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...in France and Belgium during the WWII years. Were there any WWII battles on or near WWI sites? How did the Germans treat these places? Are there WWI areas of battle that did not survive WWII?...
couple weeks ago there was a big gun show in South Africa. they invited the guy who invented the famous AK-47 assult rifle to the show. according to the soviet legend, this guy (i forget his his name,
...ssa) was announced? That is, what I am interested in is how (and when) was the announcement made to the Germans and the world? Was this billed as a defensive strike, response to provocation, or bla...
... and wide spread the French resistance was, and to what extent the French population collaborated with the Germans. (We're also interested in what capability the French had to continue fighting the Ge...
what was it for, holding granades ?
I have heard that many large battles on the eastern front killed more germans and russians then total combined losses of america and england. was the west front merely a costly diversion for the germa
...t as the tank that was on top for the longest period. For the period from the start of the war until the Germans invaded the USSR, the Panzer III was probably the best all-around tank available. It ...
...n of a corrective agent, ethylene dibromide, both these materials will be considered simultaneously. The Germans made an aviation ethyl fluid of the same composition as that made by the United State...
...ing the activities of American, British, or French multi-national companies who reportedly traded with the Germans or other Axis countries during WW2? I have read, many years ago, reports that Alcoa...
...ocial reasons, nor after for more social reasons and during WW2 did get the mine/factory going to beat the Germans but they didn't have the necessary bank part, so post-war they faked it till exposed ...
... career appears in Ewen Montagu's _Beyond Top Secret ULTRA_. When Chapman was first sent to Britain by the Germans, he was landed by parachute, and promptly turned himself in to the first policeman he...
Can anyone give me information what happend to the germans POW after WW2, both in the west as well as in russia. How many was taken by the US, Russian etc. How long there were POWs How many that died
...ommitted to the Eastern front fight with Russia? http://www.counterpunch.org/dday06042004.html '...The Germans had diverted only 60 divisions on the Western front, while the Hitler command maintai...
...worried at all about the 'secrets' of their weapons being discovered by the Soviets? Was the defeat of the Germans deemed more important than any potential weaknesses/strengths that might be discovere...
...rk which might give some more detail on those troops from occupied and other countries who served with the Germans. I know Wiking, an SS Panzer Grenadier, later Panzer division was full of Dutch (now ...
...ion against the Lutherans broke out to destroy the resistance. Hitler had a sound belief on Germany and on Germans. The German Gods of Wagner Works are part of his beliefs. The role played by the Roma...
...competent on D-Day. It seems they should have been able to easily repel the Allied invasion. Why did the Germans perform so miserably? Did they just assume the weather was too bad for an invasion? ...
hi everyone, The American Army had the M1a1 Carbine and the M1 garand semiauto rifles, the Germans had the Gewehr 41(W) and 43 models semi-automatic rifles, and the Russians had the SVT40, and even
..., 2.'Poitiers' 3.'Bordeaux' (in, nearby) B) German-Submarine-Shelters in 'La Rochelle' (La Pallice) C) Germans-Anti-Aircraft-Defense-System around 'La Rochelle' especially 'Il de Re' Any help yo...
... Also mentioned was the following: 'It is believed that mustard gas was used against each other by the Germans and the Poles.' My question to you all is, does anyone have particulars on the Fren...
...iant manouver in military history?. Frankly with all the advantages that Patton had in comparison with the Germans he faced, if he had to retreat it would've seemed very foolish. Rommel however had to...
...pears to be in occupied Poland. Probably in the south part of the country. CAG is a code required by the Germans. The Germans used digits from 1932 to 1940 then switched to letters in 1940. These ar...
... worth the effort. 9. German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet. 10. Among the first 'Germans' captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Jap...
... Bismarck? Did it go convoy raiding or did it return to Kiel or the fjords? Also, wasn't she (or he as the Germans would say) eventually used in the atom bomb tests in the Bikini atolls?...
If course your doubts are perfectly legitimate. No, that's not how I read it. At least not coming from you. Well, my point is this: I don't understand how one makes the leap from Mr. Hoover's asse
...rritories? This can be a small force night drop, or a larger force... When was overflight bombing of the germans first initiated? Any help is appreciated, and if you have any suggestions on readin...
