Very nice pictures-Good site Carl! :D
I believe elements of the 1/7 FJG opposed the 506th in their attack on Carentan. But don't quote me...
"Shoot Straight you Bastards, don't make a mess of it" Lieutenant Harry 'Breaker' Morant to the British firing squad charged with his execution
They didnt lose it as such. Germany wasn't as strong as it had been, but it stil had the men and resources to carry on the fight. The front-line...
I saw on the news people bathing in what appeared to be Trafalgar Square!!!!
I thought Type XXI were as far as they got in U-Boat production... :confused: What's a Type XXIII??? :confused:
This limit applied I believe to all American units taking part in the Normandy Campaign!!! Which really takes away from teh valour and merit of...
Should be an awesome experience Doc. Can you take photographs or is that prohibitied? If it is OK..make sure you take plenty and post them here to...
Spot On Kai-somehow each country developed their own manner of doing this age-old custom though... :confused: Regardless...Your turn Kenraali...
I have several interesting pics of these 'bundle-charges' being used and prepared in Ian Hogg's -Infantry Weapons of WW2'.
Rumania
I'll stick with my 'Damian Lewis as Lt Richard D Winters' avatar for a while yet..I rather like it actually.
New question is:- Where does the method of saluting come from, and what does it represent?
Ok-the answer was Norman Marshall.
621, 631, 634. Tiger 631 survives.
How could we forget Mel Gibson as Lt-Col Hal Moore in 'We Were Soldiers'-the whole-"I will leave no man behind" speech...tearjerker... [img]
Finland?
I watched Saving Private Ryan...then focused more on D-Day and learnt that America had fought desperate battles late 1944/early 1945 in Belgium...
Sorry V-not Bracegirdle....should I post the answer guys?
Exactly Greg-recently Iv'e kinda been looking at war and just seeing the senselessness of it all. I mean death doesnt really solve anything, I...
