At Normandy we were well prepared it wasn,t a slap dash operation put together at short notice like in the early years and we had overwelming...
Not all german were Nazi the Nazi were Hitler and his movement but the German people fought for that movement and when you do that you tend to get...
The manner which fanatical is used for the Germans is not utter bull. When you decide you are a superior race and have the right to wipe entire...
The Para division on Crete was called 7th airbourne division with three regiments 1st,2nd,3rd. After Crete the 2nd regiment was taken from the...
I think it was a special forces group that did that raid not 1st para but from what i understand paras were part of the force you see the footage...
Yeah they fought on Crete,Sicily,Cassino right through till the end of the Italian Campaign. I think they spent some time in Russia as well.
I have to point out the Maori have the big rep but the other battalions in the division could kick arse just as well. The counter attack at...
I saw a doco and it stated that the German losses in the desert war were approx 200,000 killed,wounded,pow and the germans fighting in the desert...
As i said in an earlier post the Italians had there monents on occasions they fought hard but there overall combat record is not good and they...
The Italians had there moments were they fought hard but for the most part they didn,t amount to much they weren,t respected by the allies they...
People keep saying the Italians had inferior equipment and training and poor leadership and use that to explain there poor performance but the...
Monty wasn,t a bad general he didn,t get everything right but who does in a long hard war you are going to get things wrong sometimes. When you...
Our commanders looked at the struggle the Americans 34th division had when they put two battalions into the town so they looked for a quick fix...
Fair to say 8th army didn,t wet there pants in Crusader the men fought hard as they also did at Alamein and our guys certainly weren,t wetting...
I think Monty was naturally a cautious general but also 8th army had been bitten by Rommel more than once and that does create caution. It,s no...
I don,t know about other countries forces but our battalions in ww2 were approx 750-780 stong with four rifle companies and a headquarters company.
You mention Italians not getting credit it is the same with New Zealand most of the docos i watch on the history channel they just label us as...
He also had a high regard for the New Zealand division which he considered one of the elite of the British army we wiped one of there battalions...
I,ve got books at home that state that Montgomery considered freyberg his best divisional commander not that it really matters. The New Zealand...
I have to give our guys the 2nd New Zealand Division a mention they played a major role in Operation Crusader where Rommel had to retreat after...
