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...Marc Lynch was there and he posted his impressions on his blog. It seems that Kagan said that American forces withdrawals would starts soon but not before the national elections in Iraq sure that's ...
...e international community and there are many many ways for Israel to react including an conventional air force strike similar to the one that was done in Iraq. One should also remember that Morris is ...
...strial battle against a nonexistent Soviet enemy, and the political-military way of thinking about using force is still based on models of industrial war.' The answer to this claim on the post is ...
... it seems that if not for a very wise president a nuclear response against China might have been the air force recommendation. It shows that on the day after the Chinese began shelling the Quemoy ...
...of debate over the behavior of Israel in the context of the situation in Gaza. Claims are made as to the force that is exercised to fight off the attacks on Sederot and the area from Gaza and I though...
...ng to opress the other. When one group is majority of the people then the other groups take control by force. When the US try to democraticise thing it releases all the demons that lied beneath the ...
... . jesse grant was tying to get the hides of the cattle slaughterd for the armys food . the order didn't force anybody from their homes . in ww 2 the removal of japanese was orderd by california gov e...
...lans were canned the G/A unit was parachuted into Nazi occupied Greece, and FORGOTTEN. Soon the men were forced to live as Greek farmers by day and fight in the Greek Resistance by night. Most didn't ...
...s 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 = 2 Russian soldiers in 'combat ...
...e can see how important the eastern front was not because its fighting contribution agianst large german forces. the russian actually prevented the nuclear slaughter....
...icer, in service in the Far East during 1941... had gained knowledge of the Yamamoto plan to send a task force to attack Pearl Harbor and sent three separate messages to Washington revealing this info...
(at all these time German forces were still engaging Allied forces) PzKpW-IVF2S - first service early 1942, eastern front PzKpW-V 'Panther' - first service July 1943, eastern front PzKpW-VI 'Tiger A
...nd into the turret. On the Rhode Island, the quartermaster of the watch recorded a steadily rising wind: force 4 at the changing of the watch at 8 P.M., force 6 at midnight, and force 7 by 2 A.M. on t...
...I know that Britain and Finland were techincally at war, but was there ever any fighting between Finnish forces and non-Russian Allied forces? Jim Bailey...
... 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 emergency situations such as a sinking or a bailout. 3. Was ...
...it 'Settin Pretty'. It was in the 375th bomber squadron, 308th bombardement group of the Fourteeth Air Force....
...he nazi crusade. imagine for example the complications to, for example, catholic chaplains in the german forces, germany's relations with neutrals - how for example would spain and ireland have reacte...
Is there a counter to the argument that the importance of D-Day is over blown because 80% of the Nazi forces were committed to the Eastern front fight with Russia? http://www.counterpunch.org/dday06
Hi, I have a specific question. Today somebody told me that axis forces (Luftwaffe) did airdrop propaganda leaflets in Turkish somewhere in N-Africa and/or the Balkan. Some of these are said to be
...ts managed fairly well and the artillery was usually considered to be the best part of the army. The air force had many good pilots. The navy wasn't that bad either, even though it was no match for th...
...itary system, probably particularly the German one of WWII, military discipline becomes the main driving force/source of fear which would be sufficient to keep such people in the Army/Luftwaffe/Kreigs...
...world of difference between these two men, but they had their similarities too. Grant had a far superior force to anything Hood could boast, but they had the same Damn the bullets, Charge the enemy no...
I am interested in information on the operations and activities of non-US allied forces in the Pacific. I know they were engaged long before the US entered the war but have seen little information on
...odology, which is what I'm arguing here. For some reason, you are trying to state that the Allied bomber force was capable of precision bombing, a statement that flies directly contrary to their recor...
...against the United States and Great Britain in 1945. During March, April, and May 1945, the Soviet armed forces treated American prisoners of war liberated from German prisoner of war camps as enemy p...
