I think your misquoting Patton I believe he actually made that statement about the jeep
I don't fully agree, England had a large and adaptable production capacity in Canada. Also they were not completly xenophobic when it came to...
Apparently among those who were familiar with it, it was often enough to create panic in their enemies, it appears it was not a good thing to have...
IIRC DUKW's were used quite effectivly by the Canadians a couple of times in Holland and at the crossing of the Scheldt
In Ambrose's book "Band of Brothers" the men of the 101st seemed to think the DUKW's were the best thing since sliced bread, if only because with...
I am reading "The Regiment" by Farley Mowat, for about the 6th or 7th time. One of my favourite books it tells the story of the Hastings & Prince...
Heres a great one Gene Evans in The Steel Helmet, he had the Sgt charachter hands down
It is not true that tactics used by fighter units were the same in Europe as in the Pacific, partially because of lower altitudes, but mostly...
Never heard that one Doc, I did however hear someone screaming "Up The Ox and Bucks" during the Pegasus Bridge segment of the "Longest Day" movie...
I do not agree with the statement 'overall the P-51 was a much superior aircraft to the Corsair' While the P-51 was undoubtedly superior at high...
IIRC according to Martin Cadin's "Fork Tailed Devil" the P-38 in the Pacific theater eventually achieved a range of over 2000 miles. When I get a...
Why ,did someone say the Corsair was in service before the Wildcat, I thought the argument was wether the Helcat was in service much before the...
They are certainly doing their best to build up the last episode as the best, I hope they are right, I was a little disappointed in the second one
No the Helcat was not in service much earlier then the Corsair, but for this first year of its operational life the Corsair did not serve on...
Hey, let us not forget my personal favourite, uttered by the immortal King Arthur in the classic movie "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" : "RUN...
Wow, excellent job Stefan
[img] It is said that this weapon was almost completely silent, except for the working of the bolt
I bought this DVD yesterday, for a movie made during WW II it was quite good, pretty dark also
Sir Brian Horrocks
Britain and Canada's are very well trained and very diciplined
