First off i would like to reccomend to anyone Winston Churchills 6 book series on world war 2. I have already finished the 1st one and it is very well writtes.
I would also like to start a discussion on the inactivity of the Brits and French during the period of time before the breakout of war.
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Please tell me--what is the title to this Churchill series? and who is the publisher?

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

HI Carl: The title to the series is " The Second World War". The publisher is Houghton Mifflin Co. Of the six I know the titles of the first four, #1 - The World Crisis, #2 - The Eastern Front, #3 - The Aftermath and #4 - The Gathering Storm. I am reciting the titles from memory so if anyone can add to them or correct a mistake I made please do. The Gathering Storm was published in 1948 if I remember correctly. I hope this helps.

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Thank you for the info Steve--ill look around and see if I can get a copy of at least one volume.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

yeah the title of the first is "The Gathering Storm" very good books though, happy reading

Thank you, and please send me a reminder note to repay your postage--or I will probably forget due to my busy schedule.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

What period are you referring to? I believe after the Munich Crisis and the actual invasion of Poland, the British and French were mobilizing. Granted, the British were inadequately outfitted to battle the Germans but the French did have some good tanks capable of inflicting some hurt on the Germans but as we all know, they were not used well.

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Yes about that time period, i was reading and i was just astounded at all the points that the Europe allies could have subdued the threat. really was not ready for the war during the Cheq crisis and even during Poland.

I agree. I suppose they were hoping that with the combined forces of Great Britain and France, the Germans would have been deterred. As we all know, Hitler thought himself to be a great statesman. He was a risk taker and read his adversaries well. Too bad the Allies did not do the same. I would say that the Allies read the stars after the acquisition of whole of Czechoslavakia. By then it was too late. They could have used their Air Force but they were not at war so nothing else to do but mobilize and wait.

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I agree. I suppose they were hoping that with the combined forces of Great Britain and France, the Germans would have been deterred. As we all know, Hitler thought himself to be a great statesman. He was a risk taker and read his adversaries well. Too bad the Allies did not do the same. I would say that the Allies read the stars after the acquisition of whole of Czechoslavakia. By then it was too late. They could have used their Air Force but they were not at war so nothing else to do but mobilize and wait.

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I think the French were sussposed to have the best Army in the world, but the high Command were stuck in World War One thinking. They also got lazy thinking that the Margiot line would protect them from a German ivaision. I belive that the English and the United States were of a Pasifist mindset because of the horror of the "great War"......while that War had just the oposet affect on the Germans. They thought they had been ill used after the War, and they wanted to get their honor back....so they planned, developed, and prodused for modern war while the rest of the world was content beliving that horse calvalry, WW1 Battelships and by-planes were all they needed.....Ray Charles could have seen all this coming...butttttt.......Mr. Churchhill deserves much credit for trying to warn others of the upcoming war, but was mostly ignored....untill it was to late.

I give him a lot of credit for not panicing during the dark days of 1940. He really did a lot to hold Britain together. Later in the war he seems to have been doing what most politicians do, interfering.

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