Was Stalin convinced that war with Germany was inevitable ? and that one of the reasons he signed the non agression pact in August 1939 was to buy...
As terrifing as combat was then if someone was Jewish that would have made it worse. Was there any allowances made to allied combatents who were...
I read that if someone was a longbowman in that time they were compelled to practise and they had to teach their sons how to use thew longbow....
I really have no idea, and they are not going to use me to find out !! From what I've seen on TV documentaries arrows were fired in volleys and...
It seems the old statement "never fight an enemy on ground of his choosing" applies here, also even if the English arrows failed to penetrate the...
Sadly the world is full of conspiracy addicts who could write you 2 or 3 pages of reasons (i'm sure space aliens would be in there someplace )...
How about dependable quick firing breech loading field artillary?? From what I saw on a WWI war documentary recently shelling killed more than the...
It's About time Viet Nam Vets got the recognition that they should have recieved 40 years ago. It was terrible the way some of those guys were...
A facinating story , there dosn't seem to be allot in his early life ( certianly no worse than other children of that era ) that would him become...
Speaking of Hitler's family did he have any siblings, and if so does he have any extended family still alive ? It would be a terrible legacy...
My son bought me the P B S Box DVD set The Civil War When there isn't much intresting on TV I watch one of the dvd's it is one of the best war...
From the viewpoint of a Canadian I believe the Dieppe Raid is in the worst Allied disasters colomn. It was how not to mount a seabourne invasion ....
It Is about time, they get the recognition they deserve !!!
How did the tiger tank match up against the Sherman Firefly ? It had a 17 pdr main gun I believe it was the Sherman upgunned at least it gave the...
[ATTACH] This is actually a post World WarII photo, From What I've been told it was taken in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island on Remembrance...
I ve read articles like this before , In an Ideal world It would be great if all wrecks were left to be excavated and salvaged only by a team of...
researching and diving on shipwrecks has been a passionate hobby of mine for 38 years. In that time I've seen allot of shipwrecks from 18th...
My Grandfather was wounded in October 1918 while serving with the Canadian Army somewhere near Cambrai My Father was a Signalman in The R C N...
Besides staying away from submarines !! "volunteering " to fly in the Japanese Special AttacK Corps ( Kamakaze ) comes to mind. Having my life...
Would the Royal Navy have allowed a convoy to sail escorted only by a destroyer and a couple of corvettes all the while knowing these enemy...
