The Malmedy memorial is most impressive, not for its size, but for its simplicty. So much about what America was (and hopefully still is) is...
Amen to Hoosier. Often, those sacrifices are made not only for comrades but even strangers. Combat is a strange, awful, and wonderful thing. It's...
Ossian might be thinking of the (I think) first attempt to get Opn COBRA going. The initial planes got confused on the drop point, and the smoke...
It's tough to try to isolate US-USSR relations to just WWII. You really have to consider relations from the Revolution on to get a feel of what...
Since Goering was a field marshall, what he was carrying might have been a field marshall's baton. Many of the German field marshalls (including...
At Aberdeen Proving Grounds (in Maryland) years ago, and perhaps still, was a German tank, perhaps a Mark IV, that had a jagged, almost...
Amen to Roel. It doesn't matter a gnat's ass whether it was 6 million or 5 million or 1 million. There were one hell of a lot of Jews, Gentiles...
Roel - The only relevance is to show that some of the leaders of the Reich were somewhat more complicated than frequently depicted. But, of...
Re: governing by crisis. I assume you mean creating crises in order to profit politically. If you do, I tend to agree. 9/11 was, of course, a real...
I've been wending my way through the 900 pages of The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle by Anthony Read, who is a BBC commentator and...
You might consider whether the fuel tdanks were to hold gas or diesel. The latter is sometimes rather reluctant to burn under even extreme...
Any thoughts about the effects in North Africa if the Axis forces had successfully invaded and seized Malta as they did Crete? I would think that...
I have seen pix of an 8.8 cm PAK that was on a mount similar to that of the 7.5 cm PAK, ie, relatively low profile, 2 wheels, splash shield, etc....
This issue may have been covered before. If not, some of you may think I'm nitpicking, but on a forum about WW II couldn't the site sponsor put...
Roel. Okay, I can dig that. I would add that all that firepower made a most impressive spectacle. Actually, no one has any real idea of spectacle...
Ebar. I'm not sure what your response means, but let me elucidate. My battery commander friend was a serious man, and he told me about the 1 m...
To Rich - Amen re VN and I'll add that poophole Iraq. To Roel - Comparitively speaking, the typical draftee in VN was younger than the typical...
As I recall, the 8" howitzer used by the US Army during the 1960's did not have a muzzle brake. Its range, I think, was 16,200 m, and it fired a...
Re engagement range with the Sherman and Tiger: At what range could a Sherman with a 75 mm gun penetrate the frontal armor of a Tiger I? At what...
I'm afraid this question has nothing to do with the topic, but a long-time question of mine got jogged by seeing the Jaguar with its Panther-like...
