"'You know I am a juggler, and I never let my right hand know what my left hand does,' Roosevelt confessed in May 1942. 'I may be entirely inconsistent, and furthermore I am perfectly willing to mislead and tell untruths if it will help win the war.'"

Inside the Oval Office - The White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton
WILLIAM DOYLE,  Kodansha International, 1999 - ISBN: 1-56836-285-4

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Because of my passion for war Tactic & Strategy, weapons and action; I am going to reveal, what I have known for years (since the beginning of Internet 1992-1996) and especially after perusing the DECLASSIFIED WWII DOCUMENTS & PAPERS. None but the most courageous and dedicated historians would even want to change what has been passed as authentic historical facts. However, the ugly truth must be told and THE TRUTH AS ALWAYS COMES LIMPING ON THE ARM OF TIME.

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The revelations concern the Coventry Bombing by the Luftwaffe in November, 1940 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941; I am now taking this unenviable task – telling some hitherto disturbing factual truths which most people would find hard to believe and would rather not know - in an effort to expose and convince, once and for all, that:

• 1. POLITICS IS THE DIRTIEST GAME IN THE WORLD … & THE MOST RUTHLESS.
• 2. DUPLICITY AND LIES BY WORLD LEADERS THEN AND NOW IS A WAY OF LIFE. ( Macchiavelli was right when he wrote that amorality is perfectly acceptable in the conduct of political objectives ... many leaders cannot afford to act with honor and so are nations … In the affairs of state the end justifies the means.)
• 3. HESITATION AND MISCALCULATION IN WARS LEAD TO “LOST VICTORIES”.

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COVENTRY

On 13-14 November 1940, the Luftwaffe launched its most devastating bombing raid of the Second World War so far. The target was Coventry, a manufacturing city in the heart of England with a beautiful medieval center. The result was a shocking collapse of social order that caused thousands to flee and challenged notions of Britain's "Blitz spirit".

FACTS

There were a few Americans & Argentinians of German descent who fought for Germany in WWII. One of them (name withheld for family reasons) sent to the French underground – France had surrender in June 22, 1940 - TWO DAYS before the bombing that COVENTRY will be the target of a BLITZ and the French Resistance immediately advised the British government.

DUPLICITY

England was experiencing The Blitz - from the German word for 'lightning' - was the name applied by the British press to the heavy and frequent bombing raids carried out over Britain. The German air assault started in earnest in September 1940 and only ended in May 1941 (when the German Luftwaffe planes were redeployed to take part in the invasion of Russia.)

In November 1940, bombs were falling on British towns and W. Churchill did nothing to save Coventry, PURPOSELY let the town be destroyed in the hope of dragging a recalcitrant US into the war. After the bombing Churchill pretended that he knew nothing of any warning. Even though the English had cracked both the radar systems and German codes, they did not show their hands and allowed the City of Coventry to be ruthlessly annihilated by German bombers to create a defenseless image and lure them in. All to buy critical time of days to train terrified 18 to 23 year old kids as Fighter Pilots. Fuel was critical and flight training limited for the war effort. Germany had its vast pre-invasion forces mounting which British Intelligence Agencies were tracking.

Churchill wanted to portray a seemingly defenseless image against the unstoppable might of the German onslaught, while Fighters were mass manufactured, conserved and hidden.

England suffered ever greater German attacks, each day buying vital time to produce more planes and weapons, and train Pilots. Factories worked 24 hour shifts with women producing ammunition and bombs. Pots, pans, metal railings, everything was melted to produce planes and bombs. Quietly and secretly England prepared in haste. Only a tiny handful of defending fighters were shown, then even those “Fighter Command” stopped sending up before Coventry.

MISCALCULATION & LOST VICTORY

The UK in July- August 1940 was reduced to ONLY 2 operational airbases and less than 40 Spitfires. Winston Churchill had made preparations to conduct the war from far away NEW ZEALAND; the German Luftwaffe was winning the Battle of Britain, when Hitler SUDDENLY SWITCH the bombing air war from British airfields to target the Civilian Towns in the hope of breaking British moral. The Germans had been ordered to avoid as much as they could from bombing towns, before Hitler changed his mind. Two German Luftwaffe generals committed suicide in protest. One of which was WWI ace Colonel-General Ernst UDET (the second highest scoring ace in WWI with 62 victories).

