Catch-22 has always struck me as intended more as a comic novel set in a war than a war novel (though I have more personal experience of comedy...
Best I can think of is that the initial DB is D Battery But I'm just making that up
We shouldn't support Ukraine now because of what some of their grandparents did? So if Soviet tanks had rolled into West Germany in the 1980s...
It is a very commonly-seen statement. Personally I do wonder. Obviously the Nazi leadership played up the propaganda aspect of this to keep their...
I'll just drop this in http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/Lancaster/Lancaster_I_III_ADS.jpg Presumably that is IAS Looking through other...
Julius divided Gaul into three parts... he probably used a pair of Ceasars... I'll get my coat too
I'm watching it now (Graham Norton) To my ear Mr Hanks in his American accent does say it very like Auto. The first O is very stretched, like...
It varied a fair bit depending on the nation and the stage of the war. For a brief overview of the RAF: WW2 Pilots | RAF Training | RAF Aircrew...
Biak has given us the gen - Aqaba and he gave a handy link Tank Reef at Aqaba - Tank Encyclopedia
Just to point out, those reef tanks are British Chieftains, not a Soviet design
I be I believe vardham is a spammer, there is a link beneath his quote The story about 13 ditchings reminds me of a character in Catch 22 (Orr?)...
Thank you for the correction. I had read 155 somewhere (cannot now remember where!) but I can't argue with the briefing notes! For comparison, a...
Back on the sadly lost TGPlanes we had long debates around this. The general consensus was that the step up from .303 to .5 defensive mgs was...
Aww sadness
Interseting article. I am much taken with the mystery Chinese tank: [IMG]
A double tradegy. 6 livesand 2 beautiful aircraft lost.
I'd love to see some of Maskelyne's work, the stories of what he did sound amazing, and really make me wonder how they were done
My friends and I tended to cook what we referred to as a 'mince thing' Basically chop an onion, fry it until golden, add mince (any meat, doesn't...
My wife's Grandfather was in the Navy, he once told me about HMS Centurion being filled with cork shavings to make her harder to sink. No idea how...
It's always one of those discussions - why on earth did the USSR contribute so heavily to an overtly hostile Germany? Now obviously in 1922 it...
