Operation Bodenplatte (the real story?)

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Originally Posted by Broncazonk

I COMPLETELY disagree. A smart historian is ALWAYS interested in examining alternatives, (why decisions were made and not made and why strategies were chosen and not chosen) to determine WHY history was made.

The study of history becomes sterile to the point of bean counting if a historian is uninterested in the latent, underlying conditions and thought processes of the participants.

Even worse, it is impossible to learn from history--to learn strategy and tactics from history--if all you are doing is counting beans.

Bronc

A very poor view. If the words were recorded at Luftwaffe planning sessions, that would be valid material to add. The same with comments by Hitler and Göring that were made in private meetings. I am not referring to propaganda comments.

General Patton kept a diary that recorded his impressions of the progress of the war.

No one, not even an expert, can guess their way to a correct answer.

I am sure the average person does not know what the words strategy and tactics mean.

Finally, in an effort to help their surrounded comrades, a panzer commander led his unit to an impossible rescue that was achieved by his quick thinking.