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...it is easier to remember the commanders of the armies and those generals that led a critical or important battle even if their rank is relatively low.
i wonder which of the current generals is remem...
... such as Poland and Georgia adapt to a reality when they are all grown up and supposed to fight their own battles or at least be part of this fight? Hard to say but it is a very important step in crea...
...elieve the bodies of up to 400 soldiers remain in unmarked graves in northern France near the site of the Battle of Fromelles. It is the largest discovery of its kind and the Australian, British, Fren...
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Is the old industrial war over?
‘our militaries are still structured to fight an industrial battle against a nonexistent Soviet enemy, and the political-military way of thinking about us...
...ular.
It is just that if we survey the history of war not just in regards to the way that this or that battle was conducted but take a wider look on the context of the war, the reasons, the legitim...
...on my lack of specific knowledge here but I have been curious about something.
What happened to the WWI battlefields in France and Belgium during the WWII years. Were there any WWII battles on or ne...
The quantity of typed documents coming out of each Company and Battalion and every other unit all the way up was really a lot
...me to mind. I presume that there would have been a great deal of unexploded shells etc. left behind on CW battle fields so was there an official clean-up operation mounted to remove these? Were there ...
...uced the weapon after witnessing the inferiority of russian rifle against german submachinegun during the battle. well..i read a book called Secret Weapons in WW2 not long time ago. i found some thing...
...table. [Britain confirmed German radar in 1937 when] a sharp analyst noticed some strange antennae on the battleship GRAF SPEE operating in the Spanish civil war. [The antennas were] later determined ...
...g an episode of 'The World At War' on the History Channel this evening, and the segment was on the desert battle between the Desert Army (later the British 8th Army) and the German Afrika Korps.
The...
...nts, The Bridge at Remagen, Day of Imfamy, Pegasus Bridge, etc; movies: tora tora tora, A Bridge Too Far, Battle of Midway, etc)
So, any suggestions?
thanks
- David Thielen Enemy Nations...
I am trying to find out about my uncle Gunner Gordan Bennett who was killed during the Monte Cassino battle. This is all the info I have. please contact: sbee7...@aol.com ex RA 1973-87 s bennett
...Russian soldiers in 'combat effectiveness' (the figures gained from detailed information on the course of battles). I wondered if this program was available to home users for their own analyses of com...
In the eighties, I saw a review of a book about the battle between the German auxiliary cruiser 'Kormoran' and HMAS 'Sydney'. The 'Sydney' was last seen drifting away, on fire, and no trace of her, or
...difficulty learning what sorts of weapons they were armed with, particularly during and shortly after the Battle of Britain. Basically, I'm wondering what sort of weapons the Home Guard would have use...
I know some sites about the Battle of Arnhem. which took place in 1944, but I would like to receive suggestions.
Thanks,
Peter Krans
I have heard that many large battles on the eastern front killed more germans and russians then total combined losses of america and england. was the west front merely a costly diversion for the germa
...t of them.
But imagine what it was like to have to pick up the broken bodies day in day out after every battle. Bury the dead in makeshift graves only to dig them up again to bury them in official m...
...e two features alone made it better than anything the Allies had because it was easier to coordinate on a battlefield.
Now, the Soviets are reputed to have disputed that the Panzer III was the best ...
... China to put thier own textile factories out of business, meaning that when their bank went broke on the battleship race no new money went into the bank from exports after WW1 so British industry was...
...you pretty much have to expect to spend time in Washington DC and the surrounding areas. Just about every battlefield in the eastern theater is within a two hour drive of DC, ranging from Gettysburg i...
...o war, and he B-24 was almost a war baby. The B-17 was the tougher construction, ergo, would sustain more battle damage....
...ained 259 divisions and brigades on the Soviet-German front...'
Are these numbers accurate?
Is it the battle of Stalingrad that was the turning point in WWII? I dont like the idea, but should the ...
...ened on this date?
The Graf Spee was scuttled off Montevideo, on orders from Germany.
After a running battle with 3 cruisers, the Graf Spee ('pocket battleship', actually a raiding cruiser) went t...
Hi, Seeking leads on source material for OOB on both sides, preferably with weapons info as well, any ideas appreciated.
