WE ARE OPEN - 3. AN ARMY AT DAWN ~ September 23rd ~ September 29th ~ PART ONE - 2. LANDING - "In the Night All Cats are Grey" and In Barbary and VILLAIN - (69 - 90) No-Spoilers

[Vincent]

Bentley wrote: "At the end of In Barbary - we meet the twenty-sixth president's son:
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Despite a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, General Roosevelt led the assaul..."

Just a note of appreciation - TR jr & Allen - two wars and aggressive as heck in the second a quarter century later.

[Vincent]

Bentley wrote: "Patricrk wrote: "I think the air drop shows how people can get enamored of new technology (air drops) and plain old common sense goes out the window. The Germans had seized Crete by air drop but a..."

I think that the Germans were not alone in "the ends justify the means" in WWII - maybe the biggie was Hiroshima and Nagasaki to avoid an actual invasion of Japan. (I think that based on what he knew Truman was correct in his decision as a note.)

[Bryan]

Indeed, Vince, I noticed that too, that many French soldiers were from the colonies. This changes the perspective perhaps. They simply follow orders and not have the history and cultural "baggage" from Europe??

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Great comments all.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thanks to Bryan.