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by marcelo_malara
Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:27 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Zeppelins using helium instead of hydrogen
Replies: 6
Views: 2509

I don´t know Robert. Airships are quiet unwieldy to drive. In the US it was not the hydrogen that ultimately doomed the US Navy program (they were filled with helium), but the loose of the Shenandoah, Akron and Makon, all due to bad weather. In paper an airship of the day could lift heavier loads, h...
by marcelo_malara
Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Tsunami tragedy in Asia
Replies: 13
Views: 4958

Karl, about Krakatoa the movie, be aware that the volcano was actually located to the WEST of Java. That is a movie blunder far worst that the Japaneses "nuclear" carriers attacking Pearl.
by marcelo_malara
Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:33 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Tsunami tragedy in Asia
Replies: 13
Views: 4958

The Krakatoa history is quiet amazing, I came to it a few years ago reading the book by Simon Winchester. The vulcan was located in an unoccupied island, between Sumatra and Java. Some days before the explosion it started vomiting smoke, so thick it became at last that the vulcan was unseen from the...
by marcelo_malara
Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:19 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Zeppelins using helium instead of hydrogen
Replies: 6
Views: 2509

The only country to produce helium in significant quantities until 1945 was USA. And of course, Germany was not willing to ask for it. Besides, the need to use hydrogen made the lifting force stronger. On the other side I don´t think it would make it a better weapon: a hole is a hole, and despite th...
by marcelo_malara
Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:48 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Need copyright advice for Bethlehem Steel Shipyard booklet
Replies: 4
Views: 2321

I think that the copyright ends after 50 years.
by marcelo_malara
Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:01 pm
Forum: Naval History Post-1945
Topic: May 25 1982
Replies: 27
Views: 27052

It seems like another instance of Latin macho face-saving which some Argentines have specialised in since 1982, a bit like that utter guff about the Invincible being blown up/damaged/sunk/whatever and a replacement built in secret Excuse me, this was for me? I have never supported the theories of t...
by marcelo_malara
Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:43 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Today 68 years ago
Replies: 13
Views: 4054

Robert, Argentina declared war on Germany in April, because of the international pressure I think.
by marcelo_malara
Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:59 am
Forum: Books and Reference
Topic: Latest news on books
Replies: 0
Views: 2404

Latest news on books

I started this thread to keep undisturbed the Yamato vs. Iowa discussion. Thanks to Bgile and Tiornu I noticed that a new book on naval gunnery is on the move: Norman Friedman´s Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591145554/105-03798...
by marcelo_malara
Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:06 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: RFC equipped Yamato vs. Iowa
Replies: 462
Views: 66446

Guys, thanks both to bring this book to my atention. Notice that it can be preordered in amazon at 44 bucks.

Regards
by marcelo_malara
Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:07 pm
Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
Topic: Naval race to WWI
Replies: 16
Views: 9309

Ok Karl, but what about the merchant ships? The Germans were winning here too?
by marcelo_malara
Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:24 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Today 68 years ago
Replies: 13
Views: 4054

Today 68 years ago

September 1st, 1939. The German troops invaded Poland, starting World War Two, the most bloody war ever. So bloody in fact that the previous "Great War" had to be renamed just as "World War One". When I was a kid and started reading about WWII, I used to ask myself "why Worl...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:53 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Colonel Stauffenberg and Tom Cruise´s movie
Replies: 56
Views: 18591

We had a case here in Argentina in 1993 I think. A draftee was beaten to death by two draftees under the orders of a young lieutenant, then the body was abandoned in the wild and the dead was declared desertor. A search was initiated until the body was found, and the three men were taken to court an...
by marcelo_malara
Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:10 pm
Forum: Military History and Technology
Topic: Military Historical Dates
Replies: 551
Views: 125212

I read it every day Karl. Thanks to take the time to do it. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Kind regards
by marcelo_malara
Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:21 pm
Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
Topic: Best war movie ever?
Replies: 132
Views: 72289

For all that I have read the stern did fail above water. The structure could not just withstand the stress of having that part of the ship hanging. What is in discussion was if the skin of the ship ripped apart as seen in the movie or if the lower parts buckled. The problem is that the lights of the...
by marcelo_malara
Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:24 pm
Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
Topic: Best war movie ever?
Replies: 132
Views: 72289

Agreed, Titanic is flawless in its technical details, while in Pearl you have to suffer the Japanese carriers with theirs angled decks and the modern USN CG moored alongside the old ironsides...