...ssume the weather was too bad for an invasion? Also why couldn't Hans Luck get permission to repel the forces at Pegasus Bridge and then go on to attack the Americans on the beaches with his Panzers...
...nes Mill - sweeps the field late in the day after Hill's assaults Frayser's Farm - late attacks slowly force back the union forces Manassas - decisive attack is delivered to late to reap the fruit...
...ice, Article IV Section 2 notwithstanding. That clause was held to be an interstate compact, legally unenforceable by any higher authority. In other words, that particular clause was, in effect, a tre...
...McClellan was so close to his lines of operation at Frederick, Maryland, he would never have divided his forces to capture Harper's Ferry. In the final analysis, Harsh has some excellent ideas on Le...
...few (very few) German troops and the civilians. The msg is a request from Marshal Tito to the Balkan Air Force for bombing Zara. Something more by the eyewitnesses. After few raids, the Croats going...
...ght 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 think bot...
...briefings of aircraft seemingly in good flying condition seen heading toward Switzerland. The German Air Force also was present in some Swiss airfields. Appreciate any information on this subject....
...instance, at Opequon Creek, Sheridan drove Early off the field with 34% losses - but lost 10% of his own forces and more men. Grant beat Pemberton at Champion's Hill, inflicting 19% losses, but lost 8...
I expect petroleum products produced in Ploesti, Romania, were utilized by German forces advancing on Stalingrad etc, however... Questions: -were any petroleum products from this area transported
I've only seen this argument in one place, do you think its valid? Japan's civilian economy ran on coal, not oil. All the oil embargo did was threaten the military, especially the Navy. It did not /
...tioning toilet. 10. Among the first 'Germans' captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fi...
...ay that 'McClellan has the slows'? I think the point in contention here is that General McDowell had a force at Fredericksburg that was supposed to move south and link up with the right of the AOP. ...
...garding B-24 operations over Europe and have come across the rank of 'Flight Officer' in the US Army Air Forces. The two Flight Officers about whom I've read were both Liberator bombardiers. Can any...
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
...t was the earliest incursion of ANY kind into german occupied france or germany itself (by a squad sized force or more, not espionage agents)? What was the first paratroop deployment into the same t...
During the Civil War which U.S. Flag was mostly used by Union forces...name and the number, arrangement of stars?
...sert army from 1940-1942 all of which played a role in the > containment and then utter rout of the Axis forces at 2nd > Alamein. While the British did (eventually) have superior > numbers, that wasn'...
Does anyone know of some good books about any WW2 airforces or specific aircrews? I have read: A Wing and a Prayer Wings of Morning Angels of Death: Goerings Luftwaffe Memphis Belle The Mighty Eighth
...oncentrates on The Rock of Chickamauga and the conflict on Sept 20th, 1863 In the initial setup of the forces, Brannan (3/XIV) is encamped near Snodgrass Hill with Connell, Croxton and half of Van D...
...ificant fact: that the Potsdam declaration called for the unconditional surrender *of the Japanese armed forces*. So from the beginning of the back & forth (if we are not permitted to call them negoti...
Would anyone be able to suggest source material regarding the OOB's for the French forces garrisoning Syria in 1941? Further, could you suggest information on camouflage patterns and markings for the
...A total of 800 Soviet fighter pilots achieved more than 16 air-to-air kills. This is the heart of any airforce, a cadre of elite aces. As for tactics : The Soviet union invented the 'circle of death' ...
...r. Lincoln would have picked a fight anyway, one way or another, of course, by having the Union try to enforce U.S. federal laws, such as patents and copyrights, weights and measures, or something und...
...elping themselves to whatever food they could steal by walking into houses and taking it, so people were forced to hide their food supplies in the woods, or they'd starve. Then there were banks that u...
...secret game in Feb 41 sketching out the deep defence plan. The plan was basically to keep the frontier forces in place (as it was too late to move them), build a second 'operational' echelon 300-500...
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