Interesting discusssion. I’ve seen it hashed over many times before. Here are a few points I’ve gleaned from the others plus a few of the new...
There is a fifth item. Spanish businessmen were making a profit from importing items the Germans badly needed from outside Europe. The British...
I think the first sentence is a effort to put a positive spin on the outcome. 'See! We kicked ass, they wont be back soon!' The second sentence...
The books frequently mention that the original target date for Operation Neptune was set back from 1 May to 1 June 1944. The desire for five vs...
Thanks. I had not thought of Indian AF, nor had anyone else mentioned such a organization. See what comes up from this.
1. Rommel only controled the German ground forces in Normandy & some adjacent areas. What the commanders of the ground forces in Holland,...
Can anyone point me to some readilly acessable sources for the British airstrength in India/South Asia for 1942? I am trying to understand the...
This assumes that due to internal German politics the nazi party & Hitler are not able to enter the German government until 1936. I'm assuming no...
Probablly more than one in the late war. Not to long ago i read the account of a US paratrooper who escaped in the winter of 1945 & fought with a...
of the battleships actually combat worthy the USN Iowa class came closest to the Vanguard. I'll leave the nuances for others to debate. But,...
All that sums up the argument for the 'Torch' - 'Roundup' sequence of offensives. The last possible decision point for executing this sequence...
"Amphibious hook" I'll have to check my several histories of the Okinawan campaign about the details. Can you give me the location, date, and...
Looking at some compiled numbers of Allied cargo tonnage sunk organized by year I noticed the submarines were credited with less than 80% of the...
Good point. Lacking decrypts of the radio messages there would be a incentive to develop other methods further. ie: Very Long Range Patrol...
Louis...I certaainly agree with that. its why I looked at the question in terms of a percent increase in combat effciency. That is what happens...
Good point. Costello & Huges 'The Battle of the Atlantic' detail quarterly statistics on Allied cargo ships production, cargo ships lost,...
Thanks. Google searches are one thing, but referals from someone knowledgeable can save a immense ammount of time.
The long patrol by the Raider Battalion on Guadacannal was not quite a 'surrounded' base. The battalion was certainly out of contact and supply...
90% of Griggs book concerns the Allied debate over strategy for 1943. His own arguments for attacking France are largely confined to the last...
YES! Quiberon Bay, key to Berlin. I loved that thread.
