon although it was developed in World War 1, how about the Ross Rifle ? They saw limited use...
Hi; I agree the German navy had more success with armed merchant cruisers than the allied navies had but they were attacking mostly merchant ships...
Thanks; I 'll check the book out; It is true they were progressive with their pirate government, it was the only place where crew members were...
Hello; I find it rather strange how Hollywood and the passage of time has made action-adventure heroes out of one boatload of pirates and the...
