1941
I'm after the color and camoflage color schemes for the British battleship HMS Nelson, circa late 1941 - 1942. I'm building a model warship for a sailor, Bob Wilkins, who sailed on it as its ...
by chadnezzzz
Hyperbole? Hardly. Planning goal? It all depends upon what you mean by the term. World conquest has been a multi-generation goal for Japan's leadership. Yet, Japanese military operations plans were ...
by rbartram
In 41, PRIOR to Barbarossa's start, how many tanks in a Wehrmacht Pz Division? Specifically, in the divisions involved in Operation 25, the Invasion fo Yugoslavia... TIA!! V-Man A Knight is sworn to ...
by juanorez
Historians and buffs of WWII, Any decent books on what the Reds knew during WWII out there? Happy Holidays,
by Sweety
Hello the Net! Does anyone have the exact quotation of this ominous horoscope for the following day, Sunday December 7th?? The writer was almost prescient in his/her description of events to be ...
by Sounder
Why did Japanese NOT invade Calif 1941.? I think it is propaganda that the reason was because US citzens had guns in their homes. The reason was it was NOT necessary, Japanese did not have the ...
by Marcia
my father joined up 1940into pioneer corp 1941 discharged 1946 service number647553
by Guest
... eneral number of axis occupation troops in Greece in total and breakdown by nationality between May 1941 and September 1943? You might be surprised I haven't found a single simple answer in several ...
by Phil Lyon
I served in ww2 and never was sent overseas. seved 1941 1945
by Guest
I believe that the Greeks where truly the best/bravest soldiers. First off, at a speech at the Reichstag, Hitler said that the Greeks where the best and bravest warriors that they had ever faced... ...
by Alex
... and it the woman who wrote back. The program said 1945. Somewhere I read 1936 which contradicts the 1941-45 timeline unless somethings missing ...
by Robin Buehler
I would recommend getting John Keegan's 'The Battle for History: Re-Fighting World War II.' It is an excellent survey of the histography of the war and makes many suggestions for further reading. It ...
by Lambofsatan
Hi SAC I think you may have some valuable experience to share with all of us as "you were there" You were dealing with a very motivated enemy with lots of support from the population and battle ...
by Jake from London
... g neat little national flags under the cockpit began with the AVG, the original 'Flying Tigers', in 1941-1942; through the publicity of the AVG, the practice spread quickly and became commonplace in ...
by manau
my father was a stoker on a mine sweeper from 1941 based at scapaflow how can I find out which ship he was on he died 15years ago
by thomas commins
Can you name the countries that made up the Axis powers at that time as well as the country they invaded?
by Vale
:>4) Finally, Hitler and his cronies put together an organised plan, in :>January 1942 , at Wannsee to wipe out the Jews.This highly organised :>extermination was only the ideological PRODUCT of a ...
by Ricimer
What were the Japanese losses at Pearl Harbour? 'Taylor's 2nd Kill'- Painting by Tom Freeman The Japanese attack on the US Navy'
by pete hill
Not to my recollection but Erwin Rommel said to htiler "Give me 2 Australian division and I will conquer the world" I think you are miss quoting this quote. The circumstances were a conversation ...
by Daniel
... l Harbor' by R G Smith A common description of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941 is that it 'destroyed' the US Navy's Pacific Fleet moored there. The cinematic portrayals of ...
by pete hill
Could you give me the ISBN Numbers from these books. I like to have them very much! I read his book 'Panzer Leader' and 'Achtung Panzer' but I didn't read that he changed his opinion on this matter. ...
by irochka
Soviet aircraft were flying coffins according to the soviet air marshal Pavel Rychagov in 1941, who was shot by Stalin for making this remark
by Ajit kanagasundram
The 15 planes of Torpedo 8 form up and head away from the USS Hornet on the morning of June 4, 1942. None of these planes would ret
by pete hill
I stumbled upon a discussion from years ago that treated the topic of numbers of soviet losses during WW2 at the hands of the luftwaffe. Sadly that discussion seems locked so I'll just point out some ...
by RAMjb
The name of the booklet was 'Germany must perish', the name of the author was Theodore N. Kaufman, a completely unknown NYC businessman running a theatre ticket agency, publishing the book on his ...
by Scoundrel
... that the U.S. developed the Garand in peacetime, and that it did not enter the war until the end of 1941, and that even in 1941 men were training with the Springfield bolt-action. I doubt that even ...
by ltwalt
Gold medal for boxing in Berlin in 1936 was killed in action in Crete in 1941. I believe he was a paratrooper there (not exactly sure).
by Sounder
Hey Jade! :). I'm currently using a public computer. I don't want to write any of my passwords in a computer that I don't use exclusively - that's why I'm not using my account. Mike: America ...
by RAMJB
... ? The Japanese attack on the US Navy's Pacific Fleet's base at Pearl Harbour, Oahu on 7th December 1941 achieved complete surprise and caused considerable damage to US forces on the island of Oahu. ...
by pete hill
Hi Bill, I've just found this discussion thread, to my delight. I'm currently editing my late father's autobiography, in which he has written about his time at 504 AMES, which he was in charge of ...
by Merryd
by Jake from London
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by pete hill
... After the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the extermination of European Jewry began. In July 1941, Goring told ...
by Quiltlady
... Japanese could have attempted an invasion of the North American mainland. Remember that the entire 1941-1942 south pacific campaign was accomplished with only 10 divisions. The rest of the Japanese ...
by dickson
True The Waffen SS did commit crimes against enemy soldiers but one has to put into perspective the fact that The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin when war broke out showed less concern about their ...
by Alfreds Blekis
by JamesHinton
I have a file of corespondence and documents sent to me by Major J.S.Milman who was inb one of the units of the Middle East Commandos. Glancing through the file now I note the following excerpts ...
by Heath Patrie
The 15 planes of Torpedo 8 form up and head away from the USS Hornet on the morning of June 4, 1942. None of these planes would return.On June 4th, 1942, the Battle of Midway saw the United States ...
by pete hill
My father was in the Army Signal Corp. stationed at Schofield Barracks December 7, 1941. It was on Sunday morning and it was his day off. He was learning to fly on his own time. In my father flying ...
by Terry
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