deltasierra70
Longterm Registered User
Having two "Loo's" in the house I often read two books around the same time.
Just finished two favorites; "The March of Folly" by Barbara Touchman (1984) that chronicles multiple wars through history culminating with Vietnam. All of which were wars of choice.
The other "The Game of the Foxes" by Ladislas Fargo (1972) was meant to have been about how the USA won the 'Secret" War during WWII. (An amusing premise, but he is American!) Fargo had exclusive access to every Abwer file from 1938 until the war in Europe was over. The Germans being German, every file and every scrap of notes were in order. Some of the files made him wonder, who was on which side. On the very last day in 1945, the US Navy via a submarine was delivering aircraft tyres and aviation fuel to a German Uboat in mid Atlantic. Firestone Tyres and ESSO aviation fuel, both claiming that their facilities in Germany would be destroyed if they didn't supply the Nazi's. I wonder who authorised the US Navy Sub?
But even so, very interesting book. He was also surprised that every German spy dropped into the UK and Ireland were lifted by the Brits and turned. Good read...
Just finished two favorites; "The March of Folly" by Barbara Touchman (1984) that chronicles multiple wars through history culminating with Vietnam. All of which were wars of choice.
The other "The Game of the Foxes" by Ladislas Fargo (1972) was meant to have been about how the USA won the 'Secret" War during WWII. (An amusing premise, but he is American!) Fargo had exclusive access to every Abwer file from 1938 until the war in Europe was over. The Germans being German, every file and every scrap of notes were in order. Some of the files made him wonder, who was on which side. On the very last day in 1945, the US Navy via a submarine was delivering aircraft tyres and aviation fuel to a German Uboat in mid Atlantic. Firestone Tyres and ESSO aviation fuel, both claiming that their facilities in Germany would be destroyed if they didn't supply the Nazi's. I wonder who authorised the US Navy Sub?
But even so, very interesting book. He was also surprised that every German spy dropped into the UK and Ireland were lifted by the Brits and turned. Good read...