I believe The Civil War also produced a bird, an American Eagle called "Old Abe" that used to sit atop the regimental standard of a certain Union...
Much that Macarthur achieved post-war can be attributed to the very fact that the Mikado was left alone and unprosecuted for war crimes. Postwar...
Fortunately, they aren't like our mascots of today. Australia is, I believe, the only country on earth to actively consume both animals on their...
planning for a short campaign led them to classify much relevant information as worthless to 'requirements'. The arrogance of that approach came...
excellent tacticians these men might have been, but they spent the first six months of 1941 and most of early to mid 1942 controlling an Red Army...
I, too, have viewed a television "reconstruction" of this fascinating yarn, that left a definate impression when I was a youngster. I purchaced...
Recent travel by air on a holiday to New Zealand prompted a need for something serious to read on the way over. FitzSimon's "Batavia" practically...
Posessing niether cats nor dogs, my attitude to the current crisis revolves around a wall......cliff to be precise. Preisely why did this...
Lets make something perfectly clear about "The Manhatten Project". It was concieved to be used against the theat of GERMANY. The threat posed by...
When you play Avalon hill's boardgame, "Victory in the Pacific", any attempt by either side to turn the Northern area into a decisive move falls...
No doubt, most American participants in this place deserved a medal for just being there! Was there a seperate campaign medal awarded? If not,...
This presents an age old problem for governments. How do you rationalize a conviction for a crime that is no longer viewed as a crime? This...
Notice how Ambassador Joe Kennedy was returned to the U.S. after stating publically to the press that Britain was "Finished". Whatever his...
Agreed....Pearl was certainly no conspiracey. It was complete and utter idiocy. A country whose military resources were already 90% committed to...
Flodden was an appalling battle. The Englishwere attacked uphill, and by a very winded Scots army, into the teeth of a downpour. In fact, I'm told...
I know one thing.... The absense of Douglas Macarthur would have given the United States Navy a blank cheque to conduct operations in the CBI...
One has to ask, exactly what, (apart from news headlines and prestige over reconquest of territory), did the Aluetians Campaign contribute to the...
What a storm in a teacup. So what if "some of the flagstones are from the patio of the Berghof". Some Germans make me cringe with their efforts...
Slip.....Wars are a necessary evil. Guns are just 'things in the closet' until someone brings them out to use them. Small correction. Guns are...
I'm not suprised Fanny's book sold 900,000 copies. Herman was very much a society person. His marriage to his second wife, Emmy, was THE social...
