Comments on: Wednesday, 14 September 1938

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:02:03 +0000

No, that headline was from the Grauniad, so they were probably just happy there were no typos. (Actually, that's a cheap shot: there was nothing wrong with the Guardian's proof-reading at this time. Spell-checking technology must have degraded over the next few decades ...) Not sure about the utility of the smokescreen either. I assume it's meant to shield troops, but there must have been better ways to do that, and I can't think of any time it was ever done. (Which almost certainly means there was such a time!)

By: CK

CK — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:12:55 +0000

Just backing up U Garlic here, Brett. And I hope that "Sudeten Ultimatum" head didn't come from The Times. Heaven's, you'd never see such frivolous sub-editing nowadays. But yet, another great band name. And I can't help wondering what's going on with that smokescreen pic: 'We are ze awfully zerious und methodical Germans. Ze aircraft are here. Just follow ze smoke. Ve dare you to shoot us down'? (FX: Evil laughter follows). I think somebody from the Kriegsmarine must have somehow wangled a commission.

By: Airminded · Friday, 16 September 1938

Airminded · Friday, 16 September 1938 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:47:42 +0000

[...] is up 3/6 on yesterday’s close, though still down on its price two days ago, before the market jitters began). For the first time since 6 September, The Times hasn’t devoted a leading article to the [...]

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:27:07 +0000

Thanks! After a long buildup, we're starting to get to the pointy end of the crisis, so things will be getting even more interesting ...

By: Erik Lund

Erik Lund — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:42:59 +0000

This is a pretty cool project. Munich isn't my bag --I'm more into the industrial side of strategy-- but it's hard to beat day by day development to see what was really happening in people's minds in a crisis like this.

By: Urban Garlic

Urban Garlic — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:04:17 +0000

Just taking this opportunity to jump in and say how much I appreciate your Sudeten-crisis post-blogging. I'm by no means an expert on any of the historical or aeronautical topics, but I am an amateur student of international relations, and I'm having a ball.