Have to agree with that, I would not call them merciful (can any Army be?). The Red Army just indulged less in the of slaughter of civilians than...
This is page one, there are two more at http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4006-15RNHome1.htm The Royal Navy in all her glory, the Luftwaffe...
I've said this before, it's not the number of German civilians killed by the Russians that is suprising it's the fact they didn't kill everyone....
About the tank losses of Citadelle : they were marginal ::252 tanks and StuG,on a total of 1636 tanks,539 StuG and 90 Ferdinand Tank Destroyers...
Personally I would disagree and so would this article/ Hitler's war against the Soviet Union fused ideological aggression with racial impetus...
Gillies was a genius and his work ground breaking, but if you are weak stomached beware of the heart breaking pictures, there is no glory of war...
The situation was made worse by the UK's reliance on the 2 lb gun (37mm) as both the III and IV's were generally proof from them except for close...
This year as last I will be in Sharm for my holidays, we were there last year at the height of the troubles. I took my kids. Me and the boy agreed...
i was a great fan of bicycle jousting, looking back that really was a dumb game, two bikes and brooms for lances. It was a miracle no one was hurt...
Some of you may not have seen this. Not many battle losses here! Losses of T-35 tanks on report of commander of 8th Mechanized Corps on 10 July,...
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Another issue is could Germany train more crews if they produced more tanks? Add to that more tanks means more maintenance crews, more fuel...
You just register, takes about 3 mins if that. You can only choose to a degree. There are a selection of diaries and presumably when they are...
The not apologising I can live with, me today saying sorry for the crimes of my Great, Great Grandparents I think is pointless. But denial is...
I'm sure in Stanford Tuck's "Fly for your life" he describes killing an ME110 crew member on the deck, having forced the ME110 down he went back...
Just finished laughing, I hope this is his grave so we can all arrange a day trip down there to take a massive s*i* on it. I hope the picture is...
Well said Urgh, Would anyone have been praising a German soldier surrendering in the 70's after killing civilians. He was a murderer pure and...
I'm not too bothered he didn't hold out in life any longer. This unrepentant loon continued to murder long after his murderous comrades went home.
It is a wonderfully researched article? "The British pretty much lost the war in July 1918" ?? By July the German offensives had moved against...
I often see this quoted but is there actually any evidence of it being true. I've seen a few quotes and these come from front line troops who...