Just think, there'd be three if they hadn't burned up Kee Bird in that pooch screwed attempt.
I see the Sovs trading ground for time. The Germans were the main threat, and far closer to major Soviet cities and industry. What,...
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Really it comes down to, there were none to be had. All the P-40's available went to the Philippines, then Australia, Java, and a trickle to the...
How many more aircraft would allies have had if they weren't sending anything to the USSR? And regardless of the extra number of Luftwaffe...
That was ONI's opinion. Layton differed in his opinion.
What Kimmel needed was proper intelligence. Layton and Rochfort were screaming for the intercepts that Washington had, but refused to send them....
Only other? Read post #14.
You have to hand it to the P-40, it fought on more fronts than any other fighter. CBI DEI South Pacific Philippines Australia Aleutians North...
Came across this on SFGate. http://www.sfgate.com/local/seattle-history/article/Color-Photos-Airplanes-from-the-World-War-II-era-7096340.php
I didn't get through the first chapter. Horrible, unreadable book. Returned it to the store.
Just started "Stay the Rising Sun" by Phil Keith. The story of the USS Lexington CV-2. Mr. Keith claims to be a historian. First couple of...
I think an adaptation of Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors would be incredible. The Pacific showed they could create a series based on three...
There was a considerable amount of peacetime inertia that took months to realistically overcome. Even after Midway, things weren't moving all...
The Japanese loved floatplanes for a few reasons. Their war was a chain of islands for defence of the home islands, and advance scouting. It's...
I don't know why I didn't notice this sentence way back when. Her air group would have been ashore at the time of the attack. A very good chance...
Ships are the most difficult in modeling. Rigging, railings, radars, etc. Aircraft canopies aren't so bad if you take the time to mask them...
Risk the surface fleet? How about DD's with type 93's. How about aerial attacks against slow moving cargo ships. If done at night, which the...
The keels were never laid, nothing to convert. The first Montana wasn't scheduled to launch until 1945. The USS Midway was already under...
It would make a nice display in Carson City or Vegas.
