Yes, in Germany Hitler was voted to power. But don't forget that even in the 1933 elections, which were "monitored" by Nazi organizations (i.e....
It came to my mind that today is the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the Bismarck.
"Reap the whirlwind" is an understandable emotional reaction, especially when one looks at pictures of starving prisoners in Japanese and Nazi...
On the evening of May 26th U-556 (which had a special relationship with the Bismarck) crossed its path with Ark Royal and Renown and it was in a...
Sorry if it's slightly OT but it seems useless to start a new thread when this is the only naval thread active at the moment. I recommend this...
The legitimacy of the atomic bombings is another controversial topic I'm a bit wary to address. They were justifiable if they did indeed induce...
I post here another link from Okun, "Armor Schemes on W.W.II Battleships": Armor Schemes on W.W.II Battleships He is quite critical of the...
The pirate boat would be obliterated by auto-cannon fire but your super-expensive high-tech tin can crammed with unprotected electronics would get...
1. It depends. If the intent is just killing German civilians then yes. As a strategic and industrial target no. Its main importance was as a...
To me reintroducing armor to major surface warships makes a lot of sense, and building a 10 000 + tons ship made of glass looks like a folly. The...
This is a rather controversial topic, and there is the risk of political implications... Anyway, my two cents are that Dresden at that stage of...
Ok, maybe I reacted a bit too... sharply, I should have toned down my answer a bit. I certainly wouldn't like to see you go, your posts seem...
Really?? :eek: I thought you just need to bore a bigger hole inside the barrel et voilà... I mean, I know I'm not the sharpest tool in the box,...
Yes, as mentioned before, the US tried to reverse-engineer and modify the MG 151, which resulted in the .60 T17E3. By August 1944 GM had succeeded...
As far as I know modern warships carry no armor except for Kevlar or similar materials around some key items against splinter damage. They have no...
Interesting point. I have to re-watch the video, because I remember it addressed the question of the heeling and I seem to remember it said that...
I had the texts of the two Boards of Inquiry but I lost them. They concluded that the most likely explanation was a 380 mm shell from the Bismarck...
It may be so, but it's not an idle question during war, because it affects the assessment of enemy losses. Am I right that you don't believe it is...
I think that the "torpedoes explosion theory" can be reasonably ruled out. It seems that the Hood launched two torpedoes before being destroyed....
There could have been a direct hit somewhere in the ship that was not related to the magazine explosion and a short that went just under the belt...
