Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Support the cause

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Time for a social experiment. I’ve seen that many sites have added a donate button and I have to say that I’m intrigued. So far I’ve ...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Book review - A Hard Way to Make a War: The Allied Campaign in Italy in the Second World War

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The Italian campaign of WWII featured important battles and involved hundreds of thousands of German, Italian, American, British and French...
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Lies, damned lies, and statistics - The case of the unreliable Panther tank

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The Panther is often castigated because it had a low serviceability rate, especially when it was first introduced in 1943. For example: ...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013

German signals intelligence and the Stalingrad offensive

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In the summer of 1942 the German forces in the East managed to surprise the Soviet High Command by attacking in the area of Army Group Sout...
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Friday, March 22, 2013

RAF 2nd TAF strength 1944-45

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The 2 nd Tactical Air Force was a RAF group that supported the Allied troops fighting in Western Europe in the period 1944-45. Strength...
Monday, March 18, 2013

The Mortain counterattack – Effects of ULTRA and airpower

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In the final days of July 1944 the Allied forces fighting in Normandy were able to break out and threatened the German forces with annihila...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Update

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Time for some new TICOM reports: I-44 ‘Memorandum on speech encipherment by ORR Huettenhain and SDF Dr Fricke’ - 1945 I-192 ‘Inter...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Wartime exploitation of Turkish codes by Axis and Allied powers

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The Republic of Turkey remained neutral during most of WWII, while at the same time maintaining close economic relations with Germany. The ...
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