The author David Stahel has written several books
that cover the start of Barbarossa up to the
winter retreat from the outskirts of Moscow.

He is a talented writer and his analysis is
backed up by his own research from original
source material. If you have an interest in
the East Front and have not ...

Enjoyed the detailed review and poked around the site itself which is nice as well. (thumbs up for them both)

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Buckrock<br/>
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Have you tried working your way through Drachinifel's expansive catalogue on YouTube<br/>

<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
<br/>
<br/>
I love that person's channel too. (Drachinifel) He covers<br/>
such a broad swathe of subjects in detail<br ...

A favorite war "drug" story concerns
the Union general Grant. Someone
expressed the fear to President Lincoln
that Grant was a drunk.

Lincoln Replied, "Tell me what kind of
whiskey he drinks so I can send it
to all my generals".

<t> Killing the enemy is a dreadful waste. The goal is<br/>
wounding an enemy badly enough that they require<br/>
long-term medical care. These seriously wounded drain the <br/>
enemy war effort far more than the dead will ever do. <br/>
<br/>
Because, the dead can be tossed into a hole ...

Thanks! CDmag is definitely the site I was

thinking about. I wanted to look

it up in waybackmachine to take

a sentimental peek at what things

were like back then.

In the late 90's there was an internet

site whose discussion forums were home

for many wargamers. It was called "CD" something or

another but I do not recall the exact name.

Does anyone remember the exact name for that place?

Everybody wants some
I want some too
Everybody needs some
How bout you?

*double post*

How long before a famous and wealthy individual
is transformed into elemental carbon when their Space Safari
rocket explodes and sends them all hurtling Earthward
in a serendipitous showering of schadenfreude?

spotted on reddit

<r> Yesterday, a few new pictures were released as<br/>
well as some video footage of the drones that swarmed a destroyer.<br/>
<br/>
They were not released officially but officials have confirmed<br/>
they are genuine.<br/>
<br/>
My favorite is the one nicknamed "The Blimp". A silvery ...

<r> A World War II-era Arctic survival booklet issued by the Flight Control Command of the United States Army Air Forces included this emphatic warning: "Because of the importance of fats, under no conditions limit yourself to a meat diet of rabbit just because they happen to be plentiful in the ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> they look like they been taken in a light box<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
<br/>
<br/>
That may be it, I just don't know if they are models or not.<br/>
I suspect they are contemporary photographs of actual vehicles <br/>
and that this was a common photographic "style" back ...

<r> <br/>
Often when looking at old images of WWII era<br/>
vehicles, the vehicles will look like a specific<br/>
kind of black and white photo.<br/>
<br/>
Hard to explain except to say the photograph almost<br/>
seems like a highly accurate hand drawing as much as<br/>
it looks like an ...

<t> Tolkien served in the WWI trenches.<br/>
He came down with a nasty bug that<br/>
required a hospital stay.<br/>
<br/>
His unit was nearly wiped out during<br/>
fighting that occurred when he<br/>
was away.<br/>
<br/>
So, he had a sound idea of what<br/>
war meant.<br/>
<br/>
Later ...

<t> I have not seen anything unusual. <br/>
<br/>
But, the Navy videos brought me around from being <br/>
skeptical & cynical to thinking that this<br/>
topic should be actively, heavily and continually<br/>
researched.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
The universe is a big place and my hands are<br/>
so ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: gamesaddict<br/>
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what is the history of that<br/>

<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
The kool thing about Bismarck is that during the <br/>
birth of audio recording tech, he was among<br/>
the first celebrities to have their voices<br/>
recorded for all ...

<r> <br/>
1. Create free account with imgur <br/>
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<LINK link="https://imgur.com/"><s>[link=https://imgur.com/]</s>imgur photo site<e>[/link]</e></LINK><br/>
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2. Upload desired signature image to your imgur account<br/>
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3. In imgur, click on image you uploaded. This <br ...