K-P Old chap, While I read with interest your contributions on matters concerning the winter war and the continuation war, I fear you are sadly...
Oh really?! Perhaps I missed it. Can you remind me when exactly was the German armour switched to the US Sector? Please explain what you mean...
Not sure if Hastings wasn't onto something. 1. During the war the British were very concerned about the motivational power and morale effect of...
The Western allies took 1.5 million PW between 5 June 1944 and 31 March 1945 and a further 1.3 million in April 1945. I agree that western...
Hmm... As the OP said, the scale and number of casualties made the east front the largest land theatre. Two other "Fronts" should be considered....
It may be because historically, and for Italy this was recent history, the country had not needed to win battles to benefit from war. The Kingdom...
The RAF did not use IFF during the Battle of Britain. IFF is based on radar reflections, which was not that useful as there was no radar coverage...
Not an idiot, but obsessive in search of the evidence that supported his view of history.
The figure of 250,000 weas seized on by Geobbels and recycled oiur of convenience by the DDR.
Bombing civilian targets was contrary to various conventions and accepted as morally wrong. However in the context of all out war it was extremely...
The 57mm gun was for area defence of the infantry areas against tanks. It5 was fine in that role and AP or APDS was the main ammunition. Mortars...
Is there any evidence they ever deceived anyone. The whole brigade was never deployed in its intended role What is the evidence for large...
There are eighty three threads on this forum with the words "Market Garden" in the title. My favourite title is...
Isn't that the wrong way around. IRRC. Wasn't it an air dropped torpedo that caused critical damage to the Bismarck's rudder and allowed the...
See your Long Voyage Home and raise you a San Demetrio London [MEDIA]
Depends on the unit, role and whose tank it is....... It doesn't sound to me as if you have read much into the subject. Start with...
Well spotted. However, can I draw your attention to German defensive doctrine and the epmphasis placed on the quick and planned counter attack...
Gosh a zombie thread... This misses several points. 1. The task of killing tanks was not the main task of British and Canadian Armour. The...
Don't let the geography get in the way. In the book the story was about heading for Sweden
Catch 22 is about the Italian Campaign. It features a USAAC medium bomber unit based in Italy that bombs targets in Northern Italy in support of...