German ace Ernst Udet painted this phrase on the tail of his Fokker D-VII aircraft, considered one of the best fighter aircraft of WWI. As an idiom, it defies exact translation into English, but comes out as something like "No you don't!" or "Definitely not you!" One wonders why he would expect that enemy pilots on his tail would speak German well enough to understand it, but then, anyone could guess it's not exactly intended as a compliment.

 

 GeneralOberst Ernst Udet wearing the "Pour le Merite" medal ... When World War II began, his internal conflicts grew more intense as aircraft production requirements were much more than the German industry could supply, given limited access to raw materials such as aluminium. Hermann Göring responded to this problem by simply lying about it to Adolf Hitler, and after the Luftwaffe's defeat in the Battle of Britain, Göring tried to deflect Hitler's ire by blaming Udet.

On 22 June 1941, the launch of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, drove Udet further into despair. In April and May 1941, Udet had led a German delegation inspecting Soviet aviation industry in accordance with he Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Udet informed Göring that the Soviet air force and aviation industry were very strong and technically advanced. Göring decided not to report this to Hitler, hoping that a surprise attack would quickly destroy Russia. Udet realized that the upcoming war on Russia might destroy Germany. He tried to explain this to Hitler but, torn between truth and loyalty, suffered a psychological breakdown. 

 

On 17 November 1941, Ernst Udet committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Udet's suicide was concealed from the public, and at his funeral he was lauded as a hero who had died in flight while testing a new weapon. Udet was buried next to Manfred von Richthofen in the Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery in Berlin.

According to Udet's biography, The Fall of an Eagle, he wrote a suicide note in red pencil which included: "Iron One, you are responsible for my death." "Iron One" referred to Hermann Göring

SWITCHING BOMBING to civilian towns, instead of continuously hitting military targets, was a monumental blunder by Hitler which caused him a lost victory in the Battle of Britain.

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PEARL HARBOR

FACTS

The USA naval intelligence had

BROKEN the Japanese code 

(which they never changed 

throughout the war) and knew 

that a Japanese task force was 

sailing towards Hawai and did 

nothing because F.D. Roosevelt 

NEEDED an attack on 

American personnel to convince the prevailing ISOLATIONIST sentiment to declare war and become a full allied of the British (not just an associate).

DUPLICITY

President Franklin Roosevelt 

LIED WHEN he called 

December 7, 1941, "a date 

which will live in infamy." On 

that day, Japanese planes 

attacked the United States 

Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. 

The attack killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 USA naval ships, including 8 Battleships.

"...everything that the Japanese were planning to do [at Pearl Harbor] was known to the United States..."

ARMY BOARD, 19

 "A massive cover-up followed Pearl Harbor a few days later, according to an officer close to Marshall, when the Chief of Staff ordered a lid put on the affair. ‘Gentlemen,' he told half a dozen officers, ‘this goes to the grave with us.'"

INFAMY, by John Toland
Berkley (March 15, 1986) - ISBN-10: 042509040X

Mr. Stinnett talked about his book Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor, published by Free Press. The author argues in the book that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was eager to get the United States into World War II and took steps to ensure the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor. Mr. Stinnett claimed that this was necessary to change the isolationism then prevalent in public opinion. Following his prepared remarks, he responded to comments and questions from the audience."
Click Here To Order Video Of Speech  As Broadcast  On C-SPAN