Who were the most efficient armies in world war 2? And how were these measured? I would guess that the germans were the most efficient, with US being a close second and the USSR, UK, and IJA tied fo
...ely that they would have managed to > > change their doctrine in such a way that > > they could resist the Germans. > > How do you explain that an infantry doctrine which enabled > British and Commonw...
...notorious for 'underloading' rounds because of a arbitrary lower limit on bore life, 400 rounds, IIRC. The Germans and British seem to not have been so fussy about small details. Henry Hillbrath...
...and Moravia were designated a Protectorate under Reich control and as such were exempt from the draft (the Germans preferred all able bodied Czechs to work in factories for them anyway), but was there...
... West Front commander), Zhukov and Timoshenko developed a scheme of deeply echeloned defence to defeat the Germans. Stalin was eventually convinced of the correctness of this by the Jan 1941 Wargames ...
... figures. The reasons I find these ratios interesting are : Kursk seems to have been much costlier for the Germans than the Russians in 43, as was Stalingrad (small segments of the year, but still rel...
...f the Russia-campaign were overwhelming. Some historians presume that the Russians were surprised by the Germans because they were preperating a invasion of Germany. That was why large amounts of Ru...
...October. The extra tonnage would be nice, but it would not put the 12th Army Group on the Rhine unless the Germans agreed. It was in part the price to pay for the isolation of the beach head by the al...
...and Holland. 2. The occupation of parts of Germany( the Rhineland by Frech Colonial troops) 3. The aid the Germans gave the Poles in blocking a Russian attempt to expand the revolution to Poland. 4. T...
...f the Japanese had not attacked Pearl Harbor at all but had instead attacked the USSR at the same time the Germans did. I believe this would have been the death-knell for the USSR, despite British and...
... spotty, but I remember it being an awesome chase movie (to a 12 year old) of 2 or 3 guys running from the Germans to the safety of Switzerland. They suffer many trials and tribulations, jumping on tr...
...lly divided between North Africa, the Eastern front ('Caduta in Russia'), and the resistance (I assume the Germans took them out and shot them). Vernazza may have had a population of 3,000. I don't kn...
I keep hearing a story, that in the summer of 1944, the Germans flew a bomber to Montauk (Long Island, NY) and back again... However, I am unable to verify that this actually occurred, or if it is j
Please explain exactly how we (the US or Canada for that matter) were threatened? Do you think the Germans were going to cross the Atlantic? Give me a break! Third Reich with A-bombs? Why is that poss
...n during the war, M E Clifton-James. Despite what was shown to be a fantastic deception that tricked the Germans, I seem to have recalled reading somewhere that it did not work as well as hoped (or ...
Hi, A while ago, I asked people to suggest books written by Germans and Japanese regarding WWII. I want to thank everyone who responded. I appreciate your help. Below I listed some of the book recomme
...wer me even though he was a soldier the Wehrmacht. The other question is: Did Hitler lost the war or the Germans? Hitler named himself as ' the greatest general of all time', but his generals were n...
Please explain the difference of the two words, if any.
... standard, as was the 75mm Howitzer and 120mm mortar, but the heavier artillery varied. For example, the Germans had 150mm Heavy Guns, the Americans used 155mm & 8' Artillery pieces the British ...
...s make some concessions about the qualities of the russian soldier, but i suspect that is only because the germans lost to them, and had they won, he would not have been so kind... from Panzer Battl...
...y. But even if it was this was not an excuse for the German attack on the Soviet Union, and wasn't why the Germans attacked in any case. Hitler intended to carve out an empire in Eastern Europe whethe...
... was an objective. LeMay thought that the Japanse would place their industry among their cities like the Germans did. The recon photos simply confirmed the matter. (stuff deleted) My argument is...
...ritain out. Your statistics might point out the vast number of weapons turned out by the US, or how many Germans Patton roundedup in France, etc. But they don't mean shit in places where it really c...
Did German submarines receive any logistic support from the IJN (whilst operating in the Pacific)?
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