Thanks for returning to the forum Rory. My knowledge compared to yours is pretty thin, mainly gained from reading British occupation of Indonesia...
The HS 293 scored its greatest hit in the Mediterranean when it sank the American ship, Rohna which was carrying American troops with over 1000...
. This is true but you may need to get a death certificate to prove it - very very easy to do. You are Kin, so don't worry on that score. You...
Can you encourage Tijgerb to join our discussion - its a lot more free and easy here and (no disrespect to my Commonwealth, American, Finnish and...
Well I did know that but before we examine why - reading the review of the book apparently one of the plots revolves around a Dutch lady who sells...
Nice story. A couple of oranges for a bottle of gin - pretty good bargain and free education to come. Here is a bit of sour lemons. In common...
Not Britain - just that weak kneed, snobbish, appeaser, ruling class called the Establishment. Some of us (a majority, I think) still regret...
Quite simply you are forgetting the real Battle "of" Berlin which was Bomber Command's almost nightly blasting of Berlin in the early weeks of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITRLk9b9AcY P38 Could not have been that useless.
Seem to remember that Churchill decided to send 400 (or was it 200) Hurricanes to Stalin on the eve of the Japanese attack - and was basically...
Something went wrong with my post - the info above comes from tapes collected for the World at War Series but not used. Toskikazu Kase was...
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Just mulling this over and wondered again if we are not applying double standards? Were those returning Britons from Spain treated as Communist...
This sort of reminds me of the progress of Civil War in Spain in the 1930s There were plenty of Communists on the Republican side but also...
No I try to get the facts correct and although I think the overall result is the same, I bow to your more accurate knowledge at how the end...
Check out the serious media in South Korea - they immediately cancelled the visit from the Japanese Foreign Minister. China (but who cares about...
You will have to substantiate the last bit about British policy - no one, Soviets included was more brazen and shameful than the US at welcoming...
The Washington Naval Treaty The big winner was the USA. Japan believed she needed 70% of the US total in order to be able to defeat the US but...
We both agree that Australia was against the proposal and that otherwise Lloyd George would have gone along with the Japanese proposal but you are...
http://www.scottmanning.com/content/50-books-on-world-war-ii-recommended-by-john-keegan/ Or if you want to go direct to Keegan's recommendations...
