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...hese very respectful people. We thinks they understand much more than we do on issues of war, strategies, combat, anti-terrorism etc. If they say the army is not prepared for something we listen, i...
Did the US Marines make any combat jumps during World War II?
...fically in this case the 'Ardennes Campaign Simulation Data Base' . This allowed a true 'boiling down' of combat performance by different forces, and gives the following values 1 German = 1.2 American...
... a few questions relating to rare Sov tank variants I've seen as pictures in books, but never heard of in combat. The first are two T-34 variants, the OT-34 flamethrower tank and the PT-34 mineroller ...
IMHO a 'best of' should have engaged in combat so forget about the Centurian, M26 and JS-3. Furthermore, the best of category should be date specific. Otherwise, you lose all the bests of particular
...se? I'm guessing the rations would be mainly for those in the Marines and the Army while on patrols or in combat while the Navy ate on their ships and the Air Force ate at their bases,except in emerge...
How many flying hours did the average Luftwaffe fighter pilot have before he went into combat? Any data available? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my
...markings (the only ones I've seen are modified deaths heads), but were there any other common marking for combat vehicles ?...
...s it not, so many of these soldiers also had lofty ideals (which likely vanished in the first exposure to combat). I wouldn't condemn them, despite the fact they were part of a very horrible system. O...
...d up and treated worse than 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 de...
...'Employment of Negro Troops' by U. L. Lee. Your 'impression' that they were 'shielded to some degree from combat' is an understatement of tremendous magnitude. Combat troops in the United States Army ...
...ike to another (on the other side), and send a challenge - maybe a notice dropped on the airbase. The two combatants would then have a one-on-one dogfight to solve the matter.(this may all be a myth a...
...He joined one of the foreign divs. of the SS when only sixteen. Very soon he was fighting in hand to hand combat on the Eastern Front. He was a very brave youth, a good man who probably thought he was...
I am trying to find out what medals are authorized for a WWII combat European Theatre Vet. I am getting these for my grandfather for christmas, I know he has the purple heart and CIB. I need to know t
First, there is very little 'footage' of any _close_ _range_ combat. Second, hand to hand combat was most likely in close terrain (woods, built-up areas, etc) where lines of sight were limited. This
...here the more serious scholar will see the forum as a serious place of information, instead of an ongoing combat between Southern and Northern sympathizers. *****************************************...
I was wondering how many Tiger tanks would the US forces (not the British and Canadians) have faced in combat (not just knocked out due to air action) from June 6th to September 1944 ? US soldiers fac
...I but I don't recall why the USSR has such a disproportionate number of casualties when compared to other combatants, both Allied and Axis. Thanks for any light you can shed....
...don't think this was the reason men were thus posted, but of course it worked out that way. Most American combat pilots served a year or a fixed number of missions, say 25 for heavy bombers over Europ...
... act together and exploit opportunities as they arose. Exploiting opportunities is everything in infantry combat. Slim threw the basic doctrine overboard and therefor he managed to get a fighting fo...
Just saw a very brief review of a new book called 'The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War,' by Brent Nosworthy, published by Carroll & Graf. The review
...sion, but only two Regiments. On the inconsistency in the OOB. This Table of Organisation reflects only combat units, and the 'book' strength of units. In war, the only consistency is inconsistency ...
...up by air supply a lack of diesel or of standard fuel could not, the armies wanted too much. Then add the combat troops contributions, since they had not been trained in pursuit in making incorrect re...
...ugh ignorance or inexperience, subjected his command to certain annihilation and the unnecessary death of combatants on both sides. Major Bradford was described by his own superior officer, Major Gene...
...-Americans have entered the act with spokespersons claiming that it was a unit of the 100/442d Regimental Combat Team which 'liberated Dachau.' In 1991, in advance of the Pearl Harbor 50th Anniversary...
