Although these statistics are a little exaggerated, they did inflict a lot of casualties on the Red Army. I believe this was for a few reasons:...
I disagree with point one. Although maybe 'doomed' was an exaggerated term, there is no denying that Britain was in dire need of ships to protect...
It was a brave action, and that brave action saved the majority of the convoy the HMS Jervis Bay was protesting. The Armed Merchant Cruisers were...
It's amazing isn't it. A whole facade was set about with the "Alpine Redoubt" and the "Werwolfs", but in reality they were not to be. The loyal...
Thanks for the help guys! This is interesting stuff about a part of the war that is usually forgotten.
How exactly did the Germans garrison their territories they captured during Barbarossa? I am interested mostly around the Ukraine and Russian...
"The Latter Days At Colditz" by Pat Reid. I found this book brilliant. I have read it twice before, as well as reading its sister book, "The...
The Japanese were brilliant fighters. They were true soldiers, with their policies of 'no surrender' and 'fight to the death' and all that. They...
It is going to be sown on the 12th of April over here. I am looking forward to it, as BoB was one of my favorite World War 2 things I have ever...
Escape stories have always interested me. Many people forget how long and hard it was to make a mass escape like this, and many people forget...
This is the first I have heard of height requirements, but it does make sense. The S.S were supposedly elite troops and it stands to reason that...
In that case, were do you think you would end up? Eastern Front? or West?
Well, a lot of the troops on these missions wanted to be there. This is because they liked to pick adventurers, and people who were bored with the...
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To be honest, most S.S from other countries were volunteers and joined either because they hated the minorities such as Jews etc, or they were...
I put it down to the fact of manpower and the men posted in France. By 1944, most of the good divisions had been, or were fighting on the Eastern...
Interesting thought, and for operation Frankton I would have to agree. A few bombing raids would have done as much damage, but I suppose it is...
This, in my opinion, was one of the most gutsy raids made in World War 2. 12 men were supposed to go up the Bordeaux estuary in 6 small canoes...
I survived it all. Hell yeah! ~But those questions are pretty simple. It was not a fair quiz.
I think that they could have captured it. If they could have captured that along with Malta, Britain would be weakened considerably.