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"Immediately after Day of Deceit appeared in bookstores in 1999, NSA began withdrawing pre-Pearl Harbor documents from the Crane Files housed in Archives II. This means the government decided to continue 60 years of Pearl Harbor censorship. As of January 2002, over two dozen NSA withdrawal notices have triggered the removal of Pearl Harbor documents from public inspection. The number of pages in the withdrawn documents appears to be in the hundreds. Among the records withdrawn are those of Admiral Harold R. Stark, the 1941 Chief of Naval Operations, as well as crypto records authored by Commander Joseph J. Rochefort, the chief cryptographer for the Pacific Fleet at the time of Pearl Harbor. Under the Crane File transfer agreement with National Archives, NSA has the legal right to withdraw any document based on national defense concerns."
The Pearl Harbor Deception - Robert Stinnett
Independent Institute, December 7, 2003

HESITATION

The Japanese air attack lasted only 1 hour & 15 minutes and consisted of one single wave. The strike force under the tactical command of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo consisted of Japan's six largest carriers, carrying the 1st Air Fleet. The second wave never occurred and the task force turned back. Unbelievable hesitation which caused Japan the war. 

From a purely military strategic viewpoint, I would have ordered a SECOND WAVE and SEARCHED FOR the only 2 US aircraft carriers and sink them, even it cost loosing 2-3 of my aircraft carriers. If Japanese task forces had launched the second & third wave of attacks on the logistical installations, vital fuel-tank farm as Commander Fuchida insisted, U.S. Pacific Fleet would have been out of action for months (“The Carrier War” -  Time Life books), and there wouldn't have been the pivotal Midway Victory. 

Admiral Nagumo's hesitation was a lost victory

Nagumo committed suicide after the battle of Saipan.)

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UNRELATED NOTES OF INTEREST TO MILITARY FANS.

1. ACES OF ACES

 Aerial victories in WWI was subjected to a very strict protocol by Germany, France & England. Before a victory became homologated, it required witnesses: ground & air + proof of wreckage.

The Red  Baron Triplane painted in red.

German baron, Manfred von Richthofen was the acknowledged WWI supreme ace with 80 homologated victories in aerial battle.

The second highest scorer was French captain René Fonck\ with 76 homologated victories.

The third was British major Mike Manning with 73 Homologated victories.

 

Here is a picture of Manfred von Richtofen (The Red Baron) in the cockpit of on his Albatross.

Hi brother Lothar von Richtofen (40 victories) is the one sitting on the ground.

Here is a picture of René Fonck and his French made SPAD XII which was the best fighter plane of WWI

LATER VICTORIES ADDITIONS

Captain René Fonck who was a crack shot who downed enemy plane with only one short burst of his machine gun. As a man, he was taciturn, cold, morose and a loner. He was also never wounded. Unlike the Red Baron, captain René Fonck survived the war and went to his grave claiming that he shot down more than 90 planes … 

The thing is that 7 years after the war, the German archives, after thorough investigations attributed to him an additional 7 victories, thus bringing his total to 76 + 7 = 83 … which means 3 more than Baron von Richtofen, in effect making Captain Fonck, the supreme ace of aces.

On the 9 of May 1917, captain René Fonck shot down 6 enemy planes.

The problem is that by then the legend of the Red Baron & his death in combat in 1918 was so established that nothing could change it.

Le Capitaine Fonck who was the true ACE OF ACES with 83 victories

but only 76 were homologated. 

 

Perhaps Ernst Udet knew that Captain Fonck was the real ACE OF ACES, when he asked for his autograph in 1928.

Photo given to Ernst Udet by captain René Fonck with a “dedicace”

Plus on a su se battre

Plus on sait comprendre

les véritables camaraderies

aériennes

Sans rancune et cordialement

René Fonck

28-12-28

(the more we knew how to fight, the more we know to understand the true airborne fellowship --- without resentment and cordially) signed René Fonck

28-12-28

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2. THE ARABS INTRODUCED CHIVALRY IN EUROPE AFTER THE CONQUEST OF ANDALOUSIA (ARABIC NAME FOR SPAIN).

(those who doubt can consult an encyclopedia.)

