The truth is surely that SOME WOMEN make better soldiers/spies whatever than SOME men. But not all given the vast diversity and inequality of...
Hello Harolds!-this is your old Scottish buddy here formerly known as ''Toomtabard''. The thing that I always remember about Von Luck in his book...
The Nazis DID try to firebomb London as Hamburg and Dresden were later firebombed. On December 28 1940 the Luftwaffe had a good stab at trying to...
Oh dear!-the usual revisionist garbage about Arthur Harris, Dresden and alleged ''war crimes''-Firstly Dresden was a major industrial war centre...
As the Soviets were our aliies Stalin's half baked offensive against Kharkov just after Stalingrad comes to mind. Also, in my opinion the...
Hello Craig laddie!-your old Scottish maehere, Toomtabard here-hope that you are well!.
June 26 1941-Wehrmacht Leutnant Hans Guenthger Stark and hs N.CO. sidekick stoped a Nazi death squad comprised of Lithuanians led by one S.S. man...
Surely the most stupid weapon of World War Two was the British giant Pananjdrum. This was devised in 1940 as an anti-invasion beach weapon and...
Arthur Harris was not always right -who is ? -especially even in war. But his Bomber campaign against Nazi Germany was a justifiable crusade that...
I've heard all this rubbish about Sir Arthur Harris being a war criminal for German posters before and it is rubbish -especialy coming from any...
Clint is right. The Venlo incident was a Walter Schellenberg inspired sting and yes, Payne Best was with Dietrich Boenhoffer just before the...
This current week of 16-21 January 2012 encapsulates two events which symbolise the extreme moral duality of the human race and history. Why?...
ONE CAN NEVER SAY THAT WE Brits are not magnaminious to former enemies and I'm not talking about he statue of George Washington in London,...
Other facts about Oz in World War Two not yet mentioned-A- Austraian Prime Minister John Curtin tried to cut a deal with the Japanese pre-December...
Cruiser was hit by a Kamikaze plane carying two bombs which inflicted heavy damage on thr ''Nashville'' which had been McArthur's flagship before...
What about present government Minister MR Robethon who has justified his refusal to grant Artic convoy medals to veterans because he doesn't think...
Thanks Harolds-hope the snow isn't too bad in Wyoming just now! for your info.Also Carronade, both of you have fully answered my question-Mind you...
CARRONADE HI!-One name I rarely see in a combat context in W.W.2 naval warfare is the Kriegsmarine battleship ''LUTZOW'' The Scharnhorst and...
THEODOR-GREAT BRITAIN DID NOT refuse entry to Jews. On the contrary, right up until September 3 1939 Great Britain was allowing the entry of...
Good story about Doonfoot camp near Ayr Gordon!- I hadn't been aware of that camp or that escape.
