Thanks for the info.
As a New Zealander who had a family member in the battle yes it stings that we didn,t win when we should have but i don,t find it humiliating...
Couldn,t agree more they will slaughter each other i will be suprised if Al Qaeda doesn,t attack hard once the U.S is gone. The middle east is...
Our officers on Crete were to old they were all WW1 veterans brave men but really didn,t understand modern war in WW1 things change by the month...
Cheak out www.nzetc.org/ it has New Zealands Official history of the battle for Crete written by Dan Davin who served on Crete with the New...
We do all right last Olympics we got a decent hall can,t disagree about the cricket they are a laughing stock there known in New Zealand as the...
hi my name is steve i have always had a big interest in ww2 through my grandfather who served with 2nd New Zealand Division fifth brigade 22nd...
I have a book with tank production numbers and the most the germans produced was around 8000-9000 in one year that same year the russians produced...
The Germans myth of the superior German fighting man was built up in the early years of the war when they started a war that they had planned for...
The Germans didn,t have the manpower or the industrial might take Russia. They were a bully who messed with the wrong country and more than met...
Your so right it was a disaster that the allies paid dearly for later on.
Reason why I like the 1st. They had to learn under fire. Third had the benefit of learning the mistakes the first had to make. All US units sucked...
Of course i,m a big fan of the 2nd New Zealand Division which went from a bunch of civilians standing on the parade ground with broom handles...
Didn,t Hitler rely on Norway for his Iron Ore.?
The New Zealand Division followed up the attack but only with one Battalion the 25th they sent 1 company up to capture Castle Hill and the other...
It was the senior commanders of 4th Indian division who were going to attack up the hill who first mooted the idea of bombing the abbey not...