Anyone know any good battle tactics that were used in the Civil War?
... the German POWs taken by the Soviets. During April 1945, the Soviet frontline combat forces were using a battlecry indicating they were on their way to England after the defeat of Germany. Also, the ...
...claimed that the American Revolution was America's bloodiest war. (He also claimed that all the important battles of the war were fought in the South, but...)
Obviously the raw numbers of the ARW do...
...ometimes clumsy.
Here is my brief synopsis:
Bull Run - positioned on the right and away from the main battle, he attempts pursuit but is restrained by Beauregard
Williamsburg - skilled holding a...
...ooking around (mostly on the Web) for info on where his unit went during their months in Europe, and what battles they fought in. Does anyone here have any info that could help me?
Thank you very mu...
... kind of what if? book in which Lee gives just the right orders at the right times for the ANV to win the battle of Gettysburg. First of a trilogy, we're told. I wrote a review of it myself already, w...
...ne have an idea concerning why there is no monument to the Iron Brigade at Antietam? I was looking over a battlefield map and could find no monument to any of the individual Wisconsin regiments. I fou...
... from 100 (Alan Deere, 1940) to 225 (Johnny Johnson, 1944). Len Deighton's Fighter: the true story of the Battle of Britain (1979) also discusses this. He thought Luftwaffe pilots got more and better ...
Hi. I'm doing research and need some help. Looking for really minor battles where only a small amount of casualties took place. The battles need to take place in a Southern state...and the Union is th
... USAAF or USAF histories. There has always been a stigma attached to this story. Some references of after battle briefings of aircraft seemingly in good flying condition seen heading toward Switzerlan...
Anyone have some good links for information and research purposes on the Battle of Harpers Ferry, and Stonewall's capture of the union troops? Am doing detailed research for a possible book, any help
...the sense that the defeated army was destroyed, or lost over 50% of its strength. In the vast majority of battles, defeated armies lost no more than 20%, and 30% was extraordinary.
The Civil War was...
I would love to tour some battlefields on horseback (anywhere). Can anyone advise if this would be possible? Are their local stables that offer this service? Or, for all I know, horses might not be al
...that T.J. 'Stonewall' Jackson was killed by friedly fire and there were instances of friendly fire on the battlefield at first Manassas, because uniforms had not become standardized.
Can any of you ...
I am trying to find out about American units participating in the battle for Salerno, which I guess was part of Operation Avalanche. I'm a clueless newbie so forgive my ignorance. Would someone who kn
I was watching a tape today of a Battlefield tour at Gettysburg discussing Pickett's Charge. During the talk, the Ranger mentioned a story that went something like this.
A Confederate skirmisher nea
... from Norway who has worked as a guide at the land mounted 28 cm tripple stern gun turret from the german battleship Gneisenau. I've gathered about 500 pages of information about the subject and poses...
...al aspects of the US Civil War.
Discussion might include, but are certainly not limited to:
*Specific battles *Slavery as it relates to the Civil War *Causes of the Civil War *The concepts of Stat...
... his previous victories? I can't think of a single example.
More generally, can anyone think of a major battle anywhere in the War that was won mainly through the use of artillery bombardment?...
...at.
> Slim was an exceptional general, but he fought a very > different war than that fought in Europe. Battles against > the Japanese in Burma usually consisted of fighting > fanatically tenacious ...
...llows:
Year: 5 Prehistory, Cavemen, etc. 6 Romans, Roman Britain in particular. 7 The fall of Rome, The Battle of Hastings and the feudal system which arose in its aftermath, The Black Death, The Pe...
...ars to be an error in a Chickamauga wargame (board game) simulation that I own.
The game re-creates the Battle of Chickamauga and has a scenario for new players that assumes the 1st day's battle is ...
...fighting each other. Are there any recorded thoughts from soldier's journals, etc?
What about any other battles in other states- were there any cease-fires?...
...th 50+ victories (Kozhedub, Pokryshkin, Rechkalov, Gulaev, Vorozheykin, Yevstigneyev, Glinka, Klubov). In battles over Kuban - a time period of only 2 months - eleven Soviet fighter pilots achieved mo...
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