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

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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.