As a warship a type VII was very effective up to late 1943 when Allied ASW technology demanded something better, though on paper they were less...
IIRC the had Germans ports in Northern Italy until the surrender and in Greece and Southern France for much of 1944, just handful of operational...
There is more than one way to skin a cat, while radically new "stealth" hull design may provide leap in non detection I see less room for...
IMO such large and impossible to hide weapons are no real threat to anybody, but what the letter of German laws has to say to that may be quite...
IIRC I saw a pretty in depth analysis of British and US radar setup around the town when looking at the Bari bombing that resulted in poison gas...
Fiume had a large Italian component since it's founding, as had most of the towns on the Dalmatia coast. ...... only problem is there was no...
With the collapse if the Soviet Union there was a power void, and new nation states emerged along what were administrative internal borders, that...
Just my two cents. multicultural societies are a revolt waiting to happen, all it takes is a one rabble rousing politician, or worse some foreign...
Very interesting document, thanks. Looking at the Italian text the decree is a legal framework, and to be applied it would require in Grossi's...
There was also the Brazilian ship Comandante Lyra that was eventually towed to Recife but was scrapped as not economically repairable. But that...
I have a copy of the 1943 (or year XXI as the fascists counted years from the establishment of the regime) Almanacco Navale (Italy's equivalent of...
As usual when a British ship was lost due to Italian action she is listed as "scuttled" .......
Nothing really original on that site, and lots of mistakes, butnot of the kind that trigger my "nitpicking reflexes" limiting my enjoyment, I find...
I believe the Bouchon was based on the G-2 so it should have the F-G-K series wing with rounded wingtips that is also correct for a G-4. IIRC the...
A lot of things could have upset the German plan, a different Belgian strategy (AFAIK the resistance at Bodange was due to a German airborne...
The position of the French forces in NA was very difficult, in 1942 De Gaulle was basically a rebel general, and anyway the Allies didn't allow...
IMO there are no modern descendants of the "sturmartillerie" , the M109 and it's likes lack the armour to face even mall calibre AP rounds so can...
By the time of the surrender the French situation was hopeless, we must not judge 1940 decision with the "unconditional surrender" mentality of a...
This should come as no surprise to anyone. Does anyone really think this sort of thing has not been going on for years ? And from everyone who...
This is intriguing, but I know myself well enough that if I buy one I will not stop there, and one can get a lot of interesting reads for 500...
