The British regular army had enough rifles in June 1940, the American rifles went to the over 1 million volunteers in the Home Guard
The appeal was not a official British government request merely an American based group of British supporters, which might have been a undercover...
While most of the British army units in the UK were under equipped they still had enough to defeat any forces the German's were capable of...
The differences in style between Monty and Patton can explained by the fact that Monty came from an infantry regiment, and Patton from a cavalry...
This is all well and good until you find out only the leader of a B-17 or B-24 formation in the Eighth air Force actually aimed their bombs, the...
and can you imagine the problems when you came across your first traffic roundabout.
The British high command were fully aware of the dangers of the Tiger and Panther before D-Day, it was the reason they rushed into service the...
Both the Bulge and Ardennes were not true disasters, they had no major negative impact on the war situation for the Allies, if you want a true...
The laws of war in place at the time allowed the bombing of defended cities, so no war crime.
With the seasonal weather conditions normally found in the Channel, any attack would have to be before the end of September, though with the...
Churchill would have been amused by the award. As for the claim he had a healthy disrespect for women, he was actually a faithful and loving...
Hitler was already urging Japan to attack the USA earlier in 1941 and promising his support if they did so. To Hitler, with lend-lease and the USN...
To be honest, I must admit I preferred Mosquito Squadron to 633 Squadron.
The Matilda II is considered by many to be one of the best early war tanks.
He was only a tank commander, his knowledge of the combat capability of the German army outside of his own unit would be limited to say the least.
Stunned by the news. A great ex-player who seemed to be in a good place in his career as Welsh manager. A tragic loss.
The odd one out in this list of tanks is the Pershing, it was the first US tank to be officially given a name by the US authorities, after they...
Another important factor was that Franco was a devote Catholic and a military dictator of the old school, he had none of the ideological baggage...
The British government until February 1939 had ruled out the idea of fighting a campaign in Europe, and had focused its rearmament on building up...
Shocked and angry, but not reeling. The RN could afford the loss of both the Hood and an unmodified R' class if it lead to the destruction of the...