Just watched a documentary (by BBC?) on pay-TV here in Aus. I suggested that Adm Gensoul badly handled the incident. Apparently his pride was...
- Yes but ..... in the western democracies it would be a hard sell to tell the soldiers and their families that they must keep fighting and dying...
This appeared in the the Irish Independent (independent.ie) great yarn but true?? you be the judge The Irish man who saved Hitler Damian...
Australians like to blame the Britis for the Singapore debacle, but some recent research has shown that in the 1930s some Australian military...
The great tragedy of Singapore was that soon many troops were handed over the less-than-tender mercies of the Japanese. They could have been...
I'm with NicNac, just did n't do it for me. Dull and bland to be honest. And that RAF guy's fake English accent got on my nerves after a while. A...
As already mentioned Au Revoir les Enfants is well worth seeing as is Lacombe Lucien (also directed by Louis Malle). Female Agents is pretty but a...
Ah the old U-boats and Irish one again. The Irish hate the British, the Germans are at war with the British - case closed. Except .... there were...
Michael - Verring slightly off topic again, if you dont want to pay heavy P&P for books sent to Australia try Free delivery worldwide on all books...
The harsh reality was that Wake could not be held once the Japanese landed. It was only a question of when, not if, surrender came. That said,...
Why pistols - cos they make you look cool and feel important. On a more serious note - it is better to separate modern use with WWII. Nowadays...
As others have already posted, British defeat due to poor leadership but I wonder if the situation could have been changed i.e. holding out...
As anyone who has been around the military knows - what you are supposed to have and what you actually have can vary greatly. TO&Es are just a...
I remember being in Crete about 20 years ago with a copy of the British official history and another book (by a New Zealand doctor who's name I...
I recently saw Female Agents (dumb title the original French Les femmes de l'ombre is much better) which despite its high powered cast was a bit...
Looking for photos of Polish officers wearing the traditional rogatywka peaked hat with British issue battle dress during the Italian campaign....
Oh the tears I have shed over photo-etch, use very, very sparingly to preserve your sanity.
Argentina- great football team, beautiful women (who can dance) and huge big steaks - it could be worse
Just for the hell of it let me play devil's advocate here 10. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of...
While the Japanese could have landed a force on Madagascar the big problem would be geography. Resupply lines would run right under the noses of...
