I can't post the link here, but if you go to YouTube and search on "Jews who fought for Germany," there's a 45-minute program on the subject....
My lawn mower has more horsepower than that.
I looked; guess I didn't look hard enough. Sorry.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/WireStory/onoda-japans-imperial-soldier-dead-91-21567506 I was living in Japan when he was repatriated, and I...
If I can get a woid in edgewize . . . PRICELESS!
I don't have anything scholarly with which to start off the discussion, just an expression of opinion. In general I do agree with Foch that the...
Arminiiuss, as much as I loath the complete loss of common humanity that happened in Germany and allied nations before and during WWII, I agree...
I still maintain that damaging a ship so that it settles to the bottom of a bathtub shouldn't count as "sinking." All but two of the ships...
I can't copy the link, but a search on "B-26" in Youtube will bring up a 44-minute documentary on the B-26 from the Battle Stations series. Maybe...
SymphonicPoet, the measure of a whuppin' is not the ratio of casualties; it is how long the whuppee stays whupped. Six months (right at what...
I'm halfway through the first chapter, and I have to say that I hope his research is better than his writing. So far I've stumbled across three...
"Nitpicker mentality" -- looks like you and I share something other than an interest in WWII :D D
TiredOldSoldier, I can't get the "quote" function to work. The erroneous reference to a carrier named Midway in my post above is a result of my...
Small side-track -- I met Fuchida in the '70s. He came to the Misawa Air Base chapel and gave the testimony of his conversion to Christianity....
Any time there is a complex military operation like this one, there will be errors in planning and execution. You bring up some good points, and...
I'll have to check it out. I've been looking for a book that provides a good, fair-minded history of the Vietnam War. That was my generation's...
More evidence that the phrase "Norwegian cuisine" is a contradictory expression :D
Mmm, I think I'm due for another batch of spam fried rice :D
The Daves concur. I can remember one German character (an officer) saying about a proposed invasion that it would be "der lengste Tag." DaveBj
Something to ponder, indeed. The thing is that the stories that come out of the unsuccessful marriages are more . . . let's say, interesting...
