1 - in BoB he didn't seem to understand the 'system'. He was bitter that his sector wasn't the main area; but thank God that he didn't have 11...
Others, to check out are - The Battle of Britain by Richard Hough & Denis Richards, and The Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay
I think you''ll find there were also Scottish & Welsh pilots in the RAF, rather than 'English'! The problem for the LW was that needed a 4/1...
Such a meeting assumes that Konoye had a history of 'peace loving' actions. Yet, his governemnts had presided over times of most aggressive...
That was then, this is now ....
My - you are a cynic. According to Gordon Prange (Pearl Harbor the Verdict of History), p.181 While the Army and Navy were not too happy with some...
If he had stuck by the first option he would have been accused of selling out the Chinese - it as I recall refers to negotiations between the...
If it was to avoid war, all it had to do was agree to the Japanese note of November 20! It's doubtful if the Japanse would accept anything less....
Kurgan: Re: England, and strictly speaking there is no such independent entity judging by UN membership - England is part of the UK (United...
I don't know about 'Icebreaker' but I remember browsing through a book caled something like - 'Who Really Started WW2?' - which referred to...
Yes, I too thought that that was a great film, almost as good as 'The Vikings'! Didn't know of a remake - who was in it?
After reading through the postings, well not every single word - some posters contributions were very lengthy. I surprised at the vehmence - of...
I think the problem was also, that the Allies had not made a decision early enough - after Sicilly what next. Sicilly was necessary to finally...
Re: Taranto - now see my reply has already been covered. But to the 'thread': 1) Malene airfield on Crete isn't lost - Germans can't...
And how would the Me 109s do that - the swordfish didn't take-off till 8.35 PM. That is Taranto was a night attack.
It has been interesting reading all the posts on this thread. IMHO some seem to have missed the point. In discussing a the German Eastern...
Yes, "taking a city that is stoutly defended is an expensive and slow process" that's why I suggested the time for taking it was in the summer...
To go back to the original question: The RAF were prepared for such a battle, everything was in place, the radar, the wireless intercepts, the...
I agree - I have Vol 1 & 2 of Hitler's War on Russia by Paul Carell - very good. At least it has maps, unlike The Road to Stalingrad by John Erickson.
Don't agree, like others who have also quoted this! British radar enabled them to see a raid forming up over France, to judge what was its...