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In order that most of you can participate, I set it to the week at 2000  CET (Austria Time), since that should allow most of you to be able to   make it live.
1100 - Los Angeles
1400 - New York
1900 - London
2200 - Moscow
If you can't make it, feel free to post your question, suggestion, etc. below.
Note the live-stream will be for your tier and above only, later it will be available, yet again only for your tier.  

If you can't make it, feel free to post your question, suggestion, etc. below.
Note the live-stream will be for your tier and above only, later it will be available, yet again only for your tier.  

Comments

Joe Kudrna

I case I am unable, some topics: Aluminum alloy production: How much effort did German put in Al alloy since WW1. Al uses electricity to smelt, often located close to hydro plants, and is a critical metal for aircraft. Pure Al itself is soft, not usable for aircraft. It was allying that made it stronger (see Duraluminum) A key reason WW1 aircraft were not made of Al was limited quantities and few producers. Germany must have spent heavily in Al refineries. There was also another light weight metal alloy called Elektron, made from magnesium that is important for certain parts of aircraft, like wheels. Next: Did you have time to research the Czech fortifications, the German military opinions of it, and any reports of its use to stop Soviets? (for others here: It is said this was critical for Germans to develop tools, tactics, and training to defeat Eben-Emal and Maginot line.) And the development of bombs. Much written about the machine guns, but hard to find history of bombs.

Michael Moran

Have you heard of David Stahel? David Stahel is a historian, author and senior lecturer in history at the University of New South Wales. PhD in 2007 from the Humboldt University of Berlin. He specializes in German military history of World War II. I am reading a book of his called "Retreat from Moscow". His style reminds me a lot of Roman Toeppel.