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Raptor1 03-10-09 05:24 PM
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As for the Dicta Boelcke, here's what I can remember at the moment:

Advantage before the start of the dogfight, like keeping the sun behind you

Never retreat after you begin your attack

Always shoot from behind your enemy

Never forget your line of retreat

Attack in a large group, but not too many on a single target
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Wasn't it Boelcke who said to hold your fire until the enemy fills the sight of your gun?
Yeah, he also said to fire at close range, just...not THAT close!

Biggles 03-10-09 05:40 PM
World War I, because it's so much out there to find out about, that you just hadn't any idea about.

World War II, because it was such an important event in our history, and it happened not too long ago...

August 03-10-09 11:45 PM
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5. Major Gen. Daniel E. Sickles

He donated his leg to the Army Medical museum in Washington DC

He was best known for being the first to plead insanity—the first use of a temporary insanity defense in the United States.
Correct. He shot and killed his wife's lover, Francis Barton Key, who was the son of Francis Scott Key, the composer of the Star Spangled Banner.

August 03-10-09 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor1
As for the Dicta Boelcke, here's what I can remember at the moment:

Advantage before the start of the dogfight, like keeping the sun behind you

Never retreat after you begin your attack

Always shoot from behind your enemy

Never forget your line of retreat

Attack in a large group, but not too many on a single target
That's really good!

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1. Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun
behind you.
2. Always carry through an attack when you have started it.
3. Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your
sights.
4. Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be
deceived by ruses.
5. In any form of attack, it is essential to assail your opponent from behind.
6. If your opponent dives on you, do not try to evade his onslaught, but fly to
meet it.
7. When over the enemy's lines, never forget your own line of retreat.
8. For the Staffel: Attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight
breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do not go
for one opponent.

August 03-10-09 11:52 PM
http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/baross.html

FDR actually. WW2 OSS agents working with Uncle Ho and the Vietminh against the Japanese.

Sledgehammer427 03-11-09 07:00 AM
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Kursk is strange, it just showed that Blitzkrieg didnt work all the time
Say what? Kursk was the true turning point of the Eastern Front, up to that point the Germans still had material and manpower to launch a major offensive, from that point on the Germans were always on the defensive

In fact, Kursk wasn't all that spectacular in terms of casualties, but the defeat at Kursk really set the stage for the crushing defeats in Belorussia and the Balkans the following year

And I still think that the turret was the only thing about the Tiger II which was common to both the Porsche and Henschel designs, while the rest of the tank had differences
yeah, you have me with kursk,

but if you look around on the interwebs, there are 2 Tiger II,
Henschel Turret (bottom)
and Porsche Turret (top)
http://accel21.mettre-put-idata.over...ger__royal.jpg

Happy Times 03-11-09 08:10 AM
Some names that i value and im interested in from the periods i voted.


Ancient
The lessons learned from Alexsander, Pyrrhus, Hannibal, Scipio and Ceasar are still studied in military academies.

Gun powder~1790s to US Civil War
In this era some had studied them also and left a lasting legacy in the art of warfare. Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Suvorov, Napoleon, Helmuth von Moltke.

WW2 to present
Modern day visionaries and developers Erich von Manstein, Heinz Guderian and Israel Tal

Raptor1 03-11-09 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427
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Originally Posted by Raptor1
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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427
Kursk is strange, it just showed that Blitzkrieg didnt work all the time
Say what? Kursk was the true turning point of the Eastern Front, up to that point the Germans still had material and manpower to launch a major offensive, from that point on the Germans were always on the defensive

In fact, Kursk wasn't all that spectacular in terms of casualties, but the defeat at Kursk really set the stage for the crushing defeats in Belorussia and the Balkans the following year

And I still think that the turret was the only thing about the Tiger II which was common to both the Porsche and Henschel designs, while the rest of the tank had differences
yeah, you have me with kursk,

but if you look around on the interwebs, there are 2 Tiger II,
Henschel Turret (bottom)
and Porsche Turret (top)
http://accel21.mettre-put-idata.over...ger__royal.jpg
That's a myth as far as I know, Krupp designed both turrets, Henschel and Porsche were the competitors for the tank design so the turrets became known by their names

Kapitan 03-11-09 11:41 AM
I personally like cold war era it shows us how much of a threat we were to each other but also showing us how scared both sides were and in the end it unvieled that both sides just wanted to protect thier people and that no side really did win.

Cold war shows us just how bad paranoia is and to what extreme lengths humans will go to to make themselves feel safe.


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