Chivalry was probably started embryonically in PERSIA – the Arabic word for Knight is FARIS, a corruption of FARSI, however it was later CODIFIED by the Arabs: the 7 years apprenticeship of squires, the oath to protect widows & orphans, the tent under a starlit sky, the hatred of lying, the loyalty to your lord, the prayer before combat. Chivalry was the most prominent characteristic of the Muslim “Moors” who conquered the Iberian Peninsula (covering Spain, Portugal, Andorra and part of Southern France) beginning in 711 AD. In classical Arab culture, to become a genuine Knight (Fáris) (فارس), one had to master the virtues of dignity, eloquence, gentleness, horsemanship and artistic talents, as well as strength and skill with weaponry. These ancient chivalric virtues were transferred by the Moors, who comprised the majority population of the Iberian Peninsula by 1100 AD, and their brand of Chivalry quickly spread throughout Europe.

Indeed, the Hispano-Arabic romantic literary forms, such as the Muwashshah love songs, were adopted by the Provençal Troubadours from the Arab courts in Andalusia (Spain). It was those Troubadours who famously helped to spread the medieval culture of Chivalry across Europe.




The Spanish chronicler Abanese wrote that “Europe had not known the arts and practices of knighthood before the arrival to Andalusia of Arabs with their Knights and heroes; a logical hypothesis in that Chivalry had not been known to the Greeks and Romans.”
Habeeb Salloum, Saladin Chivalry and the Crusades, Al-Hewar Center for Arab Culture and Dialogue, Washington DC (2005

“Knight-errantry, the riding forth on horseback in search of adventures, the rescue of captive maidens, the succor rendered everywhere to women in adversity – all these were essentially Arabian ideas, as was the very name of Chivalry, the connection of honourable conduct with the horse-rider, the man of noble blood, the cavalier.”

CHARACTERISTICS
Arab historians point out that “Renowned Arab Knights… were not officially knighted as in Europe. They became Knights by reputation of their courage, dignity, noble deeds and the pursuit of honor, through poetry, tales and legends. Incorporating generosity, forgiveness, and a just and honorable reputation as well as advocating justice and freedom, they became the treasure of their people… Pride of culture revolved around their adventures and feats.”

The symbol of Chivalry was the Emir of ZARAGOZA: Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Muqtadir (or just ; Arabic: أبو جعفر أحمد "المقتدر بالله" بن سليمان‎‎, Abu Ja'far Ahmad al-Muqtadir bi-Llah ibn Sulayman), a member of the Banu Hud family who ruled the Islamic taifa of Zaragoza, in what is now Spain, from 1049 to 1082.

According to European historians, during the Battle of Jaffa in 1192 AD, one of the most important battles of the Crusades, when King Richard lost his horse, Saladin graciously sent him two replacement horses as a personal gift, to enable his worthy opponent to continue leading the knights. Touched by Saladin’s pious honour, King Richard proposed that his own sister, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, should marry Saladin’s brother, and offered that Jerusalem (which both the Templars and Saracens had fought for) could be their wedding gift. Ref: Morris Bishop, The Middle Ages, The American Heritage Library, American Heritage Inc., New York (1968), 2nd Edition, Houghton Mifflin, Boston (1985), American Heritage Library Series, Mariner Books (2001), p.102. 0]

The famous Crusader and Templar exclamation “God Wills It!” (Latin: Deus lo Vult) from 1095 AD [7] came directly from the Muslim expression ‘In-sha’Allah’ (meaning “God willing”, or “if it is the will of God”). As with the ancient principles of Chivalry itself, this phrase was brought to Europe through the Spanish Moors, who used the Hispanic version ‘Ojala’ which closely mirrors the sound of the Arabic ‘In-sha’Allah’ [ان شاء ال ).

‘Jerusalem’ (2014), allegorical oil painting of Templars & Saracens on Temple Mount, by Jason Askey (South African artist)

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ADDENDUM

In the summer of 1944 the U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry R. Morgenthau, Jr. and Assistant Secretary Harry Dexter White devised the Morgenthau Plan, more formally known as the Treasury Plan for the Treatment of Germany.

Morgenthau was outraged by the Nazi Holocaust, details of which were just becoming known in Washington DC, and seemed to be looking for revenge. He visited the battlefields in France that August. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander and urged him to punish all Germany. Morgenthau then flew to London for talks with Mr Winston Churchill, the British prime minister, and his advisers, and they met again in Quebec.

