Michael

History, Wargaming (tabletop) Crows, Motor Racing, Cricket, Sci-Fi , Aussie politics (sorry), US politics (even sorrier - until no more Trump)

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@0CdqAHtxCpYPEju It is glorious!

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@DougWahl1 "Sorry - we already have an idiot..."

[Navy General Board @thegeneralboard]

As HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were heading to the Pacific, the brand new aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable was undergoing trials in the Caribbean. A common story holds that she was to accompany Force Z to the Pacific, but an accidental grounding forced her to be held back, denying them crucial protection that might have saved them.

Now, how much of this story is actually true? Matthew Wright (@MJWrightNZ ) examines rare and unknown documents to separate fact from fiction. In the process, he tracks down the origins of the rumors to dispel one of naval history's longest-standing myths.

https://t.co/va7raJxKvr

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@purplepingers 25 years ago with both of us working, I nearly shit myself buying our current house for $160k...

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@Jansant White Australians that support One Nation and/or mining.

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@LucasSa56947288 I don't like him when he's not angry too...

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@rationalbitch I keep thinking how useful a gif of Macron saying "I don't think, I know..." would be at this point.

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@marlene4719 So close to setting off that fatal stroke..

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@Jansant @ethicalmartini When the Hawke Labor government folded us into super-unions it killed us. The Union officials only wanted to front the big PS campaigns as they saw press exposure as the road to a Labor winnable seat. Didn't GAF about the Telstra people. Just extra cash from our subs for them.

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@FuukTwitar Satanic

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@ElaineM11584892 They just dipped his face into the baked beans...

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@Logically_JC When you wake up in the morning and the government has decided you're not allowed to live in Shanghai any more...

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@For_Film_Fans The interesting thing was that in 1955 the Upkeep bomb was still classified. Therefore the movie people had to guess what it looked like. Their guess on the left was more like Highball (basically a sphere) rather than the real one (on the right) which was basically a barrel.

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@MissPolly62 @Anlik_Analiz Yeah the writers of this drama have had a last season Game of Thrones meltdown haven't they?

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@VoicesofWW2 Read up on what happened to the Panzers that reached the coast during Operation Husky. The cruisers Savannah and Boise devastated the German tanks. Even near misses would blow tanks onto their sides and roofs. There were 6 battleships and 23 cruisers available for Normandy.

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@Bill1729180 @friendlyjordies You joined in March and are from the US eh?

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@RichardBDavid @friendlyjordies Look at you Delhi boy...

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@colonelhogans Not like it's a chopper or anything...

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@revsandy01 741st Tank Battalion only had 5 tanks reach the beach, but 743rd Tank Battalion got all 32 ashore ok. Only 2 of the tanks that got ashore actually waded. The rest were landed directly on the beach.

[Michael @MSVLKnight]

@Tank_Archives Technically during the invasion of Diego Suarez, the amphibious invasion included (of all things) 6 Valentines and 6 Tetrarchs. They did equally poorly.