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... ‘our militaries are still structured to fight an industrial battle against a nonexistent Soviet enemy, and the political-military way of thinking about using force is still based on models of...
...es between the U.S. and the Axis powers during the war. Some Japanese (principally diplomats) and German enemy aliens interned in the U.S. were swapped for Americans in Axis hands. The Swedish liner '...
...ra tora tora, A Bridge Too Far, Battle of Midway, etc) So, any suggestions? thanks - David Thielen Enemy Nations...
...s, and the Ship in which we serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of the enemy; that we may be a safeguard unto the United States of America, and a security for such as...
Does anyone have any particulars or book references regarding the activities of American, British, or French multi-national companies who reportedly traded with the Germans or other Axis countries dur
...ad a far superior force to anything Hood could boast, but they had the same Damn the bullets, Charge the enemy no matter what attitude. As Hood did at Nashville etc. so did Grant at Cold Harbor etc. H...
...the Soviet armed forces treated American prisoners of war liberated from German prisoner of war camps as enemy prisoners. Reports say the Soviets refused to repatriate 23,500 American POWs and 30,000 ...
...ut is restrained by Beauregard Williamsburg - skilled holding action and withdrawal in the face of the enemy Seven Pines - his too-early start blocks a key road, delays the attack and prevents syn...
...laying the new TalonSoft wargame 'EastFront'. During play I noticed the T34/76 (M41?) typically engaging enemy tanks at ranges up to 1500 meters. It was my understanding that the T34, especially the...
...anical resourse. We have read in this NG about Albamarle and Hunley (the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship). It just struck me that the Conferderates had the same kind of Yankee Ingenuity a...
... to fight with the same handicaps that Rommel faced (Insane Commander, inadequate supplies, overwhelming enemy forces, etc), I doubt he could've had his romp through western Europe. Personally I thi...
... of sight for photographers, there are good fields of fire and no one is going to be moving close to the enemy. Another likely situation for hand-to-hand combat was at night, also a handicap to photog...
...EREFORE ***** The most effective path to decisive results was to strike at critical targets, force the enemy to defend, and if possible trap the enemy force in the target position and capture it by ...
...r tracers were hitting the target 80% of your rounds were missing. Worse yet tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a st...
...ulf of mexico. I was wondering about the Shrimp boat owners the Government worried were trading with the enemy. I don't understand. Shimp boat owners simply went to sea and U boats poped up and offerd...
... infantry (and indeed armoured and air) > fighting doctrine very different to that required against an > enemy operating in urban and rural locations in mobile > brigade and division-sized units with ...
Rob, I have read of this also, unfortunately I cannot recall a similar event(s) in WWII. However, I did read of captured RAF pilots during the early days of WWII (June 1940) being shown the cockpit of
...o the extent that it was one retarded war: 'Hey Sarge, I'm quitting next week, so I can go fight for the enemy.'...'Okay, just turn in your uniform before you go.' Just imagine that today! The fasci...
... planes to attack at first light. Lee declined, Japs got away. Spruance blamed for failimg to engage the enemy more closely,per Nelson, but defended for maintaining the aim of protecting the Saipan la...
...xis, Japan still did not have a definitive 'military' operations plan for war with its primary choice of enemy, the United States. Instead, Japan had only a very vague and broad policy in which war wi...
I've read a lot of criticism about the movie version of 'Enemy at the Gates,' but what about the book? I read the book several years ago, before I even knew they were making a movie. I was curious if
...only possible Japanese 'overt act' at Pearl Harbor was an air attack. c. It is treasonous to allow the enemy to destroy your forces so this order is explicit treason on its face. Roosevelt was a tra...
...rhead cover on a fighting position (foxhole)... It seems that this is a remarkably obvious solution to enemy air burst artillery, yet didn't seem to be employed......
...ld Harbor he needlessy sent 6,000+ men to their deaths needlessly against a smaller, but well entrenched enemy (Cold Harbor was the model for the trench warfare of WW1 & beyond). Why endure such a mas...
...he sign remembering the battle near the chowan river bridge , states the the albemarle did battle with ' enemy ' ships. i always laughed at that....
