Did Hitler really ever mention surrendering to the western allies. :eek: When would that have been? Maybe you are confusing "surrender" and...
Honestly, I am no particular "fan" of comparing some particular nation to another in order to determine who did "more". I mean what criteria are...
This weekend the 225th anniversary of the battle of Yorktown will be celebrated. This battle is considered the decisive victory in the american...
The fortified town of Carcassonne: [img]
The castle of Bouillon in Belgium, home of the first King of Jerusalem: [img]
Fort Carre in Antibes: Build in the 14th century, later improved by Vauban. It saw combat against the Royal Navy in 1797-98. Napoleon was...
Some other castles/fortresses I have visited: Fort Boyard, build tpo protect the arsenal of Rochefort sur Mer. Started under Napoleon...
This is that other topic about castles I was looking for.
There already was a thread somewhere with lots of nice castle-pictures. If only I could find it....
Maybe a pro western french puppet then...?
But are other armies really bether at peace keeping than the US army?? Why would that be so? Personally I think the peace keeping record of...
Absolutely. And of course France never tried to keep Indochina as a colony. From 1946 onwards french policy as aimed at giving independenve to...
I agree with everything except the point about opium. Actually afghan opium production has never been as high as it is right now.
Actually from the 3 alternatives offered to Admiral Gensoul(joining the RN, sailing to a british port, sailing to Martinique)none could possibly...
I do not think that there is a guilt complex in Germany because individual german soldiers commited war crimes.(Comparable to those other nations...
Another problem is that this NATO demand came at the same moment some of it's members are sending considerable forces to Lebanon to control the...
Actually I am not so sure on that. It could well be that the USN sank more french ships during Operation Torch than the RN did in 1940. The RN...
This Wikipedia article is full of errors tough. There is no doubt that north african soldiers of the french army comitted war crimes in Italy....
For all I know, the normans were actually quite rapidly absorbed into the local population of Normany. They were a small minority, and most...
In a report released yesterday an inquiry comission of the US senate announced that there is absolutely no evidence for links between Saddam and...
