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...ack 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 near WWI ...
The quantity of typed documents coming out of each Company and Battalion and every other unit all the way up was really a lot
...nd. 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 any case...
I'm looking for USMC maps of the area behind the #2 (Motoyama #2) airfield on Iwo Jima. Particularly Hills Peter, Oboe and 382. Also the 'Amphitheater' and 'Turkey Knob'. Perhaps some insight on how t
...ed to help the average soldat. So I did some arithmetic and came up with the following: The giant gun in field action weights 2,976,750 lbs. The standard infantry division 105mm field gun (le FH 18 10...
...lf clubs, and using roller skates for transportation. I've also heard that Pattern '14 and Pattern '17 Enfield rifles (.303 and .30-06, respectively) were issued at some point. These anecdote make me ...
... in Chicago?)American Experience will have a show on John Brown. Maybe we'll all learn some more. n canfield...
...ng there was no racism in the North. There's a difference between racism and slavery, you know. n canfield...
..., first-class boy. Thomas Joice, first-class fireman. Robert Williams, first-class fireman. George Littlefield, coal heaver. 'O Eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the ...
...eatures 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 the Ger...
...tty 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 in the n...
...t on the Civil War. It will be out during the first week of November. The book is called, 'Ghosts of the Field.' I would like to get your opinion on it before it comes out. I made a website for it tha...
Hi I just moved into new home built 2 miles south of Middleway WV. It's on 4 acres and is located next to a foundation of a very old farm house. After all this rain, I have been finding miniballs in
...early start blocks a key road, delays the attack and prevents synchronization Gaines Mill - sweeps the field late in the day after Hill's assaults Frayser's Farm - late attacks slowly force back t...
... 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 found only...
...m working on a single Michigan company [K of 1st Sharpshooters] and it is clear from comparing musters & field reports with other records that soldiers entering the hospital system are poorly tracked ...
...imited. This follows logically, because where there are lines 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 fo...
...flying condition seen heading toward Switzerland. The German Air Force also was present in some Swiss airfields. Appreciate any information on this subject....
...ational. So it's summer of 1862 and the battery already knows better than to abandon its own guns on the field in working order. My question is, exactly what would an artillery crew use to spike its...
...ifle era (1700-1900, or thereabouts), there were very few if any _decisive_ victories over armies in the field. Decisive, in the sense that the defeated army was destroyed, or lost over 50% of its s...
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
...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 good fo...
...article on the use of media during WW II and of course would like to include this matter too. Juan Mansfield...
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
I have read Field Marshal Mannerheim's autobiography and found it very interesting but rather dry or reticent. I am intrigued by what he did not write about, namely his family. He mentions his wife an
I'm looking to buy a repro 1861 Springfield and I'm looking for a good quality piece. Can some of you point me to some resources? Thanks.
...umbers. It could then be picked up by fellow fighters. Soviets were pioneers in the creation of dummy airfields, one of which in the Kuban was bombed seven times. numerous air units were 854 aircraft....
... they repeated in the large. I don't see people trained to be aggresive and resourceful walking across fields in a skirmish line. I don't see them not posting guards or not sending out scouts to fin...
This may not be the thread you expect, based on the subject... I have a question of battlefield etiquette based on something that happened recently to me during which I believe I committed a faux pa
...y officers who do random killings of their own. In addition, the Kempeitai was far more pervasive in its field of operations than the Soviet Union. The Russians are just compliant. The Japanese were p...
...listings.com/Wargames/SPWW2/WWI/Atlantis%20WW2%20Table... Atlantean Leg infantry Bn 1908 HQ Recce Plt. Field Arty Battery 3 Rifle Companies 3 Rifle Platoons MG Platoon Atlantean Leg Infantry Bn ...
...e TBF was completed there were only three serviceable TBD's left. They were all parked together at a air field in Hawaii and someone noticed that each was the number '7' aircraft in their respective s...
...ership of Gen. Sheridan during the Civil War. Actually, how really good of a general was he on the battlefield?...
...bad armies assign expediters to follow their shipments, in 1st Army the Ordnance officer had 100 such ^Ófield agents^Ô acting to ensure his shipments arrived, such practice would continue until at l...
... Reorganize this attacking group once the attack had gone home (a difficult task on many Civil War battlefields, and Chickamauga in particular); * Recognize the opportunity to exploit an advantage / o...
...and suffered many fewer war dead. Having said that, it certainly was a joke in WWII that Italy had not fielded one of the great armies of all time. I seem to recall a Reader's Digest anecdote which ...
...vely secure. Jay 'Life. Hate it or loath it, you can't ignore it'. Remove the * from the 'reply to:' field when replying by e-mail....
...a very young officer, entirely inexperienced in [garrison defense]'. Major Bradford just didn't have the field experience to effectively command a strategic defensive position. General Hurlbut had sen...
Does anybody know a source of diagrams of fieldworks and entrenchments in WWII ? I'm looking for stuff like MG and mortar pits, Pakstellungen etc ...
...ust as well. At the time, the Japanese-American 100/442nd was in Italy but one of its units, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, had been detached from the 442d and re-assigned to a division in the...
Hello, What was the process of supplying artillery during a heated engagement? Were the caissons actually sent further back behind the lines or were shells brought foward and offloaded? How far back f
...rs move from the center of the flag's sides to a same color circle enclosing a black swastika on a white field placed in the center of the flag. An iron cross (black) sits in the upper right corner. ...
...was liberated by the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade and occupated by british troops (Royal Engineers). Airfields of the 2nd Tactical AIr Force were on the area (B14: Amblie 661 squadron RAF, AIr stagii...
Numerous times, in my reading, I've read references to retreating artillerymen 'spiking' their fieldpieces before allowing them to fall into enemy hands. I understand that this has something to do w
...shooter for years and of course have to deal with the sometimes inconvenient cleaning chores. Out in the field it only becomes more inconvenient. What methods were used by Civil War souldiers?, specif...
...ntion to as authentic and accurate as feasible before ever setting foot in a school or on the reenacting field. I would greatly appreciate any information about uniforms, equipment, or books that wo...
...They do so because he made mistakes. Many mistakes. He was an exceptional general, but no general on the field is perfect. If you are willing to turn a blind eye to Lee's imperfections I doubt you wil...
...f the European frontiers.' 'He disregards accepted tactical principles but sticks to the letter of his field manuals. Perhaps the key to this attitude lies in the fact that the Russian is not a conc...
...s President to preserve the Union,and warned it that the seceded states could not win a war on the battlefield. . He also forgave the so called newly formed Confederate States of America for seizing...
...earl Harbor. Since they didn't target their secondary targets after they crippled the battleships and airfields, does that mean 'not much was done'? I've already read it. I suggest you read it again...
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