On 1 Dec, 18:03, (Richard Harrison) wrote:
Art wrote:

"He was found to be insane and put in the tower."

Rudolph Hess was thought to be insane and put away for life after
piloting an aircraft to London. I had never heard that Hess was a
messenger from the German High Command. Considering the message, he
should have been respected.

Ambassador Joe Kennedy`s assessment wasn`t far off the mark. Without
massive foreign help, Hitler`s disregard of his general staff, and his
premature panic attack of the Soviet Union, when his forces were already
fully occupied, the Battle of Britain would have been lost by the
British.

From a vantage point afar from danger you under estimate the British.
You would have all surrender without a fight? Your admiration of the
german army in its quest to deny freedom to the masses is certainly
a shock to me. You have lost all respect by thumbing your nose
at those who gave of their lives for the cause of freedom while
others stood by aloof. Not once did I see a mustang in the air
as the luftwaffe excersed their might during those early years.
In fact, I did not see one plane from the army air force during
those years,only hurricains and spitfires. But I am glad the U.K.
was free and able to supply landing space when the enemy turned
its eyes away from our shores and thus dashed your hopes.
The enemy airforce by that time had become just a shadow of it's
former
self when the battle of Britain was decided leaving them nothing to
provide a blitzcreeg prior to any advance that had proved succesful
before. To cross the English channel in a time of war
has never been easy no matter which direction one is travelling,
history proves that.



The apes on Gibralter and the crows in the Tower of London
would have been of little help. Hitler`s forces had excellent training
and equipment. They were also accustomed to winning and quickly too.

Were you wearing a uniform supplied by Germany at that time?



Thankfully, Hitler made mistakes which doomed his enterprise.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

Art wrote:
"Were you wearing a uniform supplied by Germany at that time?"

Fortunately not. I was wearing a uniform supplied by the U.S. Navy in
the Pacific theater at that time.

We had no choice when attacked by the Japanese. The U.S. had interrupted
oil to Japan to try to curb their agression and they responded with an
attack on Pearl Harbor.

The English proved their grit during the Battle of Britain. But, it
would have been lost had not lend-lease been provided by the U.S.A.

Even Hermann Goering gave slight praise to British industry when asked
if he needed something else for his Luftwaffe and he replied: "A couple
of Spitfire squadrons would be very nice."

The Luftwaffe`s failure to gain control of the skies during the Battle
of Britain was Hitler`s first defeat and it stained Goering`s
reputation.

Hermann`s nephew was raised in Salt Lake City and commisioned a Captain
in the U.S. Army Airforce where he was considered a uniquely qualified
B-17 pilot assigned to the 303rd Bombardment Group (Hell`s Angels) of
the 8th Air Force based in Molesworth, England, flying missions against
Nazi Germany.
His name was Werner G. Goering. Remember that Eisenhower said that at
least 1/3 of his forces were of German descent. The only mission Werner
was not eager to perform was when he had to bomb Cologne where his
grandmother lived. Hermann`s younger brother, Albert Goering was notable
for helping Jews and other dissidents survive in Germany throughout the
war. He sometimes called upon Herman and received help in this
idealogical problem.

Mostly war is bad sttuff no matter which side you are on. One of my
predecessors, named Harrison signed the Declaration of Independance and
lost his fortune as a result.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI