History Forum / War History / World War II / January 2005

Rummaging through my recently deceased father's correspondence, i found
a poem written in my father's hand on american red cross stationery.  i
never knew my father to be a poet, so i am not so sure that he wrote
it.  it is not great poetry, but it seems a good example of a g.i.'s

    The current issue of Newsweek has an article that includes a
picture of General Eisenhower--taken during or after December 1944
because he is wearing the five star rank insignia:
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6830801/site/newsweek/>

my Dad served in the CBI theater in the 843 Anti Aircraft Artillery
battalion.  he says they were attached to the 14th Air Force Flying Tigers.
where on the web could I find information about his unit?
please reply to the group.

The book titled "The Guns Of Normandy," is a memoir by
George Blackburn when he was a Canadian artillery officer.
On page 63 he writes that he saw a case of German rifle
ammunition with normal brass cartridges but having bullets

       What was the superior fighter - the American P51 or the German
Fw190?

    I picked up a copy of a 1944 book titled "Bombardier," apparently
targeted for High School or possibly college kids.  It mentions "the
American bombsight" as a great secret but doesn't use the name
Norden.

I'm looking for a comprehensive overview of Allied air raids against German
cities during WWII. A table including city and date would be ideal.
Thanks,
John

In the British newspaper "Mail on Sunday" of January 23rd, there was a piece
on Geoffrey Perry, aka Horst Pinschewer, who shot and captured William Joyce
in May 1945.  The piece includes the following information:
Perry was one of at least 10,000 Germans and Austrians - mostly ...

In a previous, post, MD made an interesting statement about Nimitz's
desire to invade Taiwan instead of the Philippines.
I've never heard of this possibility before. Why did Nimitz want to
invade Taiwan instead? Was it easier to invade and did it have better

I've read a book on the Luftwaffe that covers the interwar years
1918-1940.
Of course, the situation was evolving, and then reacting to reality or
blind to reality...

"Louis Capdeboscq" <louisec00@yahoo.com> posted Dec. 8:

I am looking for more sources on the British Army, Royal Air Force and
Royal Navy in Far East Asia.
(Not the other Commonwealth Armies. Excluded the books on
Chindit and Wingate's.)

Tim Watkins <wb6wqa@hotmail.com> posted Jan. 19:

   What was the larger number of bombers Japanese used in a single bomber
raid?