That was excellent! Although US subs sank 52% of all Japanese shipping, it would have been a lot more had they had good torpedoes for the first...
Ummmmm.... SPR really had nothing to do with US Paratroops. There was a scene where the guys walked by a crashed US glider though. The 101st and...
Thanks for the extra info. The USN later named a ship after the Sullivans....
1) SPR was not 'about' D-Day. It was about a 'mission' that was given to some American soldiers after they safely made it ashore. We saw the scene...
This one was outside a Museum at the north end of the Caen canals and outside a 6-story German command center. I do not remember if this was used...
This photo is a big one and is located at the Pegasus Museum. I took this photo, of the photo on a small, outside billboard when we visited the...
I look at it differently. While the 'charges' for his court-martial were based on his conduct, that may have been the perfect 'excuse' to shut him...
I think that I mentioned the sinking of staionary AND moving ships was proven by various types of aircraft. Our B-17s in the Phillipines in early...
I'd still say that carriers (once they really came into their own, 1942-43 or so) they put BBs down a notch to the point where they were mostly...
Sorry, I stand corrected. But Mitchell DID show how vulnerable ships are to aircraft and bombs. Bombing a stationary ship is one thing but a...
I know that Speilberg took great pride in trying to make SPR as 'realistic' as possible. He even had the actors go through 7-8 days (with Capt...
Keep in mind that it wasn't just subs that were not trusted or respected in the 1920s and 1930s but aircraft carriers also were looked down upon...
450 pages is 'doable' for an overview and would be an excellent source for those that don't need the 'details'. The book could be broken down in...
Well explained...... However, if you were standing right behind the ramp in the very first wave on Omaha, 'your' loss rate was a LOT higher than...
It was also the 'bad' weather that convinced the Germans that the invasion would be put off! They were so condfidant that the invasion was not...
I think that it was Eisenhower who said something along the lines that as soon as the first shot is fired, the best laid battle plans can be...
The large German fortifications were supposed to be 'nullified' by the US bombers. For some reason, the bombers were ordered to line up their...
I'd guess that the photo was posed.......based on the Tommy Gun being held. Some of the C-47 pilots got so freaked out from the flak that they...
Most of the 'old school' Admirals in the 1920s and 30s thought of subs as 'toys' with no real strategic capabilities. They were later assigned the...
I'm currently reading "D-Day The Battle for Normandy" by Antony Beevor. It covers just a few months of battle yet it's over 500 pages long. I...
