Evidence and sources for the claim for Patton's preferred tactics?
Thanks. Looking at fM100-5 It seems that commanders were expected to make one or two thrusts as a major axis and one or two others as minor or...
I was not thinking of the post break out dilemma. I was more interested in the broad push along the line adopted by Mark Clark in 1st Cassino and...
What was the doctrinal thinking behind the US Preference for continuous assaults on a broad front? One of the big differences between US and...
Going back to the original post. This was a US tank destroyer. The sights for an M10 Tank Destroyer included a Telescope M 51 , a Gunner's...
You might find this unit history of the 919th FAB 91501 useful it explains how the Battalion operated as part of the 359th Regimental Combat Team..
It is true that different weapons have different sounds. There was/is an "incoming fire " range at Lydd Ranges. You listen to small arms fire...
In his "Notes on High Command in War" dated September 1943 Bernard Montgomery starts with... "Use of Airpower" 1. Any officer who aspires to...
The last time I did any C20th tabletop gaming was in 1981 with a brother officer. By then we had "played" the British Army's Brigade and...
Some thoughtds. #1 Wargaming is a compromise between historic accuracyy and fun. Fun has to win, otherwise no one plays. #2 For historic...
The plans to advance on Vienna via the Ljubljana Gap was created by HQ 15th Army on the Summer 1944. Generals are appointed to take aggressive...
The allies did not make a rational decision to undertake the Italian Campaign. There was a collective decision by the Combined Chiefs of Staff at...
Not as bad as Montgomery. On one occasion he tried to make small talk with American soldiers and asked whether they were from the north or south...
McKee's Caen - Anvil of Victory was published in 1966. It was quite modern in its use of testimony. The Imperial War Museum holds two...
# You need to get his Service Rwcord, which will be released to Next of kin - and grandchild may be good enough. Are any of his children still...
According to Wikipedia the 7.5 cm KwK 42, mounted in the Panther was also designated the 7.5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 42" (7.5 cm Pak 42) anti-tank...
The Huetgen Forest was some way to the north of the main concentration areas for the Autumn Mist ardennes offensive.
A few years ago I met one of Pring's fellow Highland Gunners in the hospital bed next to my late father in law in the Northern General in...
Looks like a firing range with posts in front of each individual firing point.
Here are some I made earlier... in 2017 [ATTACH] Pre-tour - Churchill's London [ATTACH] James Holland in full flow mid channel [ATTACH]...
