Fascinating thread. I have read all of your posts w/ great interest. Something Eugene Sledge (With The Old Breed) said about artillery was that...
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Goring introduced Hitler to the moneyed industrialists, whereupon Hitler softened his rhetoric. Krupp was afraid of the Communists and they...
If you're just doing a generic WWII game not based on a particular campaign, you can do pretty much whatever you want. Some of the more well...
I think @firstf1abn was referring to this ^^^^ I could be wrong
I have yet to hear someone say the Nazis were leftists, but the Nazis were sure as hell not capitalists, at least not in the traditional sense. Of...
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This is a fascinating thread
^^^This is a good question to flesh out, because political parties were nuanced from one country to the next. It's well to remember not only the...
I am interested to learn more about Italy in WWII, from the Italian perspective. I agree there is not enough information. I am currently...
Very interesting, I didn't know the Finns substantially modified the Buffalo. I did know they used the Buffalo successfully. It makes sense now...
I'm not surprised people are still debating this issue in academia (and especially with the witch-hunts going on today) but I am not okay with the...
Can someone here recommend a autobiography or memoir from RAF Bomber Command in WWII? I'm looking for a personal account in paperback, similar to...
Thank you for the warm welcome everyone I'm in Salem, Oregon, just a few hours down the Interstate
Fair enough. They were also used in the Concentration Camps. However, given the scale of the war (and in comparison to WWI) they were used...
And you clearly were not at Okinawa. Do you know how many Marines and Soldiers died in 1945? The Japanese Army showed pretty well for being...
^^^This is an excellent point. It's well worth noting chemical weapons were used on the battlefield in WWI but not on the battlefield in WWII...
^^^Thank you, will give it a watch this evening
Does the M7 Priest qualify? I seem to remember reading about them accompanying allied troops at the Siegfried line and beyond into Germany. I...
This is an oversimplification, but: In Europe service ceiling was more important as combat took place at higher altitudes. In the Pacific it was...
