Because they had lived in a state of constant revolutionary struggle and they'd been through all the miseries associated with war. In fact, life...
My point is that the scale and speed of Russia's recovery after 1941 could not have been achieved in societies whose democratic principles...
Yes, but the powers of motivation available to western democracies like the US and Britain could not have coerced their workforces into producing...
Very well put. By any objective measurement Russia in 1942 should have collapsed politically, morally and economically. To put it another way,...
Tend to agree with Sloniksp's rebuttal of the curious idea that Germany was in any position to provide Romania (or Hungary for that matter) with a...
Examples of German officers whitewashing their wartime records can be found in the following book: The Myth of the Eastern Front:- The Myth of...
Good cast and a scriptwriter with a proven pedigree (Alan Bleasdale). Hope it lives up to expectations ! BBC - BBC Two Programmes - The Sinking...
Hi Kevin Welcome from another newbie in Scotland. I'm sure you'll enjoy this forum. Alix
A winter pause certainly had its attractions for some German field commanders who were concerned about the exhausted condition of their units....
Agree that it would have made sense to have dug in until spring. But that would have carried its own potentially serious risks. After all it would...
Agree. The German diversion to the Ukraine was on its own merits strategically the correct thing to do. I've never understood why it is referred...
Having read this and other books by Michael Burleigh I was bit surprised to find him in (some) agreement with Daniel Goldhagen's controversial...
Greetings from a (frozen) Scotland to everyone on this fine & friendly forum. My current area of interest in WW2 is the Eastern Front. Judging...
