Kumar Kirinde & his Studious Aides in the RAFOA
Dear RAFOA member,
I am sure as a military officer, you are knowledgeable or have been exposed to the subject of WWII under military studies, especially if a staff college graduate. But our country being a British colony during the war and then a member of the Commonwealth after independence generally knows about this war from the perspective of the victorious Allies. Therefore if time permits I feel that it will be interesting to take a look at this war from the Axis perspective i.e. from the perspective of the people who started the war.
Accordingly attached is the first part of a brief on the German attack on Poland in September 1939, the beginning of Hiltler’s quest to make his country great and then convert it into an empire.
Note: This is the first in a series of eDocs covering the Axis (German, Italian and Japanese) offensives and military interventions aimed at capturing new territories to build / expand their empires in line with their leaders’ vision and strategic directives. Other briefs in the series will cover:
- German attacks on Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, Greece and the Soviet Union, and planned attacks on Britain, Spain and Gibraltar, and military intervention in Malta, North Africa and the Middle East and finally the events leading to the German surrender.
- Italian leader, Mussolini’s rise to power, building up of the Italian armed forces, and their attacks on France, Egypt, British Somaliland, Greece, Yugoslavia, and military interventions in the Mediterranean and the Soviet Union and finally events leading to Italians signing an Armistice with the allies.
- Imperial Japan’s rise to power, building up of their armed forces and their attacks on Pearl Harbour, in Asia, and the Pacificand finally the events leading to the Japanese surrender.
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