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Maybe the pre-purge generals would have been too steeped in 'old' doctrines? The new breed of communist generals might just have had...

Interesting comments. It is all about timing. 1945: a new war going in, this time against a former ally - USSR - would not be very...

Not convinced with an earlier time line. 1944 still saw US/UK being 'good friends' with USSR (Stalin). April 1945 was different. USSR...

LOL - no, i don't 'hate' Churchill. He was probably one of the most ruthless leaders but rather realistic. It was not his idea with...

All, Please don’t condemn this one to the ABS section – although it might be slightly ‘left field’. Hitler and his close entourage in...

1940 was not 1944 or 1945 What the book also claims is that the realisation that it was going to be a long and very costly war was...

Churchill was (apparently) also looking at the cost of a prolonged war if the US did not enter. The cost might have been too high to...

That is the 'sticky' point. Could US/UK accept a Hitler still in power? highly unlikely, but perhaps not total BS? If we overlook the...

All of it noted. That is also why it is a fascinating read. The book has some intriguing insights into the movements of the key...

All, I am busy reading ‘Hitler’s spy chief’ by Richard Bassett. I think there is plenty of evidence that Canaris tried his level best...

Park was not against big wings. He pointed out (often) that the time to set it up was too long for 11 group. If the targets were...

classifying F1-5 as a 'figther' was a bit of a stretch. It was massive, internal bomb bay, etc. not what you expect of a 'fighter' F104...

I have heard the story that the German F104 pilots were very 'aggressive'. They (apparently) wanted to prove that they were great and...

I think the last sentence of Arctic is the key: "Any inter-Scandinavian Conflict would be dependant upon Great Powers not having an...

I somehow think we need to go further back. Christian IV got into the 30-year war. Not a great idea. In essence: Denmark was too small...