History Forum / War History / World War II / August 2006

I've been watching movies again, in this case "Across the Pacific" which is
about a British traitor,
a British woman, and a court-martialled American Army officer taking a trip
to Tokyo on a

Browsing through the website  thirdreichinruins.com , I was suprised to
find that the apartment house where Hitler was born not only still
exists but is perfectly preserved. The room where Hitler was born is
also clearly indicated there

This link might be of interest, it's an article in October issue of Modern
Mechanix dating from 1935 explaining use and workings of a primitive
radar for aerial surveillance. While I have known some radar experiments
were published prior to Second World War, for example in case of ...

Hi all, does anyone know where can i find trustworthy information about
the nazi euthanasia program aktion t-4?  thanks a lot

There's two values available on the Web: one says 13,000 and one says
19,000. I need to know what is the absolute ceiling for a floatplane
version of the OS2U-3, so please gurus, help me out :)
Thanks!

I have been doing some research on German and Prussian military
history, and the books I have been reading often refer to issues of the
magazine militär-wochenblatt. I have two basic questions: First, Can
anyone point me to a source that definitely defines or describe just

Hi, I am looking for anyone with information on my Father-in-law.
Loid Leon Harrell
he was in the Co \"B\" 60th Infantry. Rifleman 745
He went to Northern France, Rhineland.

with thank  for very good  your gorup
i want information about BATTLE OF VISTULA
in many site information about this matter is not complete (if i use
wrong word or verb pardon me - my english is weak)

And if that's your guess, I think it would be wrong, but the only way
to test it would be to actually take a poll.  I suspect that very few
Americans who are more than one generation removed from WWII have even
heard of the Holocaust.  And as far as Hollywood putting a "large

I am looking for a map of pre-WWII Germany that also delineates the
Rhineland area that Hitler sent troops into, Austria, and
Czechoslovakia, with the Sudentenland also distinguished. What I'm
trying to do is to show a simple map that shows the "military"

In 1944 General MacArthur presuaded FDR to liberate the
Philippines directly instead of bypassing them as other
Generals preferred (IIRC they wanted to land in Formosa
instead).  My question is, in light of what happened, did the

I remember hearing about a scientist in the Manhatten Project who like
solving puzzles so he cracked all of the locks in Los Alamos. And I
think he also used to sign out the front of the camp, get back in
through a hole in the fence, and then sign out again.

1.  We should not limit our options by suggesting that

I remember reading that noise levels on the B-25 were quite high, and
it got me thinking.  Which were the worst Allied aircraft for engine
noise in the cockpit, and which were the quietest (not counting
gliders)?  I would guess the worst were the twins with cockpits near

What, if anything, is known about Italian intelligence and espionage
efforts directed at the United States during and prior to World War Two?
I'm aware of the Italian success in gaining access to the "Black Code"
via a break-in of the US Embassy in Rome. The Italian embassy and