The Battle of Britain Was The First Defeat For The German Luftwaffe.

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by Bewolf

All he is saying that an historians definition of victory differs from that of an armchair general, and that war is not a follow up of closed chapters but an ongiong fluid living being that does not care much about individual (national) interpretation of artifically set dates. Stern should have broken off a long time ago already as it became clear that this is a concept of history most people can't appear to get their head wrapped around.

Yeah - to me it seems to be a classic post-modern take on events - perspectiveless.

Unfortunately national perspective counts for a lot. That's what people have been arguing about for the last 37 pages.

Originally Posted by Bewolf

The rest of the post is rather sad..

In my opinion this whole thread is rather sad.