You`re wrong actually. Churchill survived a few votes of no confidence in Parliament which could theoretically have gone the other way, in which...
I was watching "World At War" the other day and wondering how German soldiers could obey some of the orders they were given to commit atrocities....
Believe me Phylo, I know I`m a very lucky man not to have been around in Nazi Germany. My idealism, my pathological honesty, my obstinacy, my...
There`s a big big difference between expelling Jews (or any ethnic group, not that I`m advocating it anyway), and exterminating them. If your...
I think you`ve got your idealists and your pragmatists. I`m not suggesting that all, or even most, pragmatists would participate in such appalling...
Has anyone seen the latest Bomber Command E Petition ? : Campaign Medals for Bomber Command - e-petitions I think we should all try again. The...
Even if the Luftwaffe had achieved their best possible result (i.e. driving the RAF to airfields North West of London), Sea Lion would still,...
Not sure I agree with that. At the end of the day, at any stage of the war, who exactly was doing all the invading.........
Hold on, I thought a destroyer could do 35 knots, that`s not far off 40mph. Even at 30mph in 10 hours that`s 300miles. They could have been in...
As I understand it the battleships and aircraft carriers were withdrawn out of range of the German airforce (not that the latter was that...
Many think that the planned German invasion of Britain (Operation Sea Lion) was nothing more than a huge bluff to put pressure on the UK...
I personally don`t think the Germans could have had a hope in hell of successfully invading Britain even with air supremacy, as in no significant...
Surely that depends on your definition of the term air superiority. The Germans didn`t have air superiority over the whole of the UK, or even over...
Absolutely, Franco the pragmatist v Hitler the (mad) idealist. And it doesn`t show Mussolini up in a wise light either !
I don`t agree that defeat in the Battle Of Britain (depending on your definition of defeat) meant Germany`s position was dire. Hitler`s invasion...
Do we know that Hitler, or intermediaries, wasn`t wanting Franco to enter the war in June 1940 ? Furthermore Franco could have made the offer...
How could Canaris know in 1939 (or June 1940 ! ) that Germany would lose the war ? ! ?
In June 1940 it didn`t seem dubious that Germany could win. It can`t have been, even the Italians came in with him ! As regards military value,...
Apologies if this has been asked before, I put Franco into the search box and it didn`t come up as a thread ! Loathe as I am to praise a Facist,...
Does anyone know the loss rates for the 3 main German bombers (Ju88 / Do17 / He111) during the Battle of Britain ? When Wikipedia says that the...
