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  1. WI John Paul Jones became our first admiral?

    His being named Admiral in the UNITED STATES NAVY is, frankly, impossible. Jones DIED in 1792 and the Congress of the United States refused to approve the rank of Admiral until 1862 (Jones would have been 115 year old at the time). The law that established the USN specifically forebade the...
  2. WI America was discovered by wayward Crusaders?

    True, as far as it goes. However, unless you are considering the Reconquesta to be part of the Crusades, Christian Europe is out of the Crusade business in 1291 with the fall of Acre (except the Hospitallers, who never even ventured as far as the Straits). And colonists actually sailing to...
  3. WI America was discovered by wayward Crusaders?

    1) They wouldn't, not in the long term. A decent example is what happened to the Norse colonization attempts, as is the early English efforts in Virginia. This would be even worse as these wouldn't be colonists, but shipwreck victims. They would have neither crops seeds or supplies and they...
  4. WI: natural disasters tomrrow

    Not necessarily ASB. I will bet a cookie that we have a wildfire by the end of the weekend here in California. Temps are supposed to well above normal, humidity low, and the winds off shore. Great weather if you surf, but not so good if you're a firefighter. Another cookies says that...
  5. Patton vs. Zhukov

    Which sources, from WW II on, stated that the 1st Beylorussian Front was the same sized force as a single American division? You really don't get what the problem is here. It isn't that I, or any number of others, disagee with you, it's that you throw absolute garbage out and attempt to defend...
  6. Patton vs. Zhukov

    We have kicked this question around in the past. It is a VERY different question than the one proposed in this thread. This one concerns a very specific situation, Patton (with 3rd Army as his command, based on the original posters statements) vs. Zhukov (with 1st Beylorussian Front as his...
  7. 1421

    Oh Boy. :eek: Can't wait till Abdul reads this:eek::eek::eek: pulls up comfy chair and orders extra large popcorn
  8. 1421

    Depends on the source and how reliable it has proved to be. Like anything else.
  9. Patton vs. Zhukov

    Apparently not. The First Beylorussian Front consisted of: 1st Guards Tank Army (3 armored corps), 2nd Guards Tank Army (3 Armored Corps), 61st Guards Tank Army (3 Armored Corps), 1st Polish Army (5 infantry Divisions + 3 Armored Brigades), 47th Army (3 Infantry Corps + 6 Armored regiments)...
  10. American Mounties

    Y'all got better beer though. :D
  11. American Mounties

    The Canadians had, to put it mildly, a somewhat different approach to Native American populations on the NATIONAL POLICY level. As far as the U.S. creating a uniformed quasi-military force, WHY would Washington have any desire to do so? The U.S., unlike Canada, had sufficient military forces...
  12. Patton vs. Zhukov

    So you believe that actually LAYING HANDS on and STRIKING an enlisted man with PTSD is an indicator of excellence on the part of a ARMY commander?
  13. Patton vs. Zhukov

    As usual, you are factually incorrect. The M-26 was the Pershing. The PERSHING had a 90mm gun, it was also about as common as hen's teeth in mid 1945. The CHAFFEE was the M-24, a light tank, and came with a 75mm gun. A T-34/85 would have been able to put an AP round through both sides of a Chaffee
  14. Patton vs. Zhukov

    No. He is just himself. He believes the History Channel is the font of Truth, at least based on his posting & that novels are excellent source document for actual historic proofs.
  15. Patton vs. Zhukov

    This is, possibly, the single least supportable statement you've made on this board so far (and given previous posts, that is an IMPRESSIVE accomplishment). Comparing losses on the Eastern Front & the ETO is flat stupid, and anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the two Theaters of...
  16. Patton vs. Zhukov

    What do you base that on? The superiority of the Sherman to the T-34/85? The relative size of the two armies? The superior weight of shells being thrown by the U.S. artillery? For that matter, how did you decide that Patton & Zhukov are the best general from their countries, much less in the...
  17. 1421

    I do not believe that he has demonstrated that he has read Clancy. He is a Newt fan.
  18. Luftwaffe '46

    Bollocks on Stilts! One more time: History Channel is ENTERTAINMENT, not seriously research programing. I rather enjoy the shows, but I never mistake them for actual fact. The Reich had more or less given up on making a bomb. As was pointed out by both Bill & me in earlier posts, this dog...
  19. Greater Israel

    Scarasm is truly wasted on you isn't it?
  20. WW2 with a "Fascist" Russia

    If Stalin's WW II USSR wasn't the very definition of a fascist dictatorship, it is had to imagine what country fits the bill. Autocratic rule? Check The good of the State raised far above the individual? Check The individual being nothing but a cog in the State's machine? Check...
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