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Hello, I recently read an online article that described the British Parliament. I still have a few questions regarding the topic. For one, the House of Lords is composed of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal. Are all the peers of Britain automatically members, or are the Lords sitting in Parliament el...

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I was curious: What was the structure of the U.S. infantry division? I know that the division was based on the pyramidal three regiment scheme. But, were they all heavy mechanized infantry with an integral TD battalion or were they light foot mobile infantry?

Cordially,

Freiritter

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I was curious: How effective was the V-1 and V-2 campaign in 1944-1945? I remember that these V weapons did influence the Allied effort, just look at Crossbow. But was the use of these weapons really that effective as a weapon of war?

Cordially,

Freiritter

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I've heard that General Bradley was referred to as the GI's general during WWII. I don't really hear a lot of reference to his effectiveness as a leader and strategist. How does he rate when compared to Patton, Eisenhower, Montgomery and Horrocks?

Cordially,

Freiritter

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I had an encounter recently with an Englishman online. He seemed offended when I asked if he was British and replied that he was English.
Do the British subjects of the Crown still refer to themselves as English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish instead of British?

Cordially,

Freiritter

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When I read the names of some prominent British leaders, some have acronyms like CBE, MBE, KBE and OBE. Are these to denote that this person is a Citizen, Member, Knight or Officer of the British Empire? If so, what are these honors?

Cordially,

Freiritter

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I've recently seen on television that Monty was a Viscount at the time of his death. Was Motgomery's peerage for his service in WWII or a previous distinction?

Cordially,

Freiritter

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Pretty good posts, everyone. Especially Crossley's.

Cordially,

Freiritter

Hello, After reading in several histories of the German military and the 20th century overall, I get the impression that von Clausewitz's works on strategy and military history pretty much formed the basis of German military theory during both world wars. In particular, the need for swift action to ...

Hello, I have to admit, that the German naval situation during WWII was not very favorable to a German victory. The decisive German naval arm was of course the UbootWaffe, since the German surface force was too small to really envisage a general action with the battle force of the RN Home Fleet. So ...

Hello, I've been reading Mahan's work, The Influence of Sea Power upon History and it describes the general trend of navies that depend on commerce raiding at sea. Namely that those navies that rely on commerce raiding alone will lose in the face of enemy command of the sea. Except that those navies...

Hello, It has been quite a while since I last posted here, so hello everyone. I know that Werner von Braun was a proponent of space travel and maybe a member of a German Interplanetary Society before the war. But, was there a space program ever conceived during the National Socialist era? Cordially,...

I would expect that the Länder that composed the former Empire saw themselves as a collective nation and wanted to keep together. Second, the Freikorps units had kept putting down Communist uprisings all across the Reich. In some instances, the bad blood between the Communists and the largely conser...

How about one in which an Ukrainian man joins one of the Ukrainian security units that fought the Soviet partisans. I feel this might provide a honest look at why so many ethnic groups and nations fought on the German side against Stalinist Communism and for their own nation.

Cordially,

Freiritter

Thanks, George. That's good data. I'm not sure about what the French suffixes and acronyms are. I think that REI might be Regiment Entrangere Infanterie and eme and e, er might be equivalents to English number suffixes. Was the Legion in WWII solely light infantry, or did they field mechanized infan...