Yes, I've read that the 'Geronimo' shout was real, and even had a few variations. Following their combat introduction in Sicily, some U.S. airborne troops amended the cry to something like 'Umbrugio!'
In the film 'Enemy At The Gates' (or something like that) it show Russian troops being sent to combat without a rifle. Did this really
Hi there everybody, I have a question. I know the 82nd made combat jumps over Sicily, Normandy, and Holland but did the 82nd make any other combat jumps during World War II? Thanks for your help i
...ttached to the 93d infantry Division in Jan 1945. He is desirous of obtaining information regarding the combat operations of the 473d Infantry, in particular he would like to obtain the documentatio...
... and inland towns dotted throughout the UK. Capturing German parachutists, relieving regular troops in noncombatant duties and numerous other duties. I suppose what I'm asking is what type of action w...
...at if any battles were fought in the mountains of Europe ? anything at all above tree line ? who were the combatants ? how did they fare ? and how did they cope with the problems of supply and caring ...
... Adolf Galland. Although his score barely topped 100, but he flew almost totally against the RAF, and his combat time was cut short after his promotion to a post in Command....
...t as to its realism. Perhaps this is too open-ended a question, but I am curious as to the realism of the combat and relationships built...
...ks about Pearl Harbor, and a common theme keeps popping up... That the Japanese had Petty Officers flying combat aircraft... Someone told me that the US Army Air Corps started out with many Enlisted...
Hi, I am looking for some details on the way someone died in combat in June 1940 in France. Is there any database, organisation, association from which I could find this? The person was Pierre Fanci
...ary history I have identified what I believe is the first instance of US forces engaging in tank vs. tank combat. No where have I seen this clash identified as 'the first'. Rather, in years of readi...
... Marines in the Pacific (Iwo Jima and all that), and he kept a diary of his experiences. When he wasnt in combat, he worked as an assistant to an officer and had access to a typewriter, so it is a big...
figthers ......Two groups there, IIRC.....They saw a little combat, after all there were a couple or three P-38s of the CBI.'< The WWII, Army Air Force's 33d Group, now known as a USAF Wing, is stil
...onsidered to be a 'Mode' of transportation much like a truck, Jeep or tank, the men could be ordered into combat via the Glider. More Ramblings about the Glider Riders to come! Gary Corbin...
...t interested me was that he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for piloting a B-29 in the longest combat mission of wwii. It saysthe plane had fuel tanks in the plane's bomb bays and went for ...
...try Battalion (circa February 1943)... Another consideration was the belief that an all Japanese American combat unit would assist in allaying much of the suspicion and hostility that prevailed throug...
I once saw a picture of a French sub that had a gun turret with two guns. Did it ever go into combat? How effective was it?. ps:do not comment about my sig.
Hmm, not sure I've seen it documented, but think it was touched on in Ienaga's _The Pacific War 1931-1945_ Long story short: 'The beatings will continue until morale improves' The IJA training met
...s anyone know where I can get production statistics for weapons, ships, planes, tanks etc for the various combatants before and during the war? I would also be interested in factories and raw material...
Did Japanese airborne troops make any combat drops during WW2? John Dupre'
...oning behind these different choices? Never having handled a weapon like that, and never having been in combat, I can only guess at what I'd want, but I kind of think that if I had to fight I'd want...
....When I rented the video I thought it was a defect. However I heard somewhere that there was very limited combat photography of the Normandy Invasion, and what little survived was over-exposed. Is Spi...
...ficiency of the military and purely egoistic reasons. 1. Morality Deliberately targeting civilian non-combatants is in violation of any standard in Western civilisation for what's 'good' and very ...
...as can be expected with fifty-four year old memories. Dad served in the 75th Infantry Division and was in combat from Christmas 1944 until the surrender of Nazi Germany. They fought in the following...
Can someone give me some info on the invasion of Sicily, near the area of Scoglitti on the 10th of June or July? I believe the 2829th Comabt Engineers were involved, but I need info if the 45th Engine
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