France has fallen - La Chute continuez ....

[AlfredJPruffock]

The French stuck to the plan they used successfully in WWI: in 1914, having agreed that in the event of German invasion Britain would send help, the Foreign Secretary asked his French counterpart how many British soldiers France would need. "One" said the Frenchman, "as long as he is killed by the Germans".

I must say I am impressed by your comprehensive knowledge of WW11.

Heres a wee question - Which practical spin-off breakthrough, related to Millitary Intelligence, arose as a consequnce of the European Space Agency's research into Gamma Rays ?

[expat]

I must say I am impressed by your comprehensive knowledge of WW11.

Heres a wee question - Which practical spin-off breakthrough, related to Millitary Intelligence, arose as a consequnce of the European Space Agency's research into Gamma Rays ?

Am reading the excellent "The Guns of August" by Tuchman.

You got me on the question.

My favourite WWII trivia Q: who invented frequency-hopping in WWII as a way to keep radio transmissions secret?

[Purple Dalek]

Am reading the excellent "The Guns of August" by Tuchman.

You got me on the question.

My favourite WWII trivia Q: who invented frequency-hopping in WWII as a way to keep radio transmissions secret?

It wasn't her, it was one of her lovers, who worked for a research group, that passed her the idea so she could patent it, and they'd get rich.

[expat]

It wasn't her, it was one of her lovers, who worked for a research group, that passed her the idea so she could patent it, and they'd get rich.

How to spoil a really good story! Anyway it was never used until after the patent expired.

[minestrone]

I recall reading that the orginal Nazi plan for France was a tradional slug fest - however a LuftWaffe pilot who had this plan had to make an emergency landing near Mechlen in Bellebum - this breach of plan caused the Nazis to rethink and adopt the Blitzkeirg - makes you wonder what would have happened if that pilot didnt make that landing.

I thought they practiced the bombing technique during the Spanish civil war?

[Mich the Tester]

I thought they practiced the bombing technique during the Spanish civil war?

Indeed, Guernica, a small market town, was flattened by the Luftwaffe, for fun.

I've seen the painting and the exhibition. Once you've seen it, it sticks in the mind.

Wonderful remark from Picasso. A German officer in Paris showed him a postcard of his Guernica painting and asked 'did you do that?' To which Picasso replied 'no, you did it'.

[AlfredJPruffock]

How to spoil a really good story! Anyway it was never used until after the patent expired.

Didnt have a scooby on that one Expat.

Another clue re gamma rays - is of vital importance to anti-terror squads.

[Pickle2]

Didnt have a scooby on that one Expat.

Another clue re gamma rays - is of vital importance to anti-terror squads.

Is it a "well thumbed koran" detector?

[AlfredJPruffock]

Ah - dont know ?

Well from the advanced study of gamma rays in space they can now detect the precise location of a suitcase nuke - ie a dirty bomb - by the gamma ray signature that device generates - that could save all of our necks one day.

Perhaps it already has.