There was no big difference between the ethnic cleansing of Germans and Italians, both were not bloodless, but it had much more to do with...
The Italians learned the wrong lessons in the air war in Spain, the discussion between the "pilot party" that stressed manoeuvrability, and the...
It would be interesting to know if Jumbo crews were "more careful" about bogging than standard M4 ones and less prone to moving off road.
For what it's worth I agree with Otto. The info there is "average quality" as to accuracy but some pictures are interesting. As long as it's...
For me Tito's partisans and "ethnic cleansers" are undistinguishable, and I have an obvious reason to dislike the cleansers. The best I can say is...
Spies are by definition untrustworthy, it requires a very peculiar mindset to successfully betray the people you work with every day and double or...
Nierhoster on his organisational series on the WW2 German army translates "zug" as both train and "platoon" defined as the next lower subdivision...
I don't speak German but always believed Zug was "section" so why would a "section leader" be necessarily in logistics ?
Must say I have a very different opinion of Yugoslav partisans, but then one branch of my family had lived in Dalmatia for generations before WW2,...
A better comparison would be with a Gato as the first Balao entered service in 1943 when the Type VII was nearing the end of it's useful life....
Not sure there were many British 37mm guns, they tended to favour the 2lb / 40mm calibre, so it could be ammo for a US 37mm gun of a lend lease...
Curious about what will come out, IMO the French side of WW2 is a less well documented than many any other countries due to French reluctance of...
Agree it's scary, IMO there is little difference between immigrants from a war zone and refugees. Very difficult issue, pushing them back is...
He sound more like a politician than a scientist. I'm not really interested in the long term trends refers to, they are likely to be totally...
The British carriers are critical to the RN efforts to contrast the axis capital ships. All a German carrier really needs to do is protect the...
Italian reports on the Pantelleria battle remark on the high fire rate of the two M class destroyers present so the difference was noticeable in...
The Omaha were hybrids, nobody else was building casemate "light cruisers" post WW1. British German and Japanese WW1 light cruiser designs all...
There is a huge difference between Japan and Germany when it comes to ending the war, in Germany Hitler, after surviving the bob plot, was in firm...
Omaha was basically a WW1 cruiser design even if they were built after the end of that war. If we look at similar "survivors" the Germans rearmed...
Yes, after the French surrender ad before the BoB, that cemented British resolve, was his best chance, he looked unstoppable on land and...
