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Worst case senario was if the WP faked the yearly rotation of forces. IIRC it happen twice a year and was of great concern because both sides had great dumps of prepositioned equipment for Armies. If the rotation just brought the men in then the WP had an early start on the build up. The teroy...

[I think the US was in a similar but better position that it was for Korea. In 1975 the US had a whole slew of combat trained and tested Army, Navy, AF, and Marine personnel (millions?), including an infestation of pilots, that could be called upon and brought up to speed quickly. In addition...

Over Europe The standard aircraft over Europe would be the following F4’s mainly USAF and UK significantly better than the Mig 21(German ones lacked Sparrows and were limited to short range engagements) F5 a good match for the Mig 21 F104 a significant disadvantage against the Mig 21 F100...

CB Not trying to repost just summarize what everyone else had said. I do apologize if it sounded any other way. The "conscript" is a word that describes the way a soldier is recruited into the forces. Actually I certainly acknowledge that all wars are fought with the majority of combatants...

CB The reason for blindfolds and handcuffs is twofold. 1st to stop captured personnel from seeing what is around them and then giving this information back to their own side if released. The Argentinion service personnel were returned to the main land after a period and as the British were...