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- Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:24 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Today 68 years ago
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4062
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...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:53 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Colonel Stauffenberg and Tom Cruise´s movie
- Replies: 56
- Views: 19053
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...
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:10 pm
- Forum: Military History and Technology
- Topic: Military Historical Dates
- Replies: 551
- Views: 127379
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:21 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Best war movie ever?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 74658
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...
- Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:24 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Best war movie ever?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 74658
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:07 pm
- Forum: Military History and Technology
- Topic: Military Historical Dates
- Replies: 551
- Views: 127379
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:02 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Hull Construction Specifications Bismarck/Tirpitz
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4167
There is a new trend in the publishing businness, it is called print-on-demand (if you already know it sorry). It consist in printing a book with a high quality laser printer and hardbounding it. They are printed in very small runs, may be even one book. The cost is pretty much the same. I have many...
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:58 am
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Ek1 Awardee Franz Halke
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21038
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:06 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 132198
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:10 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Battleship Top Ten
- Replies: 626
- Views: 132198
- Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:58 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Malvinas/Falklands war - Alleged attack on HMS Invincible
- Replies: 153
- Views: 144071
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:27 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Malvinas/Falklands war - Alleged attack on HMS Invincible
- Replies: 153
- Views: 144071
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:51 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Malvinas/Falklands war - Alleged attack on HMS Invincible
- Replies: 153
- Views: 144071
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:27 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: Malvinas/Falklands war - Alleged attack on HMS Invincible
- Replies: 153
- Views: 144071
- Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:13 pm
- Forum: Military History and Technology
- Topic: Military Historical Dates
- Replies: 551
- Views: 127379
1866 - Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa - The Austrian Navy , led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea. ...which made for a short come back of the ram. Don´t forget July 20th, Landing on the Moon!!! One of the greatest adventure ...