No, that feeling was principally engendered because the war ended when the front line was still almost entirely in France and Belgium. So the Germans could feel that it was a political choice to lose… (View Post)

I am perhaps allowing myself to be over influenced by the revisionist Corrigan, and his book, Mud, Blood and Poppycock, that was recommended on PB.com, about seven or eight years ago. (View Post)

I think that what the tanks enabled was that the lines could be broken and advances made without as much horrific loss of casualties suffered at the Somme in 1916, or by Germany in the 1918 Spring Of… (View Post)

https://kyivindependent.com/for-first-time-ukraine-attacks-russian-positions-using-solely-ground-fpv-drones/ "Ukrainian forces successfully attacked Russian positions using only ground and first… (View Post)

Yes, I saw that. US defence spending is 3.4% of GDP (2023), lower than Poland (3.8%). (View Post)