Wars of 'liberation' are usually vicious beyond 'normal' warfare. Even the AWI had atrocities performed by both sides*. Perceived differences in...
Similarly red lead has been used on wooden hulls and is still used
Played many times - not very good at it though.
The first Italian Ironclads were not in service until 1865. Any anti fouling paint before then would be for use on copper sheaved wooden hulls
When the Suez canal was opened the Med quickly became subject to invasive species Whilst red lead was resistant it was less so and many beasties...
Most who died did so in their first year there. If you survived your first year you were "seasoned" and likely to do your full tour which was...
Red Lead is highly toxic and when used as an anti corrosive primer is usually covered with a top coat so that sailors and dock workers are not...
Unless I'm, mistaken the battleships in that action were all US. RN input was limited to cruisers, destroyers and mine sweepers. The German...
Well There were naval guns on the Atlantic Wall and I think that in June 1944 the ships had the best of it but what is this to do with hull colour?
Can you explain further please? Don't understand the question
There were a number of Britons who made broadcasts. None appear to have been forced, although some, like P G Wodehouse, were fooled into doing so....
Generally used in Britain as an undercoat for iron and steel from the early nineteenth century. The RN's first fully sea going ironclads had this...
And pilots had to be formally ordered from the top to wear their parachutes and use them. This probably reflects a long term cultural attitude to...
Where is the element of "forced"? He was made an offer and took it
Even aces can make mistakes but rookies make many more and the vulnerability of Japanese aircraft did not allow enough to survive their mistakes...
Should try the version played by Arch Chancellor Ridcully of the Unseen University where the balls can switch dimensions in order to pass through...
I think that the Zero's weakness is exemplified by the case of the one shot down by a RAAF Wirraway. The Wirraway was a two seat patrol and...
A game first played in India in Indian Army Officers messes. Invented by Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain, KCB, KCVO, KPM (13 January...
Mussolini had informed Hitler by telephone that Italy would not be in a position to enter war alongside Germany until 1943.He changed policy in...
But they did not surrender. The reparations and most of the reductions were part of the Versailles Treaty which followed the armistice. Germany...
