Hey Smoke, I have no idea why I was calling you Billy !.....Man, its hell to get old.
Hi guys. Im very sorry for starting the "war news" and then having to back out of it . But because of increased job related work load I will not...
Hi Friedrich, Im not certain, but if he served in the U.S. Navy, then he is entitled to the Purple Hart, and the United Nations, as well as the...
JUNE 1OTH, 1941 SYRIA: Austrailian troops North of Tyre begin to make their way across the "litani River" EAST AFRICA: The last Sea port...
"TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH" Its a post war movie about the pressure on the us air corp in 1942, and the stress of command when so many of your men are...
Steve...I agree. I think when all the posts so far on this topic are read with an open mind I belive it is fair to say that that we have all...
Hi guys...All of you have made some excellent points on several frounts...Steve, I knew someone would come back with the respoce you made when I...
JUNE 8TH, 1941 SYRIA British, Austrailian and Free French forces move into Syria to counter a German build up. The Luftwaffe had used bases...
Friedrich.... No I dont understand. Are you saying that it is allright to murder inocent people by the thousands in order to make the rest...
As to Germany being a fine place to live in the 1930'es....perhaps thats true....unless of course you happen to be Jewish....or a Gypsey....or...
JUNE 1941, AN OVERVIEW THE NORTH ATLANTIC: Some important changes are starting to take place in the Atlantic. The British have perfected an...
MAY 30 TH 1941 IRAQ: The Regent Rashid Ali flees to Iran. An Armistice is signed with the Allies the next day (the 31 st)It states that the...
MAY 28TH IRAQ: The Allied 20th Indian Brigade moves to occupy Ur....Rasshid Ali, the Pro Axis regent deny's the British the right to station...
Hello Smoke...Yes it's very sad. No Sailor should be left to drown.But of course the Captain of the British Cruiser did what he had to do....
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1941 The "KING GEORGE V" and the "RODNEY" catch up with the crippled "BISMARCK" and in less than two hours it is done. The...
Your post made me have a dream the night I read it, and it went something like this: RECRUITER:Well how about serving on a fine Battleship? WALT:...
You make a good point Yan. It must have taken grate courage for those who did leave, to do so.
THE NORTH ATLANTIC On the 26th a Catalina flying boat locates the "BISMARCK" about seven hundred miles from Brest.Aircraft from the "ARK ROYAL"...
Hello Yan. Your post makes an excellent point, and its one that would be hard to disagree with. But I belive is is fair to say that many average...
Hi Carl, Smoke, Friedrick, and everybody. I will try to, but please keep in mind, most of the time Im just sorta posting a breif outline, and...
