Just thinking about it - I reckon Norfolk Island is worth fighting for So watch out when those nutcase Israelis and Arabs open their eyes to the...
Did you see Whickers World (old replays) a week ago on the subject of Norfolk Island which he described as Paradise - series are now being...
Well the "special relationship" is a bit threadbare these days but if the Americans and French go ahead together in direct action, it could be the...
Alert is the wrong word - did the Allies improve during the Phoney War. The answer is no. However listening to music and getting bored is a bit...
Well not all american generals thought Monty was dead loss -m here a piece I found: Fulsome praise from Major General Matt Ridgway (American of...
On the assumption that chemical weapons have been used by Assad - do we all sit back and forget that these evil, indiscriminate, banned weapons...
Agreed - and I have seen it before. Monty gave a series of lectures on BBC TV about certain of his battles including Normandy and El Alamein. I...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hill-112-Battle-Battleground-ebook/dp/B00D2C551M/ref=kinw_tu_recs_5 Normandy - looks good and at 99p who cares if I am wrong!
Yep got the Italian one wrong.
Very disputed - many (including myself) believe that the genetic evidence (well over 90% Rb1) points to the Irish population particularly in the...
I was surprised that there were no lawsuits against the designers and builders of the twin towers because there were serious defects in both poor...
Could not agree more - I always wanted Blair to send his sons (bit under aged I know) to Iraq - we sure as hell would not be committed there then....
http://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article116290059/Duenkirchen-Warum-Hitler-seinen-Sieg-verschenkte.html For those who are familiar...
They were badly beaten by the Chinese in 1962. Judging by the equipment I saw 10 years ago they will get badly beaten again - they were still...
I always thought so! I must say all the books I have read agree with Kai's version. This is the first time I have heard of Chamberlain (see...
I am always a bit surprised that the books always refer to the French 7th Army as "one of the best". The 60th (for defence of the French Coast)...
This seems a bit unfair on the French, Wilco. Holland was neutral and stood a good chance of avoiding the conflict as it had in WW1. As mentioned...
I think Chamberlain comes out of this episode in May\June very well and while being critical of accepting anything to do with Mussolini's offer of...
[IMG] Maybe people have seen this before. On a tour of Leningrad, flying along the highway out of St Petersburg to the Peterhof Palace, I saw...
Just in case anyone is interested here is a link to the British War Cabinet Papers and its free of charge....
