European Air War for me - a relatively new field of combat that characterised the Second World War. Great strategic importance, amazing...
Germany had not the maritime capacity to deploy more men and materiel to Africa, and even those men who were sent suffered from crippling supply...
I don't know if it's true, but it wouldn't surprise me. It is sad, but you have to see it from the view of the time - then Gibson's Lancaster was...
My Grandmother's brother-in-law was a medical orderly on a high-speed launch in the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, and he wrote his memoirs for me...
I don't know about it being German, but I'm pretty sure asprin predates even the First World War, nevermind the Third Reich.
Heartiest congratulations to Trooper Finney, an award well deserved. I can't help feeling bitter though, that the USAF created the situation in...
Hmm, I suppose one could say that the war that the Third Reich started eventually led to all manner of technological advances, but I'm not sure...
Would you mind pointing me to a source for these interviews, or information on the 357th's activities in this period? According to what I have...
The Imperial War Museum in London has a nice array of German rockets and jets in its entrance hall - V-1, V-2, and He-162, and an Fw-190 hanging...
I can read a (very little) bit of Russian, looks like it should be pronounced something like s-oo-shch, but I'm buggered if I know what it...
Sorry about any misunderstanding, that section on adequacy refers to the Allied strategic bomber offensive as a whole, not specifically the raid...
Erich, it is not my intention to give offence, nor are my posts intended as personal attacks. It is my great hope that this discussion can be...
I agree here, good point. I would add that Hitler's misjudgment in underestimating the American potential for war and similarly overestimating...
