History Forum / War History / World War II / February 2006

In _Fighters and Bombers of World War II_,
editor Keith Munson states that a squadron
of Yak-9D and Yak-9DD fighters
 flying from southern Italy after the

Why were not all supplies sent to the Soviets via Iran and why did the
Soviet navy play no part in protecting the Arctic Convoys?

"DAVID CONSTABLE" <d.constable@virgin.net> posted Feb. 8

Where were some of the most remotest outposts in WW2 ?
Occasionally I read of stories of military bases in the Pacific Atolls. And
once war was over they left and left their equipment behind.
recently I bumped into this Maori who said that his father found an old

I think its fair to say that the invasion of France by the Allies
could
not be done early then after the battle of the Atlantic had been done.
So that means mid 1943 at the earliest. Now say that Stalin won his

I have a question for the technically minded among us.  I'm
curious about optimal rates of fire for automatic weapons.
The simple minded notion is, the higher the better.  But that
surely must be too simple.  Other factors to consider must

What was the attitude of Scottish and Welsh nationalists to the war?
Did they mostly support it or see it as an opportunity to get rid of
English rule?

Currently reading Goebbels' diary, I found a mention of 20-30 Soviet
bombers attacking Stockholm (24 February 1944, though it might be a few
days earlier as this is the date of the diary entry, not of the event
itself).

I am looking to find a good book(s) on the resistance movement in
Europe during WWII particularly on the measures the Nazis took to
control, contain, and eliminate the movement.  Looking for sources from
both sides of the conflict.

Does anybody know whether there are still archives from WWII, from
any of the participating countries, that are still sealed, or available
to  only a limited number of government and/or military personnel?
If so,  from which country? When (If ever) will they become

Fergal "tallmanirl" <fergalhayes527@hotmail.com>

1.  Limited port facilities in Iran and no railway to the USSR.

"Robert Sveinson" <rsveinsn@mts.net> writes:

Fergal <fergalhayes527@hotmail.com> posted Feb. 16:

Hello, I have been a "lurker" for some weeks now and have enjoyed the
informative posts to shww-w-ii.  You people really seem to know your stuff.
I have a question about whether hospitals were built in the US to
accommodate expected casualties from invasion of the Japanese homelands ...

I just visited Surabaya Indonesia, that was as far I know important
naval base in WWII.
My queastion is:  Near the airport, in center of traffic circle, there
is an WWII era aircraft. It is carrier-based with a tailhook,