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Hi Compass Platform, Its easy to see that you are not glamourising war, but trying to make students interested in history. With kids these days, one must take different approaches, and that is what you've done. If I am not mistaken, such a project is meant to help generate interest by first appealin...

You can also find the same damage descriptions in our new page on the damage to Prince of Wales. I took the relevant excerpts from ADM 267/111 and posted them therein. They're at http://hmshood.com/history/denmarkstrait/pofw_damage1.htm We plan on making further updates to the page in the near futur...

Hello Everyone, In answer to RF's question- This is a completely new programme. Its almost certainly not the one you mentioned. Not sure when it is expected to be aired outside North America. Now for my thoughts on the episode: Overall, I liked it. I wasn't entirely happy with every single aspect of...

I am positive that most of you have already seen this, but thought I should post something about here just in case... Dogfights : 10 - Hunt for The Bismarck Airs on TUESDAY, January 30 10:00 PM (Eastern) May, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, the most powerful warship on earth breaks, out into t...

The photos the chap SK was referring to are back online now. Unfortunately, I didn't see his post until over a week after he made it (can't get to the forum sometimes). I didn't see it until after Karl posted about it. To make a long story short, the photos were put back online right after that, but...

Hello All,

The site wasn't actually hacked. It was just a few posts from a troll who registered under false pretense and then tried selling things. Its been fixed.

Frank

. . .that the kit is expected to be to distributors later this month (near the end of the month). At least that is when my copies are to arrive. I suspect that if there are no serious delays, that we should have our kits in May. I plan on taking mine to the Hood reunion to show it to the vets...I'll...

...dark grey on the rectangular top centre panels only, just as Jose has said. It would appear that Bismarck likely never had red tops. I say this because there is colour footage of the ship (in Baltic camouflage) at the start of her training with dark grey turret tops. The big difference was at tha...

Here's my two cents/pence worth (for what its worth): First, to Steve C- I recommend ignoring the Bercuson and Herwig book. Simply put, there are better volumes available. I wasn't impressed with much of the work (especially information covering the two battles). I can't recall specifics as I long a...