Rerally? This is all done with IL2 The quality of visuals hasn't advanced much in the last 20 years. This was originally made in 2001 [MEDIA]
In the First World War self mutilation in the trenches carried the death penalty. In thi case two indian soldiers were sentanced to death, but...
th That was the case before 1916, betwene 1919 and 1939 and between 1962 (or whenever National Service ended and 1990). The National Services...
The meeting of the SWC held in Paris on 5 February 1940 was the first to be attended by Winston Churchill, who, as First Lord of the Admiralty,...
What rot. Montgomery did organise and run a study week on the lessons learned from El Alamein during the week 14-18 Feb(?) 1943. Montgomery's...
I guess aircrew will have a preference for the aircraft that enabled them to survive the war. B26 had a poor safety reputation - supported by the...
Until 1st September 1944 Montgomery was the commander of allied land force operations, including those of the 12th US Army Group as well as the...
K-P Old chap, While I read with interest your contributions on matters concerning the winter war and the continuation war, I fear you are sadly...
Oh really?! Perhaps I missed it. Can you remind me when exactly was the German armour switched to the US Sector? Please explain what you mean...
Not sure if Hastings wasn't onto something. 1. During the war the British were very concerned about the motivational power and morale effect of...
The Western allies took 1.5 million PW between 5 June 1944 and 31 March 1945 and a further 1.3 million in April 1945. I agree that western...
Hmm... As the OP said, the scale and number of casualties made the east front the largest land theatre. Two other "Fronts" should be considered....
It may be because historically, and for Italy this was recent history, the country had not needed to win battles to benefit from war. The Kingdom...
The RAF did not use IFF during the Battle of Britain. IFF is based on radar reflections, which was not that useful as there was no radar coverage...
Not an idiot, but obsessive in search of the evidence that supported his view of history.
The figure of 250,000 weas seized on by Geobbels and recycled oiur of convenience by the DDR.
Bombing civilian targets was contrary to various conventions and accepted as morally wrong. However in the context of all out war it was extremely...
The 57mm gun was for area defence of the infantry areas against tanks. It5 was fine in that role and AP or APDS was the main ammunition. Mortars...
Is there any evidence they ever deceived anyone. The whole brigade was never deployed in its intended role What is the evidence for large...
There are eighty three threads on this forum with the words "Market Garden" in the title. My favourite title is...
