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I agree. You have to have a lot of 'intestinal fortitude' to launch one of these funny banzai charges that lead nowhere ,and if you survive that, then put that very intestinal fortitude to the test by commiting seppuku . I readily agree that in the way of suicidal and ultimately useless last stand d...

Indeed. But your Japanese Imperial Marine etc. will fight just ONE battle, and be anihilated after giving a hell of a fight and perhaps causing, let's say, 1/2 of its strenght in enemy casualties. Your Ss-PZGrDiv. on the other hand, will kill only about 1/4 of its strenght, and then will retreat, ba...

Yes, you're completely right it was not the fault of the excellent Luftwaffe ground troops that they were fed into the front line without proper training. Also, you're right in that USA replacements were not much good in terms of training, etc., but after all they were mostly young, fit men, even if...

Guillermo, the country, the nation, the psople had to be saved from the Hitlerite beasts. If we were soft, the night of Nazi genocide would have fallen over the Soviet Union and then, the entire world. If all of our men had fought as well as the Japanese defenders of Tarawa, no nazi would ever have...

Agree, but up to a point. His basic contention is (against Martin van Creveld, Dupuy and others), that an American unit was in WWII not only as good as, but more efficcient, that an equivalent German unit. But I believe that his starting point was flawed, because even in the Vosgues in late 1944-ear...

Mmmmm... As you all know, there are lies, d***d lies and statistics, and these could be one of the latter. No one doubts the will (note I avoid the term 'fanaticism') of the Japanese soldiers and officers to die for Emperor and Country. But, as Patton once said, war is not about dying for your Count...

Hi Ian!! Glad to see you're back and well!!!
Did you find that camel, the ONLY and ONE?

My condolences. Not lon ago we had to lament the tragic death in a plane crash of 62 soldiers returning from Afghanistan. Not exactly the same thing, but I can perfectly understand your feelings
Best Regards

ROFL!!! And almost crying at the same time!!!
Amazing, Commissar!!!
You lead, and Commissar Fridolinev will follow you to Hell's Gate!!

heheheheheh!!!!
Let's see what I can do. I'm writing right now to the Ministerio de Defensa!!

Yeah! Look at this: Is this a frigate? http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RwDcAgYVcOXNn1y3B5FoWF0JmtxMUMEg1BtJyOXEzX3r*2QV4!pvIWKLbEywOZsVvOx2ZF*T0rTa2Z7eWDjuL!jjD0ILevtKPfEwtuPYhGU/F101_6.jpg?dc=4675413097366096023 F100 CLASS FRIGATE SPECIFICATIONS Displacement: aprox. 5,761 full load Dimensions: 146.7...

Ahhhh... I'm ENJOYING this!!!
You really have a gift for this!

I salute you, Commissar.... even if the last two issues have left me scratching my head and wondering about those pills... But I love this: From the back deck of his StuG, Sam stared at what was certainly a replica of a Viking shield, complete with a black raven drawn on a red background. “Excuse me...

A pity. But in fact many of the new generation european 'frigates' are 'destroyers' in all but name. For example, our new 'Alvaro de Bazán' F100 Aegis class frigates should have been classed as destroyers by displacement and weapon systems, but there is a strong hint :evil: that the term 'destroyer'...

You are all mad!! Do you realize where are you getting into?
BTW, Michael, did you finally obtain that OB for the Red Army in Europe May 1945 at Div. Level (no names, just numbers, remember?