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...#039;t honestly think that an untrained mob of civilian gun owners would deter any nation from attacking a country,let alone the Japanese of that time.
In all liklihood the armed civilians would ha...
...ay.
So of course when the Italians attacked in 1940, they ran into fortified elite troops who knew the country well while they couldn't deploy to bring their numbers to bear, and the massed t...
...n' Tommy that, an' 'Chuck him out, the brute!' But it's 'Saviour of 'is country' when the guns begin to shoot; *************************************************...
... cause of the allies - which is why so many signed up - but the events of 1916-1926 were too fresh for the country to be other than 'neutral'.
It would be interesting to know more about ...
...concerned about a possible communist takeover in Greece, and supplied a great deal of military aid to that country after World War II. I have heard of Operation Torch, among others, where military pla...
1. Each country had several separate intelligence services: e.g. Britain had RAF intelligence, Admiralty intelligence, domestic anti-espionage (MI5), foreign espionage and code- breaking (SIS), and so...
...r got past the senate. Wilson was ahead of his time in this respect, but America was still an isolationist country that didn't want to fight foreign wars. So my guess is that it effectively died ...
...who worked at their normal jobs by day but were also part time soldiers)in I believe the South West of the country,who all being horse owners used to conduct cavalry patrols along the coast as a defen...
...e atomic bomb in World War II and did not have to get labeled with the associated stigma of being the only country in the world to drop an atomic weapon during hostilities. Conventional bombing would ...
...e since we have more tanks, planes etc. But it did. France surrendered. Well Poland never surrendered as a country and open cities concept was always alien to us. France has discrased itself in WWII a...
...n' Tommy that, an' 'Chuck him out, the brute!' But it's 'Saviour of 'is country' when the guns begin to shoot; ********************************************...
...hiskey in the office every day.
Amazing he got to 80 !
He was born in Shropshire and was in the West Country which explains the connection with Plymouth.
Anyway my contact details are below:-...
...to use it to understand exactly what this term 'Lebensraum' means.
It seems to me that for a country to simply say that it needs more 'space' is quite ludicrous. I think it...
...n a 'collective' grave with Americans, you could find yourself in the USA. If they died in their country of origin, the NOK had a say in the disposition of remains.
I was curious as to w...
...942. There is nothing to it.
Any man of sense in Washington at the end of November 1941 knew that this country was going to be at war with Japan within six months, and Roosevelt of course was a ma...
...penheimer and Teller. Any idea at that time to develop a separate weapon would have been utter folly - the country did not have the resources and the bomb was wanted urgently - the British were afraid...
... care today. I attribute the lack of interest to the 'green revolution' and the ability of every country to feed itself.
GFH
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...es that belief jibe with the unargued facts relating to the conquest of Poland, i.e. the subjugationof the country, the labor camps, the murdering ...
...t workers to the draft, yet mail volume skyrocketed due to writing to servicemen, people moving across the country to take defense jobs, and the growth of war industry. Remember, back then Long Distan...
...isionist historian who is espousing the German cause while looking down on the Soviets for defending their country. What kind of impression of the war do you think this would give a high school or you...
They did not produce large numbers of the feared Tiger tank. About 1500 total. And the Tiger has some definite disadvantages when compared to the Tiger. The Sherman was far more reliable and cheaper t...
...ldier' : was just another civilian who, probably against his will, was 'drafted' : into his country's armed services. When it gets down into, isn't : 'drafting' in r...
... to mount an economical albeit ultimately unsuccessful defense against Bradley's forces in the bocage country behind the US beaches in Normandy. But in both instances, the Nazis were forced to gi...
Someone made in this NG very interesting comparison about Chile's Pinochett to the Finnish war marshall Mannerheim.
I couldn't find the post from the mass anymore, so I'm hoping her...
...e of any real doctrinal emphasis on turretless weapon platforms.
With the exception of the Soviets, no country in 1941 had a tank with a high velocity gun over 60mm fielded on a tank. The mainstay...
Hyperbole? Hardly. Planning goal? It all depends upon what you mean by the term. World conquest has been a multi-generation goal for Japan's leadership. Yet, Japanese military operations plans we...
As far as I know Nimitz did not predict an attack. It is improbable that he was going to be sent to the Pacific command before the attack. When he was sent he was promoted over the heads of dozens of ...
as for the real question, noone knows. It's hard to understand the works of a sick brain. And Hitler was certainly sick, if not by nature at least by evolution.
AS for the possible answers...w...
the >war for his acts) <<stuff deleted>>
As far as I know, there was a line of defence through the middle of France and many units were transported from Dunkirk and the Belgian beac...
part by part:
Guest wrote:
What I can't understand is why the USA insisted on an unconditional surrender by Japan.
it was a joint demand coming from all the allies, including the Soviet ...
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