WHO IS MORGENTHAU Jr.

in 1934, Roosevelt appointed Morgenthau Jr Secretary of the Treasury. He was the son of Henry Morgenthau Sr, a cigar manufacturer born in Germany who emigrated to the US and became a lawyer and millionaire real estate developer. Later appointed ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1913-1916). His son Henry Morgenthau Jr became an early friend of FDR, because their properties were less than 500 meters apart.

Morgenthau Jr. was the only Jew in FDR War cabinet. In the beginning, he kept his pro-Zionism under wrap, but as the war in Europe was leading a German defeat, he convinced FDR that "GERMANY IS OUR PROBLEM"

IF ADOPTED, THE MORGENTHAU PLAN WOULD HAVE LED TO THE DEATH BY STARVATION AND PESTILENCE OF TEN MILLION GERMANS IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS AFTER THE WAR ENDED, IN ADDITION TO THE ONE MILLION WHO HAD PERISHED IN THE SATURATION BOMBING AND THE THREE MILLION KILLED IN THE ENFORCED EXPULSION FROM GERMANY'S EASTERN TERRITORIES. 

MORGENTHAU'S PROPOSED LYNCH LAW - ORDERS TO LIQUIDATE ENTIRE CLASSES OF SUSPECTED NAZI WAR CRIMINALS UPON SIMPLE IDENTIFICATION - and the instruction to leave the German nation to stew in its own juice.

 Roosevelt's motivations for agreeing to Morgenthau's proposal may be attributed to his desire to be on good terms with Joseph Stalin and to a personal conviction that Germany must be treated harshly. In an August 26, 1944 letter to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Roosevelt wrote that "There are two schools of thought, those who would be altruistic in regard to the Germans, hoping by loving kindness to make them Christians again — and those who would adopt a much 'tougher' attitude. Most decidedly I belong to the latter school, for though I am not bloodthirsty, I want the Germans to know that this time at least they have definitely lost the war.

 Secretary of State Hull was outraged by Morgenthau's "inconceivable intrusion" into foreign policy. Hull told Roosevelt that the plan would inspire last-ditch resistance and cost thousands of American lives. Hull was so upset over the plan that he suffered from insomnia and eating problems and was hospitalized. He later resigned for health reasons, though there were anecdotal reports that his resignation was brought about by "the Morgenthau business"

  

ROOSEVELT'S SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN

Secretary of the Treasury Henry J. Morgenthau Jr. persuaded Roosevelt to write to Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson saying that a US occupation policy which anticipated that "Germany is to be restored just as much as the Netherlands or Belgium" was excessively lenient. A better policy would have the Germans "fed three times a day with soup from Army soup kitchens" so "they will remember that experience the rest of their lives." Morgenthau was the only Cabinet member invited to participate in the Quebec Conference, during which the Plan was agreed.

 

CHURCHILL WAS BOUGHT OFF

Churchill was bought off, and note a September 15 memo from Roosevelt to Hull stating that "Morgenthau has presented at Quebec, in conjunction with his plan for Germany, a proposal of credits to Britain totalling six and half billion dollars." Hull's comment on this was that "this might suggest to some the quid pro quo with which the Secretary of the Treasury was able to get Mr. Churchill's adherence to his cataclysmic plan for Germany.

REJECTION OF THE PLAN

Sir Anthony Eden hereditary Baronet expressed his strong opposition to the plan and, with the support of some others, was able to get the Morgenthau Plan set aside in Britain. In the United States, Hull argued that nothing would be left to Germany but land, and only 60% of the Germans could live off the land, meaning 40% of the population would die. Stimson expressed his opposition even more forcefully to Roosevelt. According to Stimson, the President said that he just wanted to help Britain get a share of the Ruhr and denied that he intended to fully deindustrialize Germany. Stimson replied, "Mr. President, I don't like you to dissemble to me" and read back to Roosevelt what he had signed. Struck by this, Roosevelt said he had "no idea how he could have initialed this"ROOSEVELT the juggler lied and it was confirmed later by his widow Elinor.

