I got it in a box set back last September. For me it certainly ranks as one of the best War Films. Because the actual weapon used was still a...
None the less a worthy exhibit. Not only because it dropped the first A-Bomb but because the B-29 itself represents a quantum leap in Aircraft...
I would also say that Japan in truth failed to learn their own lessons at Pearl Harbor. Look how vulnerable the US Pacific Fleet turned out to be...
The Mauser Kar 98k was used as a Sniper Rifle as was the Walther - Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43. I would think that other German Rifles were also used.
Hess suffered a wound during the First World War whilst serving at the front. The scar from this was not evident on a few medical examinations...
There's also a good book called "Spandau Phoenix" which adds more fuel to the fire on this one. There's still some doubt about the real identity...
Mostly BMW I think. Zundap also produced Motorcycles for the Wehrmacht though I believe.
Yes the Spanish Civil War was used as a testing ground for many concepts of aerial warfare. The Stuka was proven there and also area bombing when...
Where Nationals of the Country involved could not be used then SOE would recruit the best person for the job. Quite often this would involve good...
Yes. Some of the underground dens they used also still exist. These were purpose built structures. There was a good documentary on History Channel...
And also why Allied P.o.W's were treated so badly by the Japanese. They considered surrender a coward's way out essentially, believing that...
Called "The Jug" by American Pilots I do believe. Probably the fastest diving Allied fighter by far. Good all round performance and like the...
SOE more often than not used people from the Nation in question as radio operators I believe. Especially in Norway & France. Using Lysander...
I think today encryption technology has moved on leaps & bounds. Enigma's main weakness was that it could be broken once the code breakers...
The other thing that you could say is that it was a matter of when rather than if the Germans would attack Russia. The 1939 Pact was only a...
No it was because the War on the Eastern Front was a no holds barred, No quarter given & none taken battle of idealogies. Hitler viewed the people...
Percival was in a hopeless situation I feel. Had he not surrendered then the cost would've been much greater in lives lost. However you do have to...
One thing I do know is that once the US was on the verge of war in 1941, they sent some of their top Code Breakers to work at Bletchley Park...
If you have Sky then there is only one Documentary that gives you the whole story - "The World at War". Made in the early 70's it for me is still...
Very nice article Jim :thumb:. Have you ever watched "Killer Tanks" on Discovery ? They reckon that the Panzer Mk IV was the best all round German...
