LJAd, I am aware that the number of troops for the Red Army grew, but apparently the quality of that manpower was not particularly inspiring to...
lwd, Harry Yeide's Longest Battle relates to one engagement in which a platoon of M4s from 2d Armored Division knocked out one Tiger through a...
Glantz's When Titans Clashed and von Mellenthin's Panzer Battles both point out that the Soviets ran out of draftees of military age and physical...
William Slim is supposed to be highly regarded by students of the Burma theater.
The Suomi wasn't cheap though! On a side note, the Finns seem to have an excellent record with designing and producing high quality small arms....
I think central/southern European immigrant loyalty was less contentious in WWII than WWI. During the Great War there was a lot of xenophobia...
50 cal had no problems against fighter aircraft. 20 mm shells were more useful against bombers and the 30 mm was even better. The Germans mounted...
Noted weapons expert Tony Williams has an analysis that quantified fighter armament weaponry effectiveness on his website. Most 20 mm cannons had...
If memory serves, the cause for the delicately put "shortage of Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine" was a tragic warehouse fire. The replacement engines...
You might also try General Ernest Harmon's autobiography Combat Commander. He was one of the division commanders of the 2d Armored Division before...
US divisions were much bigger than Germany, Japanese and Soviet counterparts. However, the Germans raised 250 divisions, Japanese 200, and Soviet...
Soviet/Russian BMD series light armor pieces are capable of parachute operations using deceleration rockets. They are not proper tanks but can...
The first chapter of Russel Weigley's Eisenhower's Lieutenants address this problem. FDR wanted industrial production first and direct US combat...
There is an additional problem. The lesson of WWI is a war economy must centralize ruthlessly and unnecessary expenditure of time avoided at all...
The people who wanted Pershings to fight in Normandy did not consider the problem of invasion planning. Overlord was planed through '42-'44; LST...
Not true. While the M4 tank was not designed primarily to fight other tanks, it was certainly capable of fighting enemy armor by the standard of...
lwd, If Japan refused to surrender, the US would still be obligated to invade. George Marshal was going to wait a few months to get five bombs...
Given the terrain and ideological context, it is not surprising that the Americans considered PTO to be more savage than ETO or MTO. Jungle...
I don't think the Allies had the generalship and training to pull off a successful defense. The Germans massed seven Panzer divisions in Army...
I mean, it's not as if Hitler was fond of Jews before he came to power. He always intended to purge Jews from Germany. The method was undetermined...
