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Hi Liam, I think it would come as something of a surprise to Germans to be described as "Anglo-Saxon". The reverse is the case. The Angles and Saxons were German tribes. So were the Franks, after whom France is named but, unlike the Angles and Saxons, they were absorbed into France's preva...

Hi Guys, One of the problems for Auchinlek and his predecessor Wavell, was that their responsibilities covered enormous areas of the Middle East, Africa and Asia. They were therefore not the direct equivalent of Rommel and could not micromanage the tactical battle from the front as he did. They reli...

Hi Paddy, On a point of information: No, I did not bring Goldworthy's behaviour up here. In fact you did in your Mon May 19, 2008 11:06 am, when you brought up, "Terry's general attitude and behaviour here." He was certainly naive in expecting a tempered reaction here, but that doesn't exc...

Hi Paddy, Because, despite all the controversy here about this book, very few of those offering opinions on it have actually read it. Jason has not only read it, but is directly mentioned by it. His take therefore has particular value. I fully understand that, if this is currently sub judice, he can...

Hi Kim Sung, I would agree with feldjager. I would suggest that it is mainly a matter of timing. Had Romania attacked while Serbia was still fighting on its own soil and Bulgaria and Turkey were still isolated from German and Austro-Hungarian support then things might have been different. If it had ...

Hi Paddy, Point taken. Your time may be not far off. There is a copy on ebay at £3.65 with one day to go. I think Goldsworthy's behaviour here was OK, given the nature of some of the attacks upon him. However, his initial multiple posts were not a good idea. If he was more familiar with Feldgrau he ...

Hi Jason,

Thanks.

Sid.

Hi Hans, A good starting point might be to ask what the Waffen-SS was for. In Poland in September 1939 the German Army was phenomenally successful. The armed SS did not distinguish itself by comparison, yet it was expanded over the winter and formally baptized the Waffen-SS. One has to ask why? The ...

Hi Phylo and Tom, A rereading will show that the "significant minority" did not refer only to officers who had served in camps. The actual quote was "Valhalla's Warriors makes a well constructed sourced case that that a significant minority of SS men were deeply involved in a large nu...

Hi Tom, I am not sure "several others" sharing a piece of information counts as "almost common knowledge". But whether common knowledge or not, Valhalla's Warriors makes a well constructed sourced case that that a significant minority of SS men were deeply involved in a large num...

Hi Phylo,

I have no problem with announced "plans" changing, for whatever reason, but it would be helpful if we were told.

Cheers,

Sid.

Hi Tom and Phylo, Your quote is not directly from my review, but in answer to a question. If you look at the review itself, it gives some concrete statistical examples of the degree of Waffen-SS participation in the Einsatzgruppen and of the widespread presence of camp officers in all bar three late...

Hi Phylo,

I agree that Jason has no absolute obligation to keep us informed.

However, by the same token, I would suggest that, having started this thread himself, he cannot reasonably get indignant when posters ask what is going on.

Cheers,

Sid.

Hi Phylo, The first inkling on this thread that there is a legal case came in Jason's post of yesterday. None of the points in my last post relate to the book or any court case on copyright matters, but to the fog of ignorance we have been kept in. If we had been told earlier on this thread that the...

Hi Phylo, The book contains its own definition of "evil" on p.215: ".....an evil act can be said to consist of: A serious intentional act or omission; which causes severe mental or physical harm; and this harm is unnecessary or disproportionate to any instigation or provocation."...