Yes, the salient point I feel. Killing off Hitler at the same time as demonstrating the awesome power of the Atom bomb would surely have forced...
This is a very significant point, the most successful empires (the Roman and the British are the best examples) tended to work with the local...
I accept that conventional bombing of Japan (e.g. the fire raids on Tokyo) killed far more than the Atom bombs did but that (and the fact it was...
I basically agree with all of this, though there is one thing I don`t understand. I thought the Nazi party (i.e. Hitler) disliked the church, so...
What would have happened if the allies had developed the atomic bomb whilst the Germans were still fighting strongly ? Would they have used the...
"One of our King Tigers could take five of your Shermans, but you always had six of them." Off topic I know, but not if they were Firefly Shermans !
Whilst rereading First & Last (to find the quote for the above post) I found this paragraph on page 179 concerning the first Schweinfurt...
Galland thought they (Flying Fortresses with extra guns) were ineffective. Edited 15 Sept I found Galland`s quote on the YB40 (page 183 of his...
It`s still interesting ! But as it happens Mosquitoes were sometimes used for daylight raids using high speed and no defensive armament so from...
The reason I find this question so interesting, not to say significant, is if you agree with Freeman Dyson* (as I think I do) then one has to ask...
All air forces in WWII exaggerated how many planes they shot down but from memory the defensive air gunners on bombers were the most inaccurate in...
Yes that`s what I`d read about, the implication being that Britain wouldn`t be able to manufacture tanks in this country any more. I don`t know...
Is it really true that the UK no longer manufacturers tanks ? I thought I read this a few months ago but still find it shocking, if it really is...
How do you think the aircraft signalled to the launch ? Radio ? Signal lamp (difficult from a plane flying at 200mph ? ) ?
Does anyone have any more information on on this incident from May 1941, reported in "YORKSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR" p163 :...
My edition of Galland`s autobiography is an American import published by Buccaneer Books, and it doesn`t have any index...... Incidentally, we...
I`ve just found this article on defensive armaments on bombers and very interesting it is too. Towards the end of the article it mentions the...
I don`t suppose anyone could scan the index and E mail it to me could they ? ! ?
I`ve already got Adolf Galland`s autobiography (First & Last*) and have read it a few times, but I`d like a biography of the man as well. A quick...
Aren`t you forgetting that most of the electorate take most of what politicians say with a large pinch of salt ! They don`t actually expect them...
