[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

[Colonel_Flagg]

GERMAN-SOVIET TENSION IS UNABATED

I predict a throwdown.

[beebuster2000]

correct me if i am wrong, but doesnt hitler attack russia in two days, on june 22? so at this point the whermacht is on final countdown with 2 million men massed on russia’s border, and the russians are clueless?

pretty amazing.

[CougarGA7]

Aside from General Wavell’s firing as C-in-C of the Middle East and is replacement by Sir Claude Auchinleck, I also have this interesting tidbit:

A report on the preparedness of Wehrmacht on the eastern front was released today. In it it was found that 73 German divisions on the front are at a level below the highest classification for a divisions readiness for offensive operation.

I imagine that once operations start some of these divisions will become very quickly depleted.

[CougarGA7]

Aside from General Wavell’s firing as C-in-C of the Middle East and is replacement by Sir Claude Auchinleck, I also have this interesting tidbit:

A report on the preparedness of Wehrmacht on the eastern front was released today. In it it was found that 73 German divisions on the front are at a level below the highest classification for a divisions readiness for offensive operation.

I imagine that once operations start some of these divisions will become very quickly depleted.