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Mercury IIRC.
It seems to be mostly political; the Germans didn't want to send/allow to be sent battle tanks unless we did also. It's actually not very...
There's another book variously titled Three Corvettes or Montserrat at Sea comprised of memoirs of his experiences during the war and several...
Yes, an Arethusa class light cruiser; Forester mentions two twin 6" turrets forward and one aft. The action is based on the Second Battle of...
The 5" 51-caliber guns were originally secondary armament on battleships, IMO one of the best weapons of that type. Many of them were originally...
Britain and Prussia/Germany were historically friends and allies; the few occasions when they found themselves on opposite sides reflected...
Nice picture, must be when she was brand new, the twin 40mm aft is in the original high position. Later it was a deck lower; they managed to...
Cool photo! No idea it could tilt like that, I suppose for stabilization in heavy weather. The only ships I can think of with Sea Zenith are a...
All very interesting. I was a bit puzzled by the reference to LCMs making the Channel crossing, but it turns out that was due to problems with...
Why don't you write some posts about some of these battles? I think most of us here would be glad to learn more about the Eastern Front.
I think that was coined by Ernie Pyle.
The 20pdr/84mm was mounted in some models of the Centurion tank. The Centurion, which just missed getting into WWII, originally mounted the...
I will call it Mini-Me!
A Soldier's Story was one of my first history books and still has a prominent place on my bookshelf. I did get a chuckle out of Bradley's...
I believe it is real, modified to test that new engine, which appears to be powering the aircraft all by itself. Hopefully someone like @mccoffee...
I don't know much about the landings at Kota Bharu, but I wonder if the broken-up nature of the landing area might have helped the Japanese. If...
True, but they were not conducting landings, rather, delivering troops and supplies to Japanese forces ashore. It wasn't so much a matter of...
Remember that recent news item where an Osprey had made an emergency landing somewhere in northern Norway, and they had to build a road to get it...
Clever idea, having the stand for the model built into the splash or the bush!