...read references to retreating artillerymen 'spiking' their fieldpieces before allowing them to fall into enemy hands. I understand that this has something to do with driving a nail into the fuse hol...
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
...s has been mentioned before. How about: *I don't want you to die for your country, hell, I want the damn enemy to die for HIS country!* Or something like that. I think I heard it in a wwii movie. (Pat...
...ver, was the obvious candidate for fighter-on-fighter engagements. With fleeting opportunities with your enemy in your sights, the advantages of faster-firing machine guns would be obvious. Indeed, ma...
...nder arrest or under observation. Except, of course, they did have the time to check the other 246,000 enemy aliens resident in the Western Defense Command. Given that General DeWitt, commander of...
...onally, I was taught what turns out to be a pretty accurate view of the participation of both allies and enemy in the Big One. I retired as a professional soldier, as did my father, who was a WWII vet...
... did actually have a siren, named 'horn of Jericho', with the specific purpose to scare the soul off the enemy... which one is true? Third (and last): I read that Stukas'pilots were very hated by the ...
...ion “within the military lines and the immediate scene of important military operations against an enemy then in arms against the government.” Since Mary Lee failed to appear to pay the ta...
...se that it favoured the Allies. Myself, I think that the aim of war is to inflict the most damage to the enemy's forces at the least cost. Bombing did not do this. : It is easy to criticize the poli...
...trategy and I have not been able to focus on exactly how blitzkrieg was executed. It would depend on the enemy defenses but isn't be best defense a good offense? If the germans are 'punching' holes in...
... Army of the Potomac could have been put into the trenches and safely advanced to within ear-shot of the enemy, and then set to swearing at their level worst, the Rebels would have either surrendered ...
... aircraft were engaged that day attacking the Japanese landing force and the barges coming up the river. Enemy paratroops landed near Command HQ at P1 who signalled they were closing down and that we ...
... Now realistically in war, the value of one's fellow countryman is eminantly greater than that of one's enemy. Otherwise how could anyone gather millions of men together to kill each other off? The c...
In Guy Gibson's book 'Enemy Coast Ahead' he mentions that 5 group of RAF Bomber Command sent about 50 Hampton bombers into the air over Coventry the night of the attack with orders to shoot at anythin
...k destroyer that was fielded by several WW2 armies ? If it was supposed to be a specialised destroyer of enemy armour, like its name implies, why didn't the various armies simply build better tanks ? ...
...uestion, was to project power forward, FASTER, to protect US possessions and installations closer to the enemy. At the *percieved* point of vunerability. FWIW, in a series of Emails, the original post...
...ere is the quiz: 1) In the first instance of U.S. forces engaging in tank vs. tank combat, who was the enemy? 2) When and where did it occur, and what units were involved? Two questions, because...
...e' on top of the control stick. It is actually a round circle, not a half circle. 8. He claims to have 4 enemy kills credited to him and thinks it should have been 6. I find zero evidence of him even ...
... trucks how did the troops follow closely behing the armoured thrusts? I know that they grabbed/captured enemy vehicles but this couldn't have been much. What gives? This was the wrong week to give up...
...n bombing Warsaw into rubble? In a war, when you win the border battles, you don’t stop and give the enemy the chance to rest and refit. You continue your advance as far as possible and try to des...
...sse veteran explained that the yell was 'impossible unless made at a dead run in full charge against the enemy.' Not only could it not be givin in cold blood while standing still; it was 'worse than f...
...rt killing each other, commit crimes against friendly civilians or simply run away when encountering the enemy ? Who knows what a person who has lost self-control will do ? Honestly - if you have to...
...about the German army akin to Michael Doubler's analysis of U.S. army field tactics in 'Closing With the Enemy' would be greatly appreciated. - Paul...
What did countries do to their enemy's embassies durring WW2. I'm particuarly interested in the German, Japanese and Italian embassies in London, Washington and Mosscow; and the British, American and
...r Fort Donelson. This was all very traditional, there would be extended parlies, and then the defeated enemy would march out and stack arms, and every one would shake hands. But the Union general ...
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