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D-Day farther east?	28 Feb 2005 17:16 GMT	8
The distances covered during the entire Allied campaign in Europe (700 miles as the crow flies between Normandy and Berlin) were very short compared to the distances covered by the Marine Corps during their "island hopping" campaign in the Central Pacific, where they would
Fw: D-Day farther east?	28 Feb 2005 17:16 GMT	1
: "Matt Soriano" <CASLshark@hotmail.com> posted Feb. 21 > In fact, the very notion of attacking right into France into the teeth > of Rommel's defenses seems kind of ill-considered. It took a couple of months, but victory in Normandy
Fw: Worse behavior : Nazis or japanese?	28 Feb 2005 17:16 GMT	3
"Tobias Cornels" <TobiasCornels@aol.com> posted Feb. 15: > Before 1871 the Anglo-Saxons were even very proud of > their teutonic origins. The weekness of the real Germany helped in > such racial fantasies. 1871 was the turning point and some decades
Fw: Why didnt top Nazi's flee	28 Feb 2005 17:16 GMT	2
"Michael Emrys" <emrys@olypen.com> posted Feb. 23 > most of these guys don't seem exceptionally bright or astute > in the first place, and those that were also exhibited mental and emotional
Fw: Why did the Soviet Union get half of Germany?	28 Feb 2005 17:15 GMT	3
"Maaxx" <maaxx@xrs.net> posted Feb. 25 > Why was the Soviet Union allowed to get half of Germany while the other half > had to be divided up between the US, UK, and France?
Fw: The Dresden bombing raid on Feb. 13, 1945	28 Feb 2005 17:15 GMT	8
"Thomas Bollmeier" <TBollmeier@web.de> posted Feb. 16: > the main objective of the RAF's night attacks was not to > destroy those industrial capabilities but to burn down the homes of the > people in Dresden. It was simply a terror attack ("shock and awe").
Aryan superiority in WW2	28 Feb 2005 17:15 GMT	36
If Aryans were superior race, why would Hitler who was an European would have to prove this to the world? I mean why would he have to carry the obligations of Aryans? Aryans are people leaving in India(esp. north India), they could prove for themselves. Isn't it? or am I wrong? ...
Origin of the slang phrase "The whole nine yards"	28 Feb 2005 17:15 GMT	33
Lately I've been obsessed with tracking down the origin of this phrase. I'd always thought that it originated during WWII because the version I heard involved machine gun belts. Here's how I'd heard the expression was born. A news journalist was
Fw: Nazi?	28 Feb 2005 02:01 GMT	2
"Daniel Titley" <d_titley@hotmail.com> asked Feb. 15 > Where does the word 'nazi' come from? > > I know it's a contraction of National Socialist (the German spelling
Question about Ian Kershaw's Hitler	28 Feb 2005 02:00 GMT	7
I have one quesrion about the book of Ian Kershaw, "Hitler". I have read on a swiss website (in french) http://www.christianisme.ch/christianisme.htm, that the Vatican wanted to sent missionnaries behind the Wehrwacht in Russia, during Barbarossa, to
Radioactivity of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Occupied Japan)	28 Feb 2005 02:00 GMT	5
Is there any lasting contamination of these sites at this current time? And, were there any mutants (humans) produced from the dropping of these bombs during WW2? How long did the radioactivity last? They sure don't talk about mutants resulting from these bombs like the ...
Arbeitslager Quedlinburg/Halberstadt/Saxony-Anhalt	27 Feb 2005 06:07 GMT	1
I'm looking for information on working camps (Arbeitslager) that may have existed in the area of Quedlinburg and Halberstadt, in Saxony-Anhalt, specifically those where Dutch men were sent in the age of 16 and up in order to support the German war effort by working on railroads, in
V-1 german rockets	27 Feb 2005 06:07 GMT	10
Does anyone know approximately the date of when were ready the V-1 bombs, before they were used in spring of 1944.. any information will be appreciated
From The Whatever Happened To Dep't.	27 Feb 2005 06:07 GMT	1
Hi, All: Just read in James F. Dunnigan's "Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War," Uncle Ho had a bunch of former Imperial Japanese soldiers fighting for him against France! Moreover, he had former German
Fw: B-17 and USAAF Effort In Europe	27 Feb 2005 06:07 GMT	5
: "Walt" <Walterm140@aol.com> posted Feb. 21: > Only the US bombers could have an important damaging effect on > Germany's economy, because only US bombers could strike by day > and with precision.