So, in her last battle, how many American planes did she get?
Actually, they had a timer on them that when it ran out, jammed the elevators down and shut off the fuel supply. At one point they fired some...
Even without the XX agents, the V-1 was basically inaccurate, using the same type of guidance system as a torpedo. Besides that, the Germans...
I'm not trying to take anything away from his self-sacrifice. He deserved the medal. The "sources of the time" perhaps overdid it. V-1s were...
Using HE main battery shells as AA weapons was a long-shot gamble by any stretch of the imagination. Predicting the course of the aircraft and...
In his talks with his son, Manfred, Rommel's comments were not directed at Italians in general, but their horrible officer Corps (especially...
U.S. CRUISERS by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by A.D. Baker III and Alan Raven. Naval Institute Press. This is quite a read! It takes the concept...
NITITZ by E. B. Potter. Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1976 This was loaned to me by a friend who is a member of the Institute. Even though...
An a-bomb or B-29s with heavy delayed-action bombs would be the only way one could reasonably be sure of getting Hirohito. I'm sure that Dolittle...
Re: Dolittle's Raiders: I don't doubt Dolittle wanted every precious bomb his planes carried to go to military targets of importance, not a pile...
Yes, two but 3-4 weeks apart, depending on the maker.
[Sorry for the delay, but I had to travel to another town for medical reasons.] Wasn't he? Then why was the Imperial Palace not bombed? In 1945 we...
All of the above!
I know what it meant. However, had he been deposed, our occupation might have been a lot harder proposition. The fact that he stayed on the throne...
Perhaps, but would the Japanese civilian population been willing to "...endure the unendurable" if their emperor, god or not, been hauled off to...
Chuck Yeager, famous test pilot and WW2 hero has died at age 97. I think most people know of him so I won't go into a lengthy post of his...
I believe the kamikazes sunk something on the order of 57 ships with many more damaged. During the same time, how many ships did the Japanese...
The retention of the emperor made surrender somewhat more acceptable for the Japanese. If we'd would have demanded his head than I doubt Japan...
Initially, the Allies were demanding total unconditional surrender. That included the deposition of the emperor and his trial for war crimes....
They were designed to change the course of the war. They significantly increased the casualties of the Allies (primarily the USA) over what they...
