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  1. el-tel
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    Where was Goring's head?

    What was fat hermann thinking when he told AH that he could supply the 6th Army from the air, in ideal conditions with the aircraft available it...
    Thread by: el-tel, Nov 5, 2007, 14 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
  2. el-tel
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    4th Army

    Stalingrad is one of my 'favorite' (is that the right word) battles of WWII, it still amazes me that the russians managed to hold on and beat the...
    Thread by: el-tel, Nov 5, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
  3. Jim
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    Joyce's War

    Joyce Storey was born in Bristol in 1917. After leaving school at fourteen she worked in service before finding work in a corset factory. Just...
    Thread by: Jim, Nov 4, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: Women at War
  4. Jim
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    The Sullivan Brothers of Waterloo, Iowa

    A large U.S. Navy task force left New Caledonia on November 8, 1942 to bring reinforcements and supplies to the beleaguered Marines at...
    Thread by: Jim, Nov 4, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: United States at Sea!
  5. Kelly War44
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    Days of Glory

    Saw this film for sale today. Has anyone heard of it? Indigènes (2006)
    Thread by: Kelly War44, Nov 4, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: WWII Films & TV
  6. dfisher
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    Flamethrower

    How effective were these troups? Apart from clearing out bunkers, I'd have thought someone walking around with all that fuel strapped to their...
    Thread by: dfisher, Nov 3, 2007, 5 replies, in forum: German Light Weapons
  7. dfisher
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    Best War Film - You decide

    As it's one of my favourite subjects I've seen dozens of War films (much to my Girlfriends delight!) but I've probably missed quite a few too. So...
    Thread by: dfisher, Nov 3, 2007, 34 replies, in forum: WWII Films & TV
  8. Phuture
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    Family

    Does anyone have any family/close friends that have served in battle during world war 1? If so do you know what there background was in the military?
    Thread by: Phuture, Oct 31, 2007, 14 replies, in forum: A Soldier's Story
  9. Jim
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    Britains Warlord..

    Three days after becoming Prime Minister, Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) told the Commons: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 31, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: History of Britain during World War II
  10. Jim
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    Eric Woods: The Battle for Pegasus Bridge

    This personal version of events of the landings of 6th Airborne troops on 5th June,1944 was dictated by Private Eric Woods, a short time before...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 30, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: A Soldier's Story
  11. Jim
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    A New Kind of War

    Blitzkrieg "lightning war" was the key to Germany’s successes on land during the first half of the war, and speed was the essence of blitzkrieg....
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 30, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: History of Poland during World War II
  12. Jim
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    Operation Zitadelle

    The Battle for Kursk took place betwwen July 4, 1943 to August 23, 1943. The Battle for Kursk was called "Operation Zitadelle" by the Germans....
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 28, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: Battle of Kursk
  13. dfisher
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    Was Dunkirk really a battle?

    From what I know from school history, Dunkirk wasn't really a battle - it was the mass retreat of the BEF and the remains of the French military....
    Thread by: dfisher, Oct 28, 2007, 24 replies, in forum: Battle of Dunkirk
  14. Jim
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    Ambrose: Love Him or Hate Him!!

    I have read a number of books by this author finding that the titles of his books tend to draw you to buy the books that he has written, in some...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 27, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: WWII Books & Publications
  15. Jim
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    Gallipoli

    The Gallipoli operation cost Australia 26,111 casualties, 8,141 dead, New Zealand 7,571 casualties, 2,431 dead, Britain 120,000 casualties, 21,255...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 27, 2007, 6 replies, in forum: World War One Forum
  16. Jim
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    The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad is thought to have claimed more lives than any other single conflict of the Second World War. In 1942, April 5, Hitler...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 27, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
  17. Kelly War44
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    Major Robert Henry Cain

    The Deed. He was 35 years old, and a Temporary Major in The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, British Army, attd. The South Staffordshire...
    Thread by: Kelly War44, Oct 26, 2007, 9 replies, in forum: A Soldier's Story
  18. Cabel1960
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    German kamikaze

    April 7, 1945, the first of German 'kamikaze ' attacks on Allied aircraft took place west of Hannover. Driven by desperation, the volunteer pilots...
    Thread by: Cabel1960, Oct 26, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: War44 General Forums
  19. Cabel1960
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    The Role of the Jeep Carrier in World War II

    The Navy’s escort carriers, called “Jeep carriers” or (by the press) “baby flat tops,” never received the headlines or glory accorded their...
    Thread by: Cabel1960, Oct 26, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: United States at Sea!
  20. fpbeast
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    Hurtgen Forest

    The Battle of Huertgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) is the name given to the series of fierce battles fought between U.S. and German...
    Thread by: fpbeast, Oct 25, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: Battle of Hurtgen Forest
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