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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
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Subject: Re: The Battle of Britain
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Date: 14 Jun 89 03:27:04 GMT
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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)

In article <7290@cbnews.ATT.COM>, William L. Moran Jr. writes: 
=Can someone recommend a good book on the Battle of Britain?
=Specifically, what I'm interested in are the opportunities the Germans
=had to win (i.e. attacking British fighter bases - which was stopped to
=bomb cities). Something written by a German might be nice as I've read
=many books which were written by Brits - the tone of these is usually
=- `` The brave lads flying Spitfires and Hurricanes (both superior to
=     any planes the huns had) were so good as to make the outcome
=     sure'' :) 
=Almost as though the British wanted an appearance of danger so that
=movies made about the battle would be better. Thanks in advance.

i'm interested in this topic as well, but what i'm after is a good
account written since the declassification of Ultra (thus taking into
account the major effect of radio intelligence on British response.)

the history of wwii (or rather, our perspective on it)
has been completely changed by the declassification of Ultra.
it will likely be years before the written histories catch up
(there is a passage in _The German Generals Talk_ with regards
to a general who was captured by Montgomery in North Africa which
makes much more sense once you understand Ultra.)

richard
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