Could be. We keep seeing articles about Putin being hard up for troops.
And again, 200+ of those Czech tanks were only needed because a share of Panzer III production had been diverted to assault guns. This also...
Part of the reason 'the Czech tanks were required as "leichte" tanks to fulfill the same role as the Panzer III' was that a portion of Panzer III...
Back to this again. Panzer pioneers like Lutz and Guderian had identified the need for artillery to keep up with tanks, but little seems to have...
At Tarawa the Marines had a Scout/Sniper platoon led by 1st Lt James Hawkins, who won a posthumous MOH. They landed at the end of the pier that...
The north side of Ford Island was where aircraft carriers usually berthed - and where Enterprise had been scheduled to be on Dec 7. Torpedo...
I've heard of a "thousand stitch belt"; a serviceman's mother or other family would ask people to make a stitch in a cloth belt or headband,...
Reminds of an ex-hearse I once saw with the license plate U R NEXT
Thanks. I understand similar things happened with the Bofors and Oerlikon cannons; adapting them for American methods both simplified production...
Obvious question - why? Did Packard on its own take interest in producing a promising new engine? Did the British ask them to, and if so what...
Good for you! We all make mistakes, but not everyone here has been willing to honestly acknowledge it as you have. This discussion also brought...
Good question. Odd that early on the Germans seem to have made more provision for air-sea rescue than naval power Britain.
Cool indeed! I had seen the upper part before - in the movie We Dive at Dawn for one - but hadn’t known about the structure below, although I...
I'm surprised; thinking of WWII, I thought Australia's policy was to send only volunteers overseas, at least to distant theaters like the Middle...
Interesting that such discussions were being held and recorded. It occurs to me that Roosevelt's "unconditional surrender" declaration came after...
Looking at production rates for all the major combatants, there was a steady but not spectacular increase in the early war and even prewar years,...
Good point. When the Germans first captured arms factories, the natural first thought may have been to keep them building what they were (38 t)...
This actually could apply to many vehicles or items of equipment, but I first thought of it in the context of tanks. When the Germans occupied...
Good comments. The Japanese were mainly interested in destroying our carriers, attacking Midway was a way to draw them into battle, so this would...
