http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/world/europe/20millin.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general May he rest in peace.
In the 1934 unabashedly patriotic b&w feature North in the Atlantic, Humphrey Bogart is Joe Rossi, 1st Officer on Sea Witch, a Liberty Ship which...
Gotcha. I agree. One last thought. Hitler's Navy: U-boat War, a b&w doc, states "of 40,000, 5,000 were captured, 28,000 KIA." So I imagine the...
Thanks, ram. Almost clears it up. The idea of deserters, of course, could mean while on leave. I could think of a number of scenarios involving...
The well known 30,000 casualties out of 40,000 has me confused. Some references state 30,000 lost (never returned), presumably dead. A recent...
Thanks so much guys. Firstly, my apologies for the source I mentioned. Turned out to be a movie site; the sound file was G.C Scott, not the...
Thanks. Do you recall how you came about them and where I may possibly check them out? Just this moment was made aware of a source:...
I'd like to think, like millions of others, that General George had the deep, resonant pipes of a George C. Scott. But I know better. I've heard,...
Recently began playing the full release of this excellent aged tank sim after years of the demos. I was pleasantly surprised. Though I'm not a...
The idea of a fictitious army built around the bombastic general Patton to divert the Germans is a well known bit of WW2 lore. I recently stumbled...
Thanks all. lwd's post was read to a middle school class and both the instrutor and students alike said it was more informative and concise than...
I'm unclear about the termonology surrounding the comparative destructive power of military explosives. 1. Present day Nuclear bombs are always...
A child of foster care, I have the barest info on my bio dad's service record. His name was Oree George Britt and he was a sailor, USN,...
Reading about the origins of these paramilitary units, I am given to thoughts of modern day gangs. While no doubt present day thuggery is far from...
I still find it confusing differentiating the two. I have a basic understanding, I think. (SS was a strictly miltary, or quasi-military, bunch,...
How far does the notion of superb chow on American subs go back? Was this also a true during WWII? Was it just a recruitment device? And tho I...
The movie Auto Focus re Bob Crane's sordid fall into sexual addiction and his tragic and somewhat mysterious death is, of course, totally...
Much thanks. I had pondered this for years but remained reticent because of the inexcusable assumption that it was known and understood by...
Then of course there's Shells of Fury, the WWI sub game. While it's historically acurate (fas as I can tell) it's gameplay will, I'm afraid,...
What a welcome! Thank you all! :)
