I have touched upon this in another thread a while ago, but I'll throw my pennies in the pond here as well. One aspect of the adulation shown...
Two books I would recommend to anyone interested in the Pacific campaign is John B. Lundstroms The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl...
I think I have read an account of him strangling a German fighter pilot to death in a ditch after the German had crash landed. It sounded much...
This thread inspired me to revisit some literature that had, in one way or another, irked me a bit. It stuck me that the two Wittman volumes by...
Thanks for the welcome! I'll take that advice macrusk. I will most probably stay away then. :)
Some very interesting posts I must say. I think to a large extent that some of the more specialized literature available on the subject,...
Excellent post Gardner. It does indeed seem like the allied "aces" get less play than the Germans ones, but I would venture a guess and say that...
I was encouraged to introduce myself, so here I am. :) I've been interested in world war 2 for as long as I can remember and have read more...
Thank you for the kind words. :) It is indeed a branding of sorts. I think that it wasn't just the centralized propaganda efforts that came into...
I think there are several reasons why the Germans and the German military is so fascinating to many. I will touch upon those that I think are most...
