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    Muslims in Space: You Can't Hear Them Scream

    As an Indian born and brought up in the UK I find the above post completely offensive, and a load of bollocks. This thread has gone from being a discussion on Islam to out-right racism. Obviously, this forum is no place for non-whites considering the amount of viterol posted by people like...
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    Operation Dragoon - major error?

    Not true. Operation Anvil, as it was originally called was buried as an idea as early as March 1944, and finally in April (TWO months before DDay). See: http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/DDay/006Dec_1943_April_1944OverlordAnvilPapersNo2.pdf So the idea that resources were diverted is not...
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    Operation Dragoon - major error?

    One of the main reasons for Dragoon (apart from the political) was the need for ports. The Allied Command was fully aware that there was going to be major problems gaining control of the ports in northern France, and needed a contingency plan. However, the above interpretation makes two...
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    Ken Burns WW2 Doc

    If he had been making a doc about a specific subject then I would agree with you. However, he was making a 14 1/2 hour series looking at the effect and contributions of four American towns during the entire war, and and in all the theatres. Now, I don't have the demographics of these towns but...
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    Ken Burns WW2 Doc

    For the same reasons that we had the little dispute about the Canadian contributions to the air war. It's called making people aware. Leaving groups out implies non-involvement, or subservience to another party . The same would not occur for African-Americans now, even though their contributions...
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    How Autistic are YOU?

    Very dubious questions - too many can be interpreted in different ways. Having been a social science researcher for 15 years I would never take that seriously (or even as an indicator). The final score could just as easily be interpreted to show that someone may have a physical disability or be...
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    My personal War vs Ants

    My mum used to use diluted washing up liquid - same sort of principle - remove the trails for the ants to follow. But we had a large stone patio, and ant's, supposedly, don't like travelling over dried washing liquid. Not very eco-friendly though.
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    Did the US save Europe in WW2?

    Normally PB I would agree with you but in this instance I did mean the Empire countries (i.e. not the one's listed by you) - I should have been clearer. I'll expand on my meaning - most of the African nations within the Empire contributed some black troops, but there was real resistence from the...
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    Did the US save Europe in WW2?

    Firstly, let's distinguish between material and manpower. Britain did indeed buy a lot of weapons, equipment and supplies from the States before they entered the war. And they would have continued to do so - as long as the US was willing to sell them to Britain. The constraints were not with...
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    26th July, 1943 - Koolhoven FK 58?

    Have posted question: 26th July, 1943 - Koolhoven FK 58? - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
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    26th July, 1943 - Koolhoven FK 58?

    The people to ask are the TOCH members - they're red-hot on individual missions, especially questions about individual German units involved on particular dates. Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum - Powered by vBulletin If you're not a member I could post your question for you...
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    The super pershing

    It had a higher velocity gun, and I think, more armour.
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    26th July, 1943 - Koolhoven FK 58?

    I can't find any evidence of the Germans or anyone else using the FK 58 after 1940. Very few arrived for operational use, and what's interesting is that the pilots of 316 Squadron thought they were 58's - most of the one's used by France before their surrender were piloted by Poles!! It seems...
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    Hawker Hurricane XIIb

    I'm not holding my breath about getting too much information. Most of the decent hurricane sites mention the tandems - both to Iran and those adapted in Russia, but then state that information is limited. That really helps, doesn't it? :rolleyes: As to the first caption - a rough translation...
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    Hawker Hurricane XIIb

    Is that the RAF Museum Series book - with all the Mk II manuals? I've got that too, and as far as I can remember there isn't any info on this.
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