Arming the Luftwaffe

[edwest]

Dear Richard,


Thank you for your comments. I think then, this book should have a subtitle with words like politics in it. If this is mainly about bureaucratic rivalries, red tape, incompetence, interservice rivalries (for men and materiel), and the exploitation of human beings, it should have a subtitle like: Arming the Luftwaffe: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Human Cost. Look at the V-2: the Army considered it a piece of artillery, the Luftwaffe wanted control since it flew through the air and was not shot from a cannon, and then the SS gained final control.

Hitler made it clear in Mein Kampf that 'living room' was required, so killing the üntermensch and other undesirables made sense. Eugenics was all the rage in the United States and made its way to Europe. I recall watching a newsreel where German 'scientists' were using calipers to measure the size of the head and position of the features of a genetically inferior person.



Regards,
Ed