<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Hailstone<br/> <br/> blackcloud6, we have been down this road before, in fact, a few befores. The problem seems to be that the code used to create this program was written long ago and cannot take advantage of today's PCs' capabilities. Only re-writing the code wil...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight<br/> Actually come to think of it Beevor also comfirmed my belief that Ernest Hemmingway was a class A dick. Such a pompous ass. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Yes, there is plenty of evidence that Hemingway was a class A dick. But in my view, that no w...

<r> If one wants the kind of accuracy Beevor appears to want there are going to be few movies of any sort (not just war movies) that one can enjoy. Seems that the constraints that come with presenting an entertaining movie are going to almost always lead to some distortion of reality. One easy examp...

Just finished the 21 volume Dave Robicheaux mystery series by James Lee Burke. I found all the books to be either good or excellent.
Now starting A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II by Gerhard Weinberg.

<r> Then there is this thread over at the Axis History Forum: Was the Soviet Union preparing to Attack Germany:<br/> (Unable to post links, but if you google the bolded text you should find it easy enough)<br/> <br/> <B><s>[b]</s>Axis History Forum - Was the Soviet Union preparing to Attack Germany?...

<t> I find that perspective to be rather odd. I think Russia attacking first would have been looked on as a very positive thing by the Allies. Instead we have the Russian government providing needed supplies to the evil German regime right up to the moment of German attack. How does that make Russia...

Kull,

David Glantz is well familiar with the latest documents that have become available. He doesn't think the view you are advocating here is very credible.

Capitaine,

Are there any histories of WW2 that deny Hitler intended from the beginning to attack Russia?

What lies are you referring to?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Kull<br/> Just because you can prove that one side really did have serious aggressive intent (and who here is arguing that Germany did not?), it doesn't mean the other side wasn't making similar plans. It IS possible for both Bob and Tom to wear a blue shirt. <e>[/...

Unfortunately, looks like HPS website is down again.