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i just received the book "The Battleship Bismarck - Super Drawings in 3D" by Waldemar Goralski and Gregorz Nowak and published by Kagero. It is a CAD generated model and has various shots of the exterior of the ship. The detail and quality shown is outstanding and it is like being on the B...

Wishing all in the KBismarck community a Happy Thanksgiving. I know many members are not in the US and don't celebrate it but as it is meant to give thanks for one's blessings I am sure all can find something to be thankful for. Anyway, all the best!

Karl,

I agree with alecsandros, Bravo-Zulu!

Where can one get more of Bruce Taylor's account of the DS action?

Yes, and I'm sure Russian movies feature the western allies in a big way, and British movies emphasize US participation. It's only Hollywood which targets their native population for emphasis.

Bgile, Hve to agree with you on this one!

I agree with Paul!

Thinking of hilfskreuzer I wonder how Hollywood would handle a film on the CSS Alabama.......

Good choice, RF!

What I don't approve of are films made in the US where German seamen are portrayed as nazi lunatics who commit war crimes such as machine gunning lifeboats and survivors in the water just to spice the film up into some armageddon of good versus evil. RF Could not agree with you more! I sojmetimes t...

I would suggest that many of the bodies (boots) found near the wreck were pulled under by the current that Bismarck made as she sank. By the time they reached the bottom they would have been crushed and devoid of any air or gases that would tend to make them buoyant.

I think you are "preaching to the choir". Most of the posters here seem to think the Germans had the best soldiers, the best pilots, the best aircraft, the best ships, etc. etc. In other words, the best everything and the only reason they lost the war was the allied hoards overwhelmed the...

1. Das Boot 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Stalingrad 4. Battle of Britan 5. The Great Escape 6. The Longest Day 7. Tora, Tora, Tora (the "film" Pearl Harbor was nothing more than Titanic with Bombs) 8. A Bridge Too Far 9. Patton 10. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (dated and a bit Hollywood but good...

Karl, Its been a rough two years but for the first time since Nov 2008 I now feel less apprehensive for the country. As PJ O'Rouke said, "This is not an election, it was a Restraining Order"! Barry is in denial and doesn't think the voters rejected him and his policies. So, round one is ov...

Heard this refrain too many times. People are just too unintelligent to vote the right way, the Europeans have the best blah, blah, blah, tax the rich. I'll tell you what I want. I want a government that protects the nation and the borders, enforces ALL the laws equally, keeps its hands out of my wa...

He presses forward proclaiming: " Damn the Consitution, and foundering fathers, and the science of economics, and the spectre of nuclear prolifiration, and islamic extremists, full speed ahead!" He is indeed cut from the same bolt of cloth in terms of foreign policy and perspective as Jim...

No, I haven't read this book but based on the excerpt you gave I now know I can save my time and money!

Today is the 10th anniversary of the USS Cole bombing. Those responsible have still not been brought to justice. The father of a sailor who died feels his son's death meant nothin to the country. Both Clinton and Bush did nothing and the Cole was the preface to 9/11. The lack of response by the US i...