Recent content by Rosco P. Coltraine

Recognised by whom exactly? C’mon name these historians and their works supporting this new theory. Because the last I heard the established consensus amongst historians (backed by an overwhelming weight of evidence) is that RAF fighter command was held by the knackers by the Luftwaffe before...

So in other words; Franco had neither the means nor the intention of committing to the war beyond that odd small acquisition for propaganda purposes?

Apologies for that. But I'm finding his tone a tad patronising and condescending (without much basis).

:lol:I can't believe you're persisting with this. With the same thing that blockaded Germany - The Royal Navy. They didn't need Gibraltar to do that. Especially considering Spain almost had no navy to resist a blockade. And if they needed a supporting base Britain could've just invaded and...

Franco may have been as thick as pigpoo, but I hardly think he was stupid enough to put his country through the wringer more (and have its economy ruined by Royal Navy blockade) over the rock of Gibraltar. :lol:What a pathetic excuse. How does that change the fact Germany whupped the BEF before...

And why would you regard Hollywood films as a decent source of information?

I'm pretty sure that they removed the cockpit armour to save weight. I'm pretty sure that the He112 had markedly better turn performance thanks to its eliptical wing. Just like the Spitfire enjoyed an advantage in turn performance over the Bf109. Oh and it had much better range. How useful...

Junkers WERE the leaders, until Hugo Junkers ran foul of the Nazis. After they placed him under house arrest (and effectively caused his early death) their status gradually diminished considerably. Other than the Ju88 they never produced any more stand-out aircraft. What do you base that opinion...

I'm pretty sure it caused the Soviets to mistakenly rush to develop the MiG-1/MiG-3 high-altitude interceptor. And that plane proved unsuitable for the resulting low-altitude aerial warfare over the eastern front. It also spurred the Italians to develop their single seat fighters from MAcchi...

Well then the film is going to be a pile of poop. Because it's an established historical fact that the RAF units escorted US daylight bombing raids. And what's more is that the 332nd Fighter Group was based in Italy and mostly performed tactical "close support" missions.

But did they want that? What role in the Luftwaffe would it fill? Germany had no program of heavy strategic bombing needing an escort fighter. Aside from the battle of Britain (where unsuitable tactical medium bombers were impressed for strategic bombing) Germany never had the immediate need...

Thankfully the RLM were rather incompetent. Gotta say though, are we sure that the Luftwaffe really needed a zestorer heavy fighter anyway? I can see you've got an Fw187 as your avatar and I'm assuming you're a fan of it (it had undoubted great potential) but in hindsight were they really worth...

When you think about it; The most skilled unit could've been some Soviet unit wiped out in their out-of-date Polikarpov's at the beginning of Barbarossa. How could you really ever know? You could say a unit was more successful based on their operational record. And there's nothing stand-out in...

Piece of advice; Don't get your history from movies. Movies exist to make money, not tell the truth. Documentaries are supposed to tell the truth.

Sounds like bias to me. And an inferiority complex.