Tough question, I agree with the previous post which pointed out the difficult task facing the US without the bases in England. Beyond that, it...
Huh?? By all accounts, those 2 panzer divisions proved to be quite formidable. No?
You are both right, bad people usually don't do nice things to people. But on the other hand, Stalin was so deeply hated by the Ukranians that...
Were either of the 2 cruisers hit by Bismarck during their "shadowing" operation? Did anyone else besides the Hood and Prince of Whales got hit...
Cool stuff, thanks Notmi.
That sounds similar to the little british invention called the proximity fuse, which was useful for both ground and aerial targets.
And the debate wages on and on...., is the Panther a copy of the T-34, the Ak-47 a copy of the MP-44, the Toyota a copy of the..... the only ones...
Technically it's not an artillery, but a shoulder-fired RPG is cheap, highly portable, and will have no trouble taking down any low-flying helos....
To my limited knowledge, most of the weapons used by both sides were the single-shot muzzle-loading rifles, I am surprised they found 6,000...
I wonder, was the lack of success due to poor marksmen ship or the inability of horizontally fired cannon balls from smoothbore to put a dent on...
The US have learned from experience, don't wage an all-out war against a country that you can't conquer. Limited war and skirmishes is more...
Yep, those beautiful distinctive colors also made wonderful targets for the 2 nearby cracked panzer division to shoot at.
To add a twist to this frequently asked question, mistake to me means something that should have been done differently, not whether or not it...
In my opinion the most "practical" tank in existance, the IDF has more armor warfare experience than anyone else in the last 50 years. Not...
Re: The World Good point, but history have a way of working itself out. Even if Hitler and Stalin conquered Europe, sometimes after their...
I guess we can consider the Norfolk the "lucky ship", but "luck" usually goes to the aggressor. It also helps that the Norfolk's excellent radar...
I wondered, what exactly was contained in the pagoda fighting mast? It looked too big just to house a range finder.
Not surprisingly, the US was planning to build the successor to the Iowa class: the Montana class. It was suppose to carry 12 x 16inc guns, also...
That's not a bad option, unless you suddenly become the target of an enemy counter-artillery strike (especially from the dreaded Katyushas)....
Yep, mine too. In essence the British, Americans, and to some extend the Russians saved themselves, not the world. The human civilization have...
