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I admit to being confused - what is a paper bag test?

For a major naval power that holds Crete (and Rhodes) as airbases, island hopping up the aegean is a possibility. Given Hitlers paranoia...

When visiting Stalingrad he made a comment on the lines of "What an amazing achievement." Russian responder: "The Russians, to have held...

Only if it is a Ram, and merinos can drive Ram Kangaroos.

Rhodes harbour is at the north-east corner of the island. With Crete in allied hands reinforcing the italian garrison is going to be...

In OTL prior to the germans taking Crete there wasn't enough troops, transport, or air power to even consider it. After the germans took...

Patton could create a violent argument in an empty room. Slim being calm and reasonable would, in my opinion, just wind him up. Is it...

Is the TTL Lancaster significantly more effective than the TTL Manchester? Lancaster in OTL was only developed because the Manchester...

Not sure you did get it wrong. The text is sometimes confusing, as the same factory can have different names. As far as I can see all...

It's on this link http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-20/index.html The caption on this picture is "Hurricane ready to be lifted from...

Just done some research. The Austin motors shadow factory made Battles, then Hurricanes (IIb I think), then Stirlings, then Lancasters...

And another choice. If the supply of main guns (e.g. 2pdr) cant keep up with production, then either 1) Do something else with the...

The original was a punishment for failure or disgrace on the battlefield. The legionaries would draw lots, and 1 in 10 would draw a bad...

And the bank vaults are very capacious, and very secure. Also the bankers will accept any items of value, and not tell anyone.

Apologies for posting here with a request for information. I'm trying to find a set of production numbers, and all my usual sources are...