May 20, 2018
A Very Interesting Discussion on the Great War
This week's episode of Midrats (#437) is a history episode with Norman Friedman focusing on his recent book about the naval aspects of World War One. Listen to all 71 minutes because this one is really eye opening.
Friedman has gotten hold of Tirpitz's diary and this interview goes into some depth depth regarding the domestic German political issues that were one of the less appreciated origins of the war. There is also discussion why forcing the Dardenelles/Gallipolli campaign reasonably appeared at the time to win a rational cost benefit analysis* and why Fisher's "crackpot" baltic invasion alternative was actually a very good idea.
* Britain imported a lot of their grain from the Ukraine in Russia. It was considered easier to try and force the Hellespont than to raise the price of bread.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at
10:19 PM
| No Comments
| Add Comment
Post contains 142 words, total size 2 kb.
31kb generated in CPU 0.0656, elapsed 0.3675 seconds.
69 queries taking 0.3548 seconds, 356 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
69 queries taking 0.3548 seconds, 356 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
