Which country had the most skilled soldiers in the WW2?Many times i have heard thet Finnish troops were the best.Afterall they crushed the superior russian forces at the Winter war.
... r leader (?) who had his enemies in the camp for talks prior to war. The leader odered many of his soldiers to walk off the cliff, and they did. His enemies surrendered right there. Who was this ...
I doubt if very many German soldiers who served in Normandy would agree with that. The Germans lost almost 40 divisions in less than 3 months. Now that is some truly frightening high speed mass ...
I read on yahoo somewhere someone Said ""About the SS. If you wished to become a member of the SS, you had to swear a personal oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler, "on your blood and your sword." I ...
Credit for this post goes to shooterike. I ran across this tale while doing research on the effectiveness of the WW2 German military. This was years ago, and at that time there were German Army ...
Some of the missing bodies of Australian and British soldiers from the Fromelles fight during WWI 1916 are probably going to be found at the original mass graves that the German used to bury the ...
who were classed as the best Allied infantry soldiers of the Vietnam War, given that the NVA were the best of their side. Do not include Special Forces.
I read some books (in the past) about the high battle performance of German soldiers against the Allied soldiers in the Normandy campaign. The book, I think it was Keegan's, stated that the German ...
Where any allied soldiers ever regretful of enforcing "OPERATION KEELHAUL" were 4 to 6million refugees along with soldiers of different nationalities (not German) were taken and deported back to ...
What became of the rank and file German soldiers who had participated in genocide at the camps and places like Babi Yar after the war ended. Did they just go back home and resume life as if nothing ...
Someone pointed out recently that it would have been impossible for Japan to have repatriated its soldiers from China to help repel an American landing, since by 1945 the American navy had largely ...
answered my reply, refuting what I said. I stand by my answers: 1- It is Soldbuch, not Wehrpass. I don't know what a Wehrpass is. I never had one. I still have my Soldbuch and can look at it any time ...
Lately there are many users looking for data about their relatives who participated in the WW2, Korea or other wars. Are there links you can share to make their search shorter?What details do they ...
Hi, Are there lists on the internet of American soldiers killed in WWII in Europe? Are there list of American soldiers burried in Europe (France)? Thank you for your help. Joseph Galron
... torian Richard Holmes had a theory, which he backed up with a lot of evidence, that the majority of soldiers in combat during the Second World War either rarely or never actually fired their own ...
Hi, I am looking for some details on the way someone died in combat in June 1940 in France. Is there any database, organisation, association from which I could find this? The person was Pierre ...
:huh: Hi, what happened when american soldiers in greenland made greenlandic girls pregnant ? I´m asking because my father is a result of that, and it´s impossible to find out anything about my ...
Hi, I'm wondering if anybody knew of any sources where I could find the figures for the number of german soldiers that there were in occupied France? Thank you very much, Lee
How many soldiers have five or more combat jumps? I've never seen anyone wearing wings with a gold combat jump star. I'd like to find a picture of someone with those wings if anyone can find one. I ...
There are always those stories of the young 17 years old soldier who lied about his age and joined the army. I personally know a man who did that in ww2. He was a combat pilot at the age of 17. I ...
MY HUSBAND AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS RAN AND HID WHEN THE SOLDIERS CAME ON THEIR FARM FOR BOOZE, FOOD AND KILLINGS. THEY HAD A HIDDEN WALL TO SAVE LIVES WHILE RISKING THEIR OWN. THAY ALL SAY HITLER ...
I read on yahoo somewhere someone Said ""About the SS. If you wished to become a member of the SS, you had to swear a personal oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler, "on your blood and your sword." I ...
I think Europe is one of the most reported war theater in WW2 and this overtook the real war news from Asia and Africa fought with the help of the large British Indian Army. I wonder how many Indians ...
My family lives in Fuerteventura and I lived there till I was 17. I went on holidays 2 years ago and went to see the villa winter. We saw the caretaker and as he saw we were locals he jumped with ...
I would like to learn more about british soldiers having tied german pows at low tide to rocks during the normandy invasion so that they would drown slowly as the tide was rising.
That is patently ridiculous. Armed citizens are the best defense against invasion. A intelligent military commander is well aware of the difficulty attacking the homeland because armed citizens are ...