Greetings, I have a specific interest in WW2 history. My father escaped Singapore as a seaman shipping out Australian troops as the Japanese drove down through Malaya. He was then torpedoed in the Atlantic by U-653. After two weeks at sea he was rescued and joined the Royal Navy becoming a Navy signalman on LCH-187 at Arromanches on D-Day. Later his ship was shelled by 88mm guns and lost at Westkappelle. His stories gave me a fascination with WW2.
My own interest was further gripped by the unusual tale of U-862 which voyaged the Pacific around Australia and New Zealand in 1945. When I learned that U-boats carried Uranium oxide and V-2 rockets to the Japanese in 1944 my interest in Axis nuclear projects deepened. I have formed a set of views about the events of WW2 which challenge the conventional history and are themselves contentious to other historians. I am never frightened of a good debate. I think that is the way to test the validity of any argument. Of one thing I am confident and that is that the true story of WW2 has yet to emerge.
I also take an avid interest in modern geo-politics, for example the situation in Lybia, Syria, Iran, Myanmar and North Korea are all worthy topics to be concerned about.
My own interest was further gripped by the unusual tale of U-862 which voyaged the Pacific around Australia and New Zealand in 1945. When I learned that U-boats carried Uranium oxide and V-2 rockets to the Japanese in 1944 my interest in Axis nuclear projects deepened. I have formed a set of views about the events of WW2 which challenge the conventional history and are themselves contentious to other historians. I am never frightened of a good debate. I think that is the way to test the validity of any argument. Of one thing I am confident and that is that the true story of WW2 has yet to emerge.
I also take an avid interest in modern geo-politics, for example the situation in Lybia, Syria, Iran, Myanmar and North Korea are all worthy topics to be concerned about.
