History Forum / War History / World War II / March 2005

Replying to a post by Michele Armellini:
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:42:12 +0000 (UTC) in soc.history.war.world-war-ii,
"Michele Armellini" <don'tspam.miarmel@tin.it> wrote msg
<d0nqjk$9lo$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu>:

Dan Ford "Cub Driver" <warbird@mailblocks.com> posted March 29:

May I please have any information regarding how the Germans treated
Allied prisoners whom their racial policies regarded as inferior,like
blacks,jews,indians,etc?
Most of the literature I've come across pays little attention to

A question about individual Marine Corps medical kits during WWII:
Did most units include the 2 oz. bottle of brandy in the medical kit?
And if so, was it a court martial offense to drink the brandy without
being wounded?

"omerta" <rebeccadordi@yahoo.co.uk> posted March 28:

I saw a great documentary on the History Channel the other night and
was wondering about an incident that happened after the Japanese took
over.  At first the Marine defenders were to be executed but word came
from Tokyo that canceled that order.  They were eventually sent to

I am curious to hear some different opinions on the justification for
the Allied invasion of Sicily during WWII.  I have heard that some
historians do not feel this action was necessary and that the resources
used could have been put to better use else where.  I would like to ...

Guys,
I'm mainly an American Civil War enthusiast, but I also have several
books each on the World Wars.  Lately, I've become interestd in the
German invasion of France in 1940.  In your opinion, what are the best

German TV channel ARD presented yestarday a report about German
Treuenbrietzen, 23. April 1945, crime. German soldiers murdered 127
Italian P.O.W.s.
http://www.swr.de/report/archiv/sendungen/050321/05/index.html

Do you think that the destruction of independent Polish state for 50
years, mass executions, state and individual robbery, mass
deportations, destruction of Warsaw improve German reputation in
Poland?

"Brett" <b_schulte69@hotmail.com> asked:

best

I am sure this has been discussed to death, but the first time I was it
I was astonished: even though US was the attacking force, the losses of
those killed were far less of those of the defenders. ~7000 US vs
~22,000 Japanese. This seems highly unusual that defenders suffer more

Who was the last Knights Cross winner and his fate? Thanks!  Fritz

Anyone know what happened to the bodies of the Goebbels children after
they were found by the Soviets?

I was reading an old wargaming magazine in which a writer suggested that the
reason the one million man Russian airborne forces were not used was because
they were being saved for Britain, and that the invention of the atomic bomb
may have saved Britain from invasion.  Seemed a ...