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Speedy

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  1. I am reading 'The Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby' at the moment. I am only halfway through yet at the moment it seems to uphold the 15% figure for the British Army to. Rifleman Bowlby has been in several engagements so far and has still to fire his weapon smile.gif .

    So far the smartest person in the platoon is Coke. He continually deserts and has now been sent of for courtmartial. His philosophy is that 2 years in prison will keep him alive while the rest of the blokes in the platoon will probably get killed in battle.

  2. Some more figures here with regard to WW1.

    Country -- Total Casualties -- Total Embarkations -- Percentage

    British Isles -- 2,535,424 -- 5,000,000 -- 50.71

    Canada -- 210,100 -- 422,405 -- 49.74

    Australia -- 215,585 -- 331,781 -- 64.98

    New Zealand -- 58,526 -- 98,950 -- 59.01

    India(native) -- 140,015 -- 1,096,013 -- 12.77

    [This message has been edited by Speedy (edited 03-31-2000).]

  3. Most of you seem to think that US forces conducting military operations against China would recieve support (basing etc.) from regional governments. I do not believe this would be the case, as most people in the region know that within the next 20 to 30 years China will be the dominant superpower in the region. It would be unwise to antagonise this future superpower by giving active support to a nation conducting military actions against it.

  4. Sorry for going of topic Cpt. Just on my mind at the moment as I am reading a very good book about an operation in Somalia. For anyone interested the book is called 'Black Hawk Down' by Mark Bowden isbn 0-593-04538-6 . This is quite a good book pretty much a comprehnsive collection and sorting out of the accounts of those involved on both sides. Foobar as for your comment I suggest you have a look at this book, I have never heard of Meals on Wheels basically going in and shooting everything thats black and has two legs!

    Sorry again for that now back to topic. As far as I know the most important decision Hitler made in opposition to his generals was to give a no retreat order to the eastern frontin Dec41/Jan42. He later gave the same order at Stalingrad basically disallowing the 6th Army to make a breakout attempt. Must admit though that Goering had a lot to do with the second decision as he promised that the Luftwaffe could keep the 6th Army supplied by air.

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