Still have to see where the Germans were "numerically superior", in reality they had less of practically everything but AA and AT artillery and...
What happened in Italy could not happen in Germany, Italy had a king that could, and did, legally delegitimize Mussolini, the officer corps swore...
The operation deadlight subs are not war graves, they were surrendered boats scuttled without loss of life. Pretty hard to say who has "rights" on...
Not sure if it's related but detailed maps were classified until satellites made the point useless, I still have some 150 era Istituto Geografico...
IIRC Italian bombers attacked the bridge at Guernica, the Condor Legion targeted the town itself, what exactly they wanted to achieve there is not...
AFAIK thousands of tonns of unexploded munitions, including gas, were sunk after WW2, and may come back to haunt us, on the other hand while full...
Why ? ultimately a trapped force needs to be rescued but isolation may last for months as long as sufficient supplies get through, wounded get...
WW1 era bombing was "terror" as the actual damage the bombs could do was pretty limited, just like shelling coastal towns, a tactic both sides...
GS "they refused to surrender unconditionally" so anything goes is not a good argument, you can justify anything with that. Warsaw and Rotterdam...
Putting the first RAF attack on a city in December 1940, after the end of the BoB is ridiculous, 1940 era bombing was hugely imprecise and night...
Bombing was British and US air force basic doctrine, it was the very reason for the independent service's existence, the Luftwaffe, that had...
Are there actually any applicable laws there? National laws are not likely to trump international treaties or customs that have been around for...
While there was an influx of professional soldiers my impression is that in the Luftwaffe the"seat of the pants" former WW1 fighter pilots...
Monitors are too slow for that sort of operation and would likely be lost during the pull back, a 6" or 8" cruiser or two might have helped, but...
I think his influence on the Luftwaffe was minimal, on the other hand the core of modern thinkers he encouraged amongst the officer corps greatly...
In France and Italy there were large numbers of armed Communist led guerrilla forces in the field and they would likely create problems for the...
I would expect the low drag bombs to be less affected by weather, but no idea if there is a significant difference, all other factors would be the...
Patrols along the German border would have a very high risk of escalating to a large scale incident, it would make more sense to rely on stealth...
Was there any fighting in the area after WW2 ?, AFAIK the Israeli forces crossed the canal but never went as far as the Nile, far less beyond it,...
IIRC the Norwegians "salvaged" quite a lot of metal from Tirpitz.
