The Band sector was not to be attacked from the sea, but the area inland between the Orne and Dives was assaulted from the air to protect the...
The idea of all the rounds landing at the same time was developed during the Great War. However, communications were based on line, dispatch rider...
The Swordfish was also able to land on the decks of MAC carriers too shiort for many more modern aircraft . This extended its role as an Anti...
Dr Appleby has obviously managed to get some good PR for his research. The story of Shelford is not unusual. The Civil Wars 1639-51 - or wars of...
I was told that in WW1 all French Generals were officially two stars. Additional grades were appointments. A four star general commanding an army...
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This is a similar idea to the Porpoises that were used on D Day by SP artillery to tow ammunition ashore. It sounds like one of the nuttier ideas...
Geography made it easier for Germany or the USSR to deploy heavy tanks than the USA. The Germans ro Soviets could move stuff by rail. Everything...
Nope. We had the Centurion in development. A better tank and not Lend Lease that would have been thrown away at the end of the war. Arguably...
The subject of race relations in Britain in WW2 is complicated. The black population was much smaller and had been around for some time,...
Welcome, My specialty is artillery but I have taken parties to Alsace and Lorraine. I have enjoyed exploring the battlefields of 1870 and 1914-18...
The German officer candidate remained as a recruit for a year, but would be expected to serve as a junior NCO. Even in wartime officer candidates...
I'll bite. There was big difference between the US and British and German approaches to training junior commanders. Just because the Germans were...
She said the British needed more brains in Singapore and names three or four officers with brains and only one with guts.In retrospect we needed...
IRRC at least one British bomber was lost to this cause.
In 2000 I met Nick Berryman, the PR officer for the Tangmere Aviation museum. He had been an Air Sea Rescue pilot and flown Defiants in this role.
IRRC the British Army re-graded company commanders as majors in the 1920s. They had been either a major or captain in 1914, possibly a hang over...
There were two sides to this argument. In the First World War British formed "pals " battalions from local areas, "Accrington pals", "Sheffield...
Really? In your quote he is comparing writing a book to fighting a battle.
Typical Churchillian nonsense. It is code for allowing WSC to order major changes to plans on a whim at the last minute. I would think twice...
