History Forum / War History / World War II / April 2004

What happend to the men who washed out of air born school in WWII? Where would
they have been placed?  

In looking at old photos and war movies, I notice that the
American soldiers all used lower capacity stick magazines
in their Thompson submachine guns.  Still older photos
seem to indicate that American gangsters and police used

(also known as sonic bangs...)
Some of the long range artillery used in WWII (both land and sea) had
supersonic muzzle velocities.  Some anti-aircraft and anti-tank
projectiles were also supersonic.

RE: Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941
I.    Did President Roosevelt know that war with Japan was imminent?
II.    Did Roosevelt know the date the war would start?
III.    Did Roosevelt know that Pearl Harbor was the main Japanese

does anyone know of a good, relilable ACCURATE account of the bombing of Dresden?
Thanks,
Bill
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Something that seems to be missing from movies about Infantry in WW2 is that
you almost never see overhead cover in foxholes...
I was watching 'Bastogne' from Band of Brothers, and I was reminded deeply
why you use 18" of overhead cover on a fighting position (foxhole)...

Because Morphine is derived from Poppy's grown outside of Europe, what
did the German's use as a medical narcotic?
csmdave

Does anyone have any good suggestions on books that
reflect the link between Wagner and other such
philosephers  on the Nazi party ideology ?
I am paticulairly intertested in the remark that Hitler made

Hi friends -
Whilst reading and transcribing the recently discovered WW2 diaries of
a relative (diaries unread for sixty years!) we have found reference
to a club or organisation in Cairo. The writing was difficult to read,

I've read a lot of criticism about the movie version of "Enemy at the
Gates," but what about the book? I read the book several years ago, before I
even knew they were making a movie. I was curious if the book is a good
representation of what happened at Stalingrad? If not, is there ...

          Does anybody know what happened to Norman Dyke after Easy
Company's (101st airborne) attack on Foy? Was he killed while he stopped in
the field or was he sent back to HQ. If he did survive the attack does
anybody know what happened to his army career?

In 1934, Leni Riefenstahl was chosen by Adolf Hitler to make the propaganda
film "Triumph of the Will". I've read that they're were other propaganda
films made by Riefenstahl before the war, but I can't find any details. Does
anyone know about any such films?

was the BAR an LMG or an Assault gun ?

I was reading Prange's books about Pearl Harbor, and a common theme keeps
popping up... That the Japanese had Petty Officers flying combat aircraft...
Someone told me that the US Army Air Corps started out with many Enlisted
pilots and had them throughout the war...

 What were the Rules of engagement as given for the air born and infantry
unites coming up the beach?
Snipe