I haven't read anything about the Napoleonic wars for so long.... .... but watching Napoleon has got the interest back!! I'll start with Napoleon The Final Verdict (Heythornthwaite). I bought this back in the late nineties and recall it was an excellent read. Various historians comment up Napoleon'...

for that "Shanghai and Nanjing 1937" book, mayby author didnt mentioned it as first air, land, sea combined operation because he thought that first happened earlier ? sure, this is pure speculation. so, what in yours eyes disqalify shanghai as first example of combined air, land, sea oper...

Not to mention the battle of Majorca in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. Aircraft bombing, an amphibious invasion, a vigorous counterattack forcing the attacking forces to evacuate. Of course, the United Kingdom was not involved there either. warspite1 And again with the unnecessary comment.

warsprite I have question - what shangai 1937 lacked so these authors discarded it ? did they explained it or elaborated on that ? or they just did make mistake by begin europe/us centred and tend to forget about othr theatres ? warspite1 The books I've read concerned the Norwegian Campaign and no ...

This is your initial comment on combined arms actions: On the one hand you have those that believe this first ever example of a combined arms amphibious (army, navy, airforce) operation was a masterstroke of genius. So now you are changing the concept of combined arms. warspite1 This was a comment ...

Combined arms actions happened in antiquity, if you understand the concept. warspite1 As was made clear by the three historians I quoted, they refer to air, sea and land. What air operations took place in antiquity - when aircraft were hundreds of years away - I can’t imagine. But as said, we can a...

RangerJoe wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:33 pm
Edited for: I did not bold that part, you bolded that part of my statement.

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Yes I placed in bold to make clear what unecessary comment of yours I was referring to.

Well then, those publishers are wrong. I have posted the evidence plus links to the facts that prove that they are wrong. warspite1 How can you say those publishers are nec c esarily wrong if you don’t know who they are and thus what they’ve said? And no you haven’t posted evidence to suggest you a...

Well then, those publishers are wrong. I have posted the evidence plus links to the facts that prove that they are wrong. warspite1 How can you say those publishers are necesarily wrong if you don’t know who they are and thus what they’ve said? And no you haven’t posted evidence to suggest you are ...

Air Effort over Gallipoli: A Brief Look at the Air Campaign over the Dardanelles https://www.aeroflight.co.uk/military/gallipoli.htm warspite1 Thank you for the link. This confirms that a small number of aircraft were used in a purely scout role. Gallipoli is not considered the first combined arms ...

Air Effort over Gallipoli: A Brief Look at the Air Campaign over the Dardanelles https://www.aeroflight.co.uk/military/gallipoli.htm warspite1 Thank you for the link. This confirms that a small number of aircraft were used in a purely scout role. Gallipoli is not considered the first combined arms ...

I love football Tottenham ladies reach the FA Cup final for the first time ever. A great day out for me and the little warspites Commiserations to Leicester City who gave us a hard game.

yes, kriegsmarine suffered heavy loses, but it did great benefits for germany - secured sweden resources and as bonus they got whole norway to use for raids against british shiping. not to speak about advantages ocupied norway provided once germans invades soviet union. so all thing considered, ger...

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The Gallipoli campaign had combined army, naval, and air units in the attack. That was a few years before the German invasion of Norway. warspite1 Never heard this, I’d be interested (and surprised) to hear what aircraft were operated by the Allies, what bases they flew from, and their role in the ...

But ... the Kriegsmarine was not ready for the Norway invasion and suffered heavily trying to support it. Scharnhorst torpedoed by a DD (during the sinking of CV Glorious). Gneisenau damaged by Renown. CA Blucher sunk in the approaches to Oslo. CA Hipper rammed by DD Glowworm. CLs Konigsberg and Ka...

Lol - having viewed the first episode I thought this is going to be Fortitude but set in Alaska.... I agree Jodie Foster was quality (and the excellent Christopher Eccleston was woefully under-used), but she couldn't save the series as the story was just silly - and there wasn't a character to get b...

so, what do youthink ? did germans were forced to invade norway as way to secure sweden resouces, before britain invade norway before them ? or they just used british theat as excuse for invading norway ? warspite1 As ever, in life, things aren't always black and white - and the German invasion of ...

And before fall of norway ? someone mentioned that in Henrik O. Lunde "Hitler´s Pre-Emptive War" it is mentioned that sweden supplied before fall of norway thiers ore to britain too. does anyone have this book or read it ? it is valid claim or just fabulation to justify germans invasion t...