i don't remember that instance in "the last battle" by cornelius ryan. he interviewed HVM personally.
one granduncle served with the US army and was among the first to land in lingayen gulf, philippines. one distance cousin of our mother's fought...
that, without compromising speed, range and fighting ability overmuch. i was thinking of a type of rapid deployment force that can quickly offload...
nice one on that "escort" qualifier. if germany developed a bomber force to attack britain, it would not have been strategic bombing but still...
correct me if i'm wrong but the only automatic feeding problem one can have with rimmed cartridges is when the cartridges are stacked and feeding...
better to just watch "a bridge too far."
halsey was so close to the 7th fleet operating area that it was basically one big force covering several avenues of approach. dashing away towards...
you're right about the garand of course. the crucial parts that need to be of machined steel IMHO are the internal surfaces of the receiver, and...
not to mention what michael cain said about baileys: "you mean those precisely machined steel structures that are the marvel of the civilized world?"
just my observation: stamped steel parts never provided sufficient reliability equal to forged and machined parts until perhaps the AKM came out...
a pure aerial assault on britain.
i still think it was a mistake to use nagumo's carriers as the main striking force. it should have been kondo striking midway in a mad dash by...
wait, she was on an onshore station in britain and she could pick up U-boat messages? nice name, the wrens. :)
two planes in WWII fascinate me: the lockheed hudson bomber and the b-25G. the hudson, because saburo sakai claimed it was the only twin-engined...
i'm also curious about the USS new mexico class. slow but armored like hell and armed with 12 14-inch guns. that's a mean ship.
soldiers in another forum (tacticalforums.com) said. but you can glean it from wiki if you look up development of small arms after WWII, the AR...
scenario for a japanes victory at midway. i'm not very much sold to the idea of a first strike strategy for the japanese carrier force. i'd...
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that 26,000-yard hit by the warspite on the guilio cesare (in world war 2 that is) co-holds the long range erecord with the scharnhorst. it's like...
why no provision for bayonet training?
