My first night back in London Saturday before last, I went to the LPO's "From Russia with Love" programme (Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff). The Director of Programmes introduced herself at the … (View Post)

The irony of it being good news to hear the Germans intending to make theirs the most powerful military in Europe. (View Post)

Yeah. You are right. It is a long time (1971-ish) since I read up on this stuff. But I do remember reading that Patton and Monty wanted to push deeper into Germany. (View Post)

Not quite as I remembered it. It was Bradley wanting to limit Western casualties in the dying days of the war: "After General Omar Bradley warned, however, that capturing a city [Berlin] located… (View Post)

Would NATO countries want to be generous with the resupplies but stingy on taking public credit atm, though? Strikes me that it is something that has both benefits and costs in broadcasting to Putin. (View Post)