Cavalry for me always brings up an image of a soldier on horseback. However, at some point in the mid 20th century, the cavalry modernized and the term no longer refers to soldiers on horseback. So ...
Before German invasion fleet arrived, Hitler had merchant ships in the harbour at Narvick, with troops hidden in the holds. Curious about how many ships, how many troops, and how long they were ...
The troops came from 28 different countries, the majority from the US. The war cost an estimated 61 billion dollars, with Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states covering 36 billion of it. It ...
What was the general 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 ...
Oh yeh ref the us troops ,the 29th infantry division was untested , suported by 9 ranger companys. they did' nt fair well on the day(29th inf) ,from the us army records and other sources : i quote ...
... ude yeah he would have had them executed but it wasn't the New Zealanders in command of New Zealand troops they were either commanded by Australian's, American's or British commanders. New Zealand ...
The Russians had excellent ground attack aircraft, (Sturmovik series) and their fighters were not to be despised up to around 15,000 feet. However after that... their fighters were definitely ...
Finally found this: In 331 B.C. Alexander the Great marched towards India with his armies. Alexander had already conquered much of the known world, and he would stop at nothing to have it all. ...
Hiya! E.F.Schelby schrieb: Ehm, this would be the correct translation, but doesn't fully consider the political/ideological implications. Well, as the US has somehow to justify its current war ...
Hurtful and insenistive was not the intention of the comments and I do apoligize . I have been to 66th Division Reunions and I have traveled to France with several of them. I can assure you that they ...
There were no Waffen-SS units of any sort in North Africa at any time. However, the notorious SD ( the Security Police branch of the SS ) did maintain an Office in Tunis. These personnel would not ...
Allen: Thanks for the reply. Camp Lewis played the Mare Island Marines on 11/10/17 in Tacoma, losing 13-0 to the Marines. Newspaper stories of the time indicate that special trains were scheduled ...
I've always admired the chutzpah of those that would try to make out any bolt action rifle to be as good as any semi automatic weapon. I do note that the comparison is always couched with the caveat ...
... ase to 480 Aussies against 900 Japanese, and, eventually, 3000 Aussies fought against 6000 Japanese troops. The Australians involved in the Kokoda campaign were mostly inexperienced as the bulk of ...
... t. My Troop Carrier unit was actually deployed to staging bases, but I cannot recall which airborne troops we were going to drop...they possibly may have been Commonwealth airborne troops. We had ...
'Taylor's 2nd Kill'- Painting by Tom Freeman What were the Japanese losses at Pearl Harbour? The Japanese attack on the US Navy's Pacific Fleet's base at Pearl Harbour, Oahu on 7th December ...
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 ...
Sweden was neutral during World War II, but she definitely sympathized (at least at first) with Germany. Sweden sympathized even more with the Finns in their fight against the Soviets. Sweden had ...
Hello all, I'd appreciate if someone could answer a few questions I have regarding squad level tactics of the German Army in various situations/ environments: Preface: I'm assuming, from what I've ...
> Victory for Germany. Yes it could have been done had the Germans made a solid commitment to taking the Island. As it was, the invasion of Russia took priority. All of the naysay
I don't agree. There is a lot of literature about the German atomic program. Some of said literature seems to paint a view of a germany really nearing the completion of one or more atomic devices ...
thanks for the tip another question, on the back of my dads discharge papers it said he went in service 1942 arrived in AFRICA IN 1943 was only there for a short time ,got malaria somewhere, was sent ...
... s say there is "compelling" evidence they have found the mass burial site of British and Australian troops who were killed during World War I. They believe the bodies of up to 400 soldiers remain in ...
I noticed that all of your cites were from the Valour and the Horror which has been pretty thoroughly discredited by the veterans. Also, I think that there is a big difference from individual ...
Im pretty sure i read a story where they said that during the capture and rounding up of German troops there was an altercation between an American GI and an arrogant Waffen SS officer whereby it ...
Essentially true. Most of those German divisions guarding the beaches were ragtag formations and not very effective. The beach defense units did not cause serious delays, except for the 352nd German ...
3 RD C A V A L R Y G R O U P 43rd Cav Sqdn 3rd Cav Sqdn Narrative Notes Compiled From: 1. Interviews with: Col Frederick W. DRURY, CO 3rd Cav Grp Lt Col Phillip B. DAVIDSON, Exec. 0. 3rd ...
Statistics of US troops during WWII show that 40% of medical discharges during WWII were 'psychological' in nature. These medical discharges were given nice names such as "battle fatigue," "combat ...