I understand that at least... But... I thought I would brush up on the subject with a re-viewing of the BBC "World at War" doco no.24, "The...
Well you learn something new every day.... I had thought that the Pizza Oven variant was for use in Italy only. Now I know why the Australian...
Indeed that was a killer line...the whole sketch in fact... "You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart...
What about ease of production and cost? Was the Kubel easier to produce? Did it cost more to produce? The Soviets absolutely loved their Jeeps,...
erm….No.... Rokkosovski's Ukrainian Front ( I forget the number it was designated as) genuinely retreated. The people of Warsaw could hear the...
What? And no good for number "twos" in the smallest room in every house?.....hard to believe that Soviet industry could not produce it's foremost...
anyhow, it was a good read, even if it was self serving propaganda that Goebbels would have been proud of.....
Reminds me very much of Peter The Hermit rallying the Christian Crusaders at a low point during the First Crusade by "suddenly" uncovering and...
Wow....what a loaded question. It would seem much easier to answer "both"...a "great" leader and a mass murderer, but think of this..... Russia...
"Hitler allowed Rommel to attend situation conferences, invited him to dine and gave him information, all of which made him appear specially...
Firstly.... The operations of the Regia Marina were severely hampered by consistent German refusals, despite the promises, to deliver fuel in...
Understanding a need for supplies and understanding of what is possible when supplied are two entirely different skills. Staff training,...
I read "The Rommel Papers" and found it impressive for other reasons.... The book clearly demonstrates that Rommel, right from his arrival in...
I'll add a caption if that's OK.... Troopers: How is it, Captain, that the sarge gets to wear shoes every time we have to wear these damn boots....
The stated purpose of the Heydrich assassination, by the way, was to inflame these very feelings of "fighting back" that the Czechs seemed to so...
notice how Poland dwarf is the only one visably angry rather than looking up like a small child.... And the Czech dwarf is actually holding Miss...
"...but destroyers frequently conducted operations not involving battleships..." Indeed Mr Carronade..... The Pacific destroyer fleet was, IMOH,...
Damn....Error 404 message tells me this page does not exist... Must have been good though, not one negative comment. For those of us without the...
Gordon.... Lately, I'm running into one documentary after another where the featured archaeologist makes the claim that there is no proof, or an...
I watched TTT and thought that the actors were made of wood and stone. 25 million was a hell of a lotta money for the early seventies to spend on...
