History Forum / War History / World War II / January 2007

I know that Nazi antiaircraft (AA) defense was very effective.
But I have heard nothing about Japanese AA.
What do you know?
Please help.

When the Too Far Was Written I believe ULTRA was still secret. The
movie tries to emphasize the role of the Dutch underground and aerial
reconaissance Now we know that is not nearly the case regarding
intelligence, How is it that the movement of the Ninth and Tenth SS

Is it the Mustang, Spitfire, Focke-Wulf, ME-262, Hellcat, Corsair,
Lightning, Thunderbolt, ME-109, Zero, Kawasaki Hein ?
Obviously the P-40, F4F, Hurricane, P-39 were outclassed- yet all were
somewhat highly regarded- esp. the P-40 and Hurricane

This is an awkward question, because it
cab be difficult to identify distinct
"battles" in the continuous and extensive
combats of WW II.

Just got done seeing "Letters from Iwo Jima", and thought I'd throw in
some things (other than a movie review, though the movie was excellent)
that might be of interest to the group. Nothing in any particular order,
just some random observations. No spoilers :-)

Railsplitters.
More in detail:
333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division.
Were to start to find DETAILED reports on the fights on 25 to 30 of december

I'm curious what percentage of German tanks was destroyed by air as opposed
to ground actions on the Western Front durring WWII. From what I
understand, the majority of German tanks were destroyed by either air
strikes or abandonement (such as at Falaise) rather than tank vs tank ...

Does anyone know of any useful websites or places that have collections
of military or civilian photos of a German prospective from the last
months of the war?

Greetings everyone,
I saw a message a long time ago dealing with battlefield interviews during
World War II.  Does anyone have any information at all on these interviews
and where they can be viewed?

There have been several discussions about atomic history during the
war.  I'd like to recommend three books for that:
1) The main "bible" is "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard
Rhodes.

I'm trying to find some information on the duration and substance of
initial recruit or draftee training for the US Army in late 1940/early
1941.  Basically, when the first batch of conscripts (or enlistees who
decided not to wait for the draft) entered initial training, what did

A German sub (U-864) sunk by the British Royal Navy on
February 9, 1945, 2 days after it left Bergen Norway
with a  large shipment of mercury and armaments meant for
Japan is causing serious ecological concern today in

Question: Were hospital ships formally respected on the Eastern Front?
I have read that the Soviet government gave notice in July 1941 that it
would not recognize and respect German hospital ships according to the
Hague Convention.  If true, obviously this would have made Soviet

In an interview released to the most recent update on the II World War in
Italy by the daily documentary "Atlantis" (italian TV La7 - end of  2006),
the former american secret  agent  of the OSS and historian Peter Tompkins
(who lives in Rome) has asserted that the true liable for ...

I'm part-way through the above-menti0ned novel,  which so far is set in
1938/39 and I'm hugely curious about the level of its veracity.  
Dobbs makes all kinds of accusations and I'm wondering where fact ends and
fiction begins.   There's stuff about Robert Boothby screwing Harold