Yeah, really! You wouldn't think a DD could take that kind of punishment. :eek:
Have you read "A Time For Trumpets", Roel? MacDonald listed the divisions on both sides that were involved in the battle and rated them. And it...
I have to agree with woody on this.
I have an uncle who did that. He spent twenty years in the Navy, retired, and then worked when and if he chose.
Only those totally ignorant of how the US government works would believe that, or those too blinded by hatred and/or stupidity.
They certainly impressed everyone they've ever fought.
Which says a lot about both the fortunes of war and the captains and crews of all four ships mentioned.
Durn, what have y'all been smoking?
Well, Mr. MacDonald said that there was. Such is life.
I'll bet her cry was plaintive! :wink:
Given the size of the world's oceans, that's not terribly surprising. However, advances in communications ensured that their careers were...
That was where the misunderstanding occured; Alan Jones, CO of the 106th, thought Middleton had told him to leave the two regiments up there,...
Even if they run out of ammunition?
There's also the factor of ammunition supply. Eventually, the raider's magazines will be emptied.
The answer to that, as Obi-wan Kenobi would say, would depend very much upon the person's point of view. To some, BISMARCK was the epitome of...
I know that the Italian troops on the Eastern Front had no desire whatsoever to be there. Can't say that I blame them, either. :wink:
I agree, being another nation-state is neither good nor bad. I don't like it, though, when the USA is portrayed as the next thing to Satan...
Those two regiments were destroyed because their division commander did not withdraw them, due largely to a failure in communications. According...
And yet my wife has never held my love of military history against me; she has even found my stories from various wars interesting (And yes, I do...
Well, if someone will post them in this topic for me, I'll be glad to let everyone see them.
