. . . Firstly, it should have been to win a peace which would be profitable to his country, and there could be neither moral nor political advantage in substituting Stalin for Hitler. Secondly, . . . he should have differentiated between the Nazi régime and the mass of the German people. Had he done so, he would have seen that his most profitable ally was the extensive anti-Hitler faction in Germany . .
Thirdly, . . . Mr. Churchill should not have impulsively thrown his country into the arms of the Soviets, but should have paused until Stalin had sought his aid . . .
London : Eyre & Spottiswoode
vol. III 1956, p. 449.
Comment Personally, I do not like any of these matters ; which yet, it seems, must be considered from time to time lest more error occur.
W. Churchill had been elected as soon as some real politician was needed in England and had been diselected as soon as the danger was over ; enlightening on that matter can be the opinion by General de Gaulle, found somewhere in the latter's Memoirs.
Present-day critiques would not do one single thing to improve anything in the years past. W. C. "should have differentiated between the Nazi régime and the mass of the German people. Had he done so, he would have seen that his most profitable ally was the extensive anti-Hitler faction in Germany . . "
Some notable anti-Hitler Germans who had set their opinions in writing have been W. Rauschning, Walter Schellenberg, Hans Gisevius, and Hjalmar Schacht (initially a supporter, eventually dissatisfied). There had been Wilhelm Canaris who, however, had been apprehended by the pro-Hitler forces before he could have publish anything substantial.
The story of W. Canaris has been treated by many a writer. The authors who had known the facts first-hand, e.g. Gisevius, had been sometimes criticised ; and the opinions by many writers who were not there and who could not have seen what was actually happening have abounded.
The US literary markets had been swamped with "literature", which can be often found questionable. With Christ all things used to be possible ; with Karl Marx and V. Lenin everything has become suspect (the sources who might think some false data advantageous — to some often petty schemes — can be more numerous).
This I for one cannot help except by alerting any researcher, any scholar (7-year-old or even less who can read) ; and any university professor, if any who can read and are not in some stage of lethargy often attendant on certain 'subjects' — to the masses of falsehoods which have been concocted and are commonly found in the US libraries — ever since the texts (by Churchill etc.) here considered had been published.
If this issue (false data deliberatly planted) be overlooked some new holocausts would be the most natural outcome. So what is one would do best ?
Just to keep silent on certain matters could be the best course. On which matters should one keep silent ? What to stress ?
You, the UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, are sometimes expected to know what is you are doing. Please mind : "I have been duped", wrote Dr. Coleman (The Reign of Error). Has anyone not ?
I do not know any authors by now, who had not in some way been duped. Mind this, professor, for all it might take for your subject to succeed could be simply to separate the true data from the false.
Failing to do so might yet entail any sort of catastrophy. The race, usually by some semi-insane literary crooks against some half-asleep scholar, keeps going on. Had the latter sort awaken to the existence of the former, there might still be some chances.
WPT, Aug 07
* Fuller, J. F. C. (John Frederick Charles), 1878-1966.
Title(s) The decisive battles of the Western World, and their influence upon history.
Publisher London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1954-56.
Paging 3 v. Illus., maps. 23 cm.
Notes Bibliographical footnotes.
* Fuller, J. F. C. (John Frederick Charles), 1878-1966.
Title(s) A military history of the Western World.
Publisher New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1954-56.
Paging 3 v. illus., maps. 24 cm.
Notes London ed. (Eyre & Spottiswoode) has title: The decisive battles of the Western World and their influence upon history.
Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents v. 1. From the earliest times to the Battle of Lepanto.--v. 2. From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.--v. 3. From the Seven Days Battle, 1862, to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944.