THE PARTITION OF GERMANY as per Morgenthau Jr. plan

 

 More pictures of the partition

 ENTER THE HONORABLE HENRY STIMSON SECRETARY OF WAR
 

Stimson strongly opposed the Morgenthau Plan to de-industrialize and partition Germany into several smaller states. The plan also envisioned the deportation and summary imprisonment of anybody suspected of responsibility for war crimes. Initially, Roosevelt had been sympathetic to this plan, but Stimson's opposition and the public outcry when the plan was leaked made the President backtrack. Stimson thus retained overall control of the U.S. occupation zone in Germany, and although the Morgenthau plan did influence the early occupation, it never became official policy. Explaining his opposition to the plan, Stimson insisted to Roosevelt that ten European countries, including Russia, depended upon Germany's export-import trade and production of raw materials and that it was inconceivable that this "gift of nature", populated by peoples of "energy, vigor, and progressiveness", should be turned into a "ghost territory" or "dust heap". 

What Stimson most feared, however, was that a subsistence-level economy would turn the anger of the German people against the Allies and thereby "obscure the guilt of the Nazis and the viciousness of their doctrines and their acts". Stimson pressed similar arguments on President Harry S. Truman in the spring of 1945.

Stimson, a lawyer, insisted, against the initial wishes of both Roosevelt and Churchill, on proper judicial proceedings against leading war criminals. He and the United States Department of War drafted the first proposals for an International Tribunal, which soon received backing from the incoming Truman. Stimson's plan eventually led to the Nuremberg Trials of 1945–1946 that have had a significant impact on the development of international law.

General Lucius D. Clay Military Governor of Germany

 

In his 1950 book Decision in Germany, Clay wrote, "It seemed obvious to us even then that Germany would starve unless it could produce for export and that immediate steps would have to be taken to revive industrial production." Lewis Douglas, chief adviser to General Lucius Clay, US High Commissioner, denounced JCS Directive 1067 saying, "THIS THING WAS ASSEMBLED BY ECONOMIC IDIOTS. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO FORBID THE MOST SKILLED WORKERS IN EUROPE FROM PRODUCING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN IN A CONTINENT THAT IS DESPERATELY SHORT OF EVERYTHING."

In 1947, JCS 1067 was replaced by JCS 1779, which instead stated that "An orderly, prosperous Europe requires the economic contributions of a stable and productive Germany." It had taken over two months for General Clay to overcome continued resistance to the new directive JCS 1779, but on July 10, 1947, it was approved at a meeting of the SWNCC (State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee). THE FINAL VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT "WAS PURGED OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE MORGENTHAU PLAN".

 

The Morgenthau plan was rejected mostly for pragmatic reasons. The western allies found themselves feeding the West German population and bread rationing was introduced in the UK after the war in Europe ended. Western Europe was economically on its knees and needed the German economy as a motor for recovery and could not afford to support a poor semi-rural German economy that could not support its population. The moving of the German border east created millions of homeless German refugees. Getting Germany back to work feeding its citizens and producing goods needed in Western Europe was essential.

GENERAL LUCIUS D. CLAY 

Germans thanking the General for the Berlin Airlift (June 1948 to September 1949) This program was ORDERED by Lucius D. Clay when the Soviet Union blocked all rail, water, and road routes through the Soviet zone to the Western sectors of Berlin.

IN CONCLUSION

While the Morgenthau Plan had some influence until July 10, 1947 (adoption of JCS 1779) on Allied planning for the occupation of Germany, IT WAS NOT ADOPTED. From 1947, US policies aimed at restoring a "stable and productive Germany" and were soon followed by the Marshall Plan

Ticker parade honoring General Lucius D. Clay upon his retirement as MILITARY GOVERNOR OF GERMANY in 1949.

General Clay was a man of unmistakably military figure. His manner was decisive, he made quick decisions, he spoke with authority and assurance and he expressed himself in terse, clear statements. He died, aged 80 in 1978.