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| Good resources (books) for equipment info | 30 Nov 2004 21:43 GMT | 8 |
I'm looking into some potential Xmas gifts and need some advice. Can
anyone recommend good books with detailed, accurate information on
equipment, weapons, and/or vehicles and the like for various armed
forces in WWII? I'm sure you all know the kind of information I'm
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| Fw: Luftwaffe's priorities--strategic bombing, tactical support, or flak and defense? | 30 Nov 2004 21:42 GMT | 8 |
"John Freck" <basaltd@comcast.net> posted Nov. 1:
> A book that I have read recently, states emphatically that Germany's
> LW was built primarlily for startegic bombing. Do an Amazon.com
> search for James Corum. |
| Fw: Photos of RAF runway flarepaths? | 30 Nov 2004 17:04 GMT | 3 |
"JamesUK" <londonguy212@nospamyahoo.com> posted Nov. 24:
> For reasons of research I am looking for images of the type of flarepaths
> that were used to illuminate RAF runways in WW2. Can anyone point me in the
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| Fw: Lord Louis Mountbatten ? and Dieppe | 30 Nov 2004 16:56 GMT | 8 |
"Brage" <kyle_brofolowsky@yahoo.com> asked Nov. 8:
> 1) Would Lord Louis Mountbatten had been where he was (aka his rank)
> if it hadden been for his ties with the royal familiy Probably not: but
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| Berlin? | 30 Nov 2004 16:35 GMT | 29 |
How bad was it in Soviet occupied
Germany for the german citizens?
Were they treated like Russian citizens
or tortured?
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| Photos of RAF runway flarepaths? | 29 Nov 2004 15:43 GMT | 3 |
For reasons of research I am looking for images of the type of flarepaths
that were used to illuminate RAF runways in WW2. Can anyone point me in the
direction of a good resource?
PS I am not a Nazi spy!
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| Henry John Hiscox, killed in action 21/07/1944 | 29 Nov 2004 15:38 GMT | 1 |
In the graveyard of Beesel (Netherlands) is the grave of an English
soldier called Henry John Hiscox. He was killed in the night of
20th/21st of Jyly 1944 when his bomber, an Avro Lancaster B1 flying to
the Ruhr area to bomb the oil refineries at Homberg, was shot down
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| Fw: Why did Hitler not invade after Dunkirk? | 25 Nov 2004 15:10 GMT | 1 |
"BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious" <comeon@dood.com>
> Hitler wanted peace with Britain and the US. After Dunkirk he still thought
> it might be possible to negotiate a treaty with them while keeping up
> hostilities in mainland Europe. |
| Most remote exchange of fire... | 25 Nov 2004 14:38 GMT | 14 |
There must be some remote exhcanges of fire that took place in WW2. I would
like to know what the remotest was.
I am subpecting it to be naval and maybe on some small rocky outcrop in the
middle of the antartic wilderness or somthing similar..
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| U.S.S. Washington (BB-56) | 25 Nov 2004 14:36 GMT | 8 |
Here is an interesting tidbit I ran across and wrote up for Historylink.org,
the online encyclopedia of Washington state history:
On November 15, 1942, the U.S.S. Washington (BB-56) sinks the Japanese
battleship Kirishima in the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon
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| Fw: U-Boats and POW's? | 25 Nov 2004 14:32 GMT | 2 |
"SnipeUNblue" <snipeunblue@aol.com>
> Under what Circumstances would a U boat take on POW's from the water? I'd
> assume that if the U boat still had torpedo's and was still on patrol they |
| Fw: Battle of Britain / Big wing controversy | 24 Nov 2004 23:58 GMT | 2 |
"Dan work" <bjarnasd@toronto.cbc.ca>
> What was the essence of the difference between the tactical ideas of Park
> and Leigh-Mallory in the Battle of Britain? One of them believed in the
> "Big Wing" theory, and the other opposed it. What was that all about? And |
| Hitlers discussion with Mannerheim | 24 Nov 2004 23:58 GMT | 1 |
Adolf Hitler speaks privately in this world's only recording when he
visits the Finnish military commander, Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim
on June 4, 1942. Go see www.ero.fi for details.
Regards
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| Fw: Developed but unused weapons? | 24 Nov 2004 18:40 GMT | 65 |
"Jeff nor Lisa" <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> posted:
> Would anyone know of weapons the Allied developed but
> for whatever reason did not deploy? |
| Machine Gun vs Cannon: Definition | 24 Nov 2004 16:55 GMT | 24 |
Can somebody provide a simple explanation of the difference between a
machine gun (ex .50 or .303 on Allied aircraft) and cannon (ex 20mm on
German a/c).
I used to think cannons shot explosive rounds and guns shot kinetic
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