Of course it must be "Raise the Titanic", which was actually an immensely popular novel in the mid 70's that was made into a movie (which sunk...
I actually had forgotten about the movie Pearl Harbor and was thinking you were talking about Tora, Tora, Tora. Yes, Pearl Harbor was a dreadful...
Well unless we get into the fiction of alternate history (my son is a huge Harry Turtledove fan), the Allies did win WWI and WWII.
OK, let me get this straight. We (Americans) won at Pearl Harbor? Well it's a good thing we sunk all those Japanese torpedoes with our...
With the exception of the German machinegunner who gets captured, almost executed, released instead, and then ends up killing Tom Hank's...
Can't say I ever made it to Huertgen when I was stationed a Fischbach b. Dahn, but every photo I've seen shows a heavily wooded area, not the...
He may well have been referring to encountering SKS's, not AK-47s. Prototypes were sent out to the Byelorussian front in late 1944 and approved in...
I think the A-bomb speeded up the Japanese surrender by at least a year, the Russians coming into the war did this by only weeks or days. The...
OK, finally saw When Trumpets Fade tonight. Outside of the bad acting, bad location (the woods looked more like the back of my house than the...
Alright Roel, how can you define him as performing fairly poorly in what is almost universally considered a masterful redirection of forces in...
I've got to admit I haven't seen When Trumpets Fade yet. I've got it on my "must see" list now that I've seen the comments on this Forum....
My top ten: 1. Band of Brothers - true story, great music, TEN hour movie! 2. The Great Escape - exquisite acting, true story 3. Saving...
Patton would have conducted an "active" defense much like the German Generals wanted to do in Russia (but couldn't because of Hitler) after they...
The official designation may have been Isherman, but back in the 70's and 80's most people called them Super Shermans. I still have an SPI board...
Yes, Battlefield 1942 (while having pretty good graphics), doesn't even try to be realistic as far a gun penetrations and armor penetration...
The 4-1 ratio has sort of become accepted as fact, but in my readings the tank commanders felt that 3-1 would usually get the job done. The root...
I've read that account and thought the same thing. Much as in a sportiing event, a few critical moments can make all the difference. Such as when...
Yes, that would be http://www.aaftankmuseum.com. Some day I'm going to visit that place. What all the U.S. did with military hardware after WW...
Even lacking close infantry support, I've read numerous accounts by tankers of every nationality about "hosing each other's tank" or other...
Can't say it surprises me, so much ability yet so little tact.....
