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aphrodite that was the codename for the operation. trying to get into the sub pens (don't remember where) in France. The idea was to figure out the glide parameters for a fully loaded B-17 (with some kind of explosive, not bombs), from a specific altitude, with flaps fully engaged. The...

U.S. sits this one out, too. sells whatever it can to anyone that will buy. there has to be some urgent reason for them to get involved. freedom of navigation, direct attack, et al.

native states would be cool to see a cherokee state, call it echota after the capitol town. basicly eastern half of tennessee, nw georgia, n alabama and sw north carolina. probably the 5 nations up north deserve their own, too. (not that all the others don't).

thats why I said the kingdom survived.

toulouse and if there is no Frankish empire, then they don't drive all the goths into iberia.

no Franks, or no empire, anyway. Visigoths survive. No Norman bastard, either, or he is defeated at hastings.

Yes, there were back-channel messages about peace negotiations, but the Japanese idea was that they keep everything on the mainland and give up everything else. that was about as far as they would go. Yamamoto would have made no difference, he loved the detailed, complicated operation that was...

A-10 A personal note, not exactly on topic but: Many years ago(1978) at Ft. Irwin we watched an A-10 put it's wing tip in the dirt, quickly level off, gain height, link up with his wingman and fly off. Some people went over and collected the larger pieces for souveniers. Later some AF...

umm, I think it was considered a disaster. wasn't attempted again for another year. read the book "Ploesti",, it goes into great detail about the mission and planning,,,a la "the longest day".

interesting books I have read several books on this subject, including the Army's official history of the campaign. Yes, Macarthur seems to have choked during the first day but conducted a good defense thereafter. The plan to withdraw into the Bataan Pen. was carried out, the major flaw was...

a while back i asked about an allied invasion of Norway in November 42(instead of africa); then conducted the overlord invasion through Denmark or directly into Germany. what would be the post war ramifications for france? very few responses to that one.

while wondering what america MEJ lives in...anti-black policies? please explain to the less enlightened. this isn't the past, this isn't history. this is now. JJ will not get elected for the same reason Kucinich won't ever get elected, but that probably has nothing to do with his politics...

wait a minute, every thing legal cannot be made illegal? that would mean no new laws of any kind because anything that has not been made illegal is de facto legal.

questions 1 and 2 are legit questions; I don't know how many, thats why I asked, so get off your high horse about that. Q3: thats the point; the USA kept it a limited war because of the fear that a more widespread war could occur, without knowledge of any other timeline, yet after 800,000...

bring on the Duke of Cumberland Perhaps I should study more about the rebellion, but without checking history, i will add my 2(hey, why isn't there a cents symbol on my keyboard?), which might be all this is worth, so nitpick away if feeling strikes you. Okay, my understanding is that Howe or...