^ That's a good point. Might it be argued however that the situation on the eastern front in the summer of 1943 was a consequence of Germany...
It seems to me that Hitler's weakness (and, in fairness, he had strengths too) in the East was that he never matched his resources to his aims. He...
I'd like to see the story of the raid on St Nazaire as a film. It was covered as the climax of 'The Gift Horse' but it was a superficial version...
The soldiers and civilians of the USSR. In terms of weapons, I like the suggestion of the M1 Garand but my vote goes to those things (HF/DF,...
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Some stills from the video:
https://youtu.be/Ael0p0pWa54 I found this online today. It appears to be a museum piece, without shield, in use by a Syrian rebel group. I knew...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNa1RYgV17o&feature=youtube_gdata_player Here he (Enfield) is, talking about '...that Mister Hitler'.
You are correct, imo. I would suggest 'hancock's half hour' but there's a lot of choice. Dad's Army is still being shown as remains as good as...
Damn...typical bloody French! :-)
Well, if you exclude Belgium, there's only the one country and one time and date: 22:56 EDT on 20th July 1969. Brave chaps.
Belgium? It'll always be the first for me!
Cool find. Which town is the forest close to, please?
That's a fair point. I worded my comment poorly and I'm sorry for that. I should perhaps have written that a thread such as this would prove...
Yep, Martin Bull, good point. It's not a good idea for a thread. This is not a 'Socialist Worker' forum!
^ You are right. I hope that there is some honour out there! :-)
Great news (both the result and Alex Salmond sodding off). I hope that the UK Govt. does not now go back on promises made to Scotland.
Can it be argued that Kursk was different to 1941 and 1942 as in those years the USSR traded land and time to defeat offensives (or the offensives...
Can it be argued that Kursk is important because it represents the passing of initiative in the East from the Germans to the USSR? Kursk was the...
With respect to everyone's opinion, surely this debate can happen without loyalties being questioned and without things becoming too personal?
