All too true. Another factor in the sorry performance of the Brewster Buffalo in combat against the Japanese, was pilot training, or rather lack...
No, Yorktown did not "rush" anywhere. Shokaku immediately retired on 8 May and left for Kure, a distance of 3370 nm. She arrived in Kure on 17...
How much 9X18 ammo do you sell?
It appears that the Special Naval Construction Battalions (SNCB's) were special SeaBee units organized to provide stevedoring and other services...
Think whatever you like. Nor do I equate the Bats with the Nazis. If you do, that's fine with me, but hardly convincing. Personally, I don't...
Well, Blair points out that much of the criticism the British dump on King was based on incorrect or incorrectly understood information, poor...
I am just expressing my opinion based on what I've read about the period. I agree there was no consensus among the isolationists as to the best...
Ok, fair enough, we'll ignore Glenn239's fantasies and simply reason based on the historical antecedents as of May 8, 1942. The Japanese lost...
I'm not arguing that it's "impossible", in fact I've stated it's within the "realm of possibility". But I do find it "implausible", given the...
I'd rather have the Walther PPK in 9X17 (.380 ACP); The 9X18 cartridge can be a little hard to find in some areas. Not sure how easy it is to...
No, not necessarily. Just that the Balts have their reasons for their beliefs, and that yours do not necessarily trump theirs If you are asking...
Then all you would have would be a political "cheerleader", not an "isolationist President". I don't think even a charismatic figure such as a...
According to you. Well said! Same goes for me.
I read you post well enough he first time. Your attempt to inoculate your position against the obvious fact that the thoughts, I am explaining...
Yes, I agree. Jimmy Stewart was a very conservative Republican, but certainly no isolationist; he joined the AAF almost a year before Pearl...
Nevertheless, that is the opinion many citizens of the Captive Nations still hold today, and explains why they view Captive Nation citizens who...
Better read the post again, and more carefully this time, Urqh. I didn't say Soviet soldiers were scum; I said that most of the people in the...
Actually, I was quite interested in this period when I was in college, and read intensively about the "America Firsters", and the quite complex...
Well, there is a general consensus that if the Japanese were planning an invasion of Darwin, then the battle of the Coral Sea wouldn't have taken...
I can't think of a single well-known isolationist figure in 1940 who had the credentials to become a viable presidential candidate. In fact,...
