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Yes, the triangular lenses on the lights are actually recycled WWII tank periscope prisms. We had them roughly sandblasted so that they would diffuse the LED lights. Each prism is lit by 6 modern high-intensity LEDS -- three on each end. Almost
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Actually, the Nazi government under Hitler was NOT a progressive regime. Everyone seems to believe the social programs initiated by Hitler (Volkswagen cars, Sterngth through Joy vacations, etc), but in reality these were all just complicated
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1. The Canadian forces used mostly US Shermans and British Churchills, They produced only one tank I know of which saw any combat at all, the Ram which was basically a Sherman clone. It was used for training and saw combat only as an observation
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I’m a filmmaker and I’m really interested in doing a film about two common Wehrmacht soldiers temporarily stationed in Austria, just after the ‘invasion’ of 1938. Now, I know that there weren’t many (large scale) atrocities up to this point – the
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AFVs, particularly medium or heavy tanks, were probably the most difficult targets for aircraft to attack in WWII. Given the more realistic historical assessments detailed (above) for Normandy and Kursk, objective analysis shows why aircraft
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SCHIRALDI: I believe the strengths of resilience are timeless and universal, and that we can all still learn much from these survivors. People often ask me if I would find similar strengths in the veterans of more recent wars, and I reply, "You
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I understand to a certain extent how you can feel afraid of the folks in a nursing home... they would love to see and speak with a new person... the attention would be appreciated... many people there are just old...ask one of the staff who would
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You get a mixed bag generally. Many veterans feel like such games are capitalizing off the hardship and sacrifice that they and their comrades went through and should not be allowed. Many don't have intense feelings either way or are accepted. Most
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Based on recent estimates of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (20,000) and the Philippine Government (18,155), there are an estimated 6,000 Filipino WW2 veterans living in the United States and 12,000 in the Philippines in the year 2007. At a 15%
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There are about 3 million World War II veterans still alive.
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