My mistake. I read too much into your quotations from that book. I have a hard time dealing with revisionist America-bashing historian who seek...
I read the story of one German officer, who knew that Germany had lost the war after a local German counterattack in Normandy was successful in...
Without a doubt, the P-51 Mustang. The sleekest deadliest looking plane that I've ever seen.
I'm sure that some Americans did commit atrocities, just as I know that a much larger percentage of Japanese routinely did so from Nanking China...
Once a serious firefight had broken out and it could be confirmed that Japanese troops were landing on Oahu, the rest would fall quickly into...
RE: The effectiveness of US 12" mortars on Japanese infantry on Bataan: "Since the morning of the 25th the crew of Corregidor's Battery Geary...
RE: the USS Pennsylvania in drydock. The drydock was partially flooded during the attack to keep what you described from happening. Re: a needed...
My mistake. Capt Trimble would have been using a Navy SCR radio mounted in his jeep. The Navy and Marine Corps had been using them since 1939....
Sure. I can tell you how it all came unraveled. "Captain Trimble, USMC pulled his jeep to a stop just above the beach's tidal line and shut off...
Your "indications" are wrong and also completely the opposite of what actually historically occurred. Those 12" coastal mortars proved all too...
I do not exaggerate the consequences. The aforementioned massed horse drownings did occur during the Spanish American War and this was after only...
How does one avoid the US Coast Guard offshore patrol, not to mention the hundreds of fishing boats that ply their trade in the waters surrounding...
After spending weeks aboard ship, those horses will barely be able to walk, let alone swim. You can torture them all you want, but sick horses...
The Bismarck would have put in to the port of Saint Nazaire for repairs to her battle damage and as long as she remained there, RAF Bomber Command...
Back in the day, it took a number of weeks for a horse to completely recover from a long ocean voyage. This was a major reason that the British...
All too true on all counts, but the very fact that the horses would have been penned up in closed, dark holds for nearly a month aboard ship would...
The 37mm ammuntiion had arrived. Unfortunately, it was still aboard ship in Pearl Harbor, awaiting unloading. Re: "the 12" mortar issue." Your...
But the Secretary of War was keen on the idea and gave top priority to reinforcing the PI with all available B-17's and B-24's at the expense of...
I did not condemn the fighting abilities of the Filipino troops, please do not put words in my mouth. I said most were untrained and ill-equipped...
