Please excuse my ignorance, but could a couple of 8" cruisers have been stationed few miles off the cost and have them turn Point du Hoc into...
16209 YAWN! Have NEVER watched it!
AFAIK, the RAN has been having big trouble assembling more than 2 crews for our 'Collins' subs. So we can hardly ever actually put 2 subs to...
Looks like an election is coming on! Sounds good but we will eventually see about 10% of it. About as good as komrade kevins effort.
5191 ?
"Yep, make then all legal citizens of the USA." Didn't Pres Reagan have an amnesty way back in the olden days? I think it may have been...
Sympathy level = NIL 5596
14463 Geoffrey Robertson is a media junky, WANKER! ...and I think the guilty verdict hinged on the fact that Joyce was issued a British...
LJAd, Not sure of the exact figures, but i think most of the French men were returned to France, only to become POWs soon after. ...and of the...
Thanks, from that I assume that the first shot has still a bit of luck involved, especially at long ranges. another question, is an...
10070 Question from someone who knows little about tank tactics. Was it an advantage to try and knock out the tracks of an opposing tank? Once...
5119 I think the RAF had similar trouble with the V1 Buzz Bomb. Bad things happened if you got too close while firing.
Not going to read 28 pages, but the idea falls at the first hurdle. 'Sea Lion' would have been a disastrous failure with few if any Germans being...
CAC, Can the OTHR tell the difference between a CV and a cruise liner?. Or a bomber from a 737? AFAIK, all it can tell is that 'something' is...
7904 I think it was Richard Franke, in his work 'Downfall'? who stated that the Pacific War was costing the lives of 10,000 humans A DAY in...
Looks like the rules are a lot more flexible than i was led to believe. I will keep that in mind in future. 2650
927 Interesting! Even younger than John Clem.
The thread title says "Best German plane", now it is "Best Fighter". ?? John 308
Many will disagree, but i have always had a soft spot for the Bf110. 1512
Only ever fired the 'OWEN' SMG, and that was a BIG thrill! .......and the 'BREN' LMG and that was a BIGGER thrill! 534
