It’s a little surreal to be in Israel (for my first time) during the seventieth anniversary. But considering the past (and the subsequent almost complete loss of all the Jews in that country), it was touching and poignant that Poland allowed Israel to do an overflight of that now-sacred ground. I’m sure they wish they’d had that kind of military capability seventy years ago. It would have been a bombing run on the chambers and ovens.
I was thinking of the IAF overflight all day yesterday. Very poignant.
Just for clarity: the photo Rand included above was taken September 4, 2003. As far as I know, the 2003 overflight was only such one.
Can’t say I’ve read this (at least, not yet) but there is a novel called The Shield by Nachman Kataczinsky, which has the entire country of Israel transported back to the year 1941.
The overflight was a nice idea.
I hand’t heard of the Shield, and I’m surprised to see it gets such positive reviews on Amazon.com. Thanks for mentioning it. I’m curious about how long the author thinks Israel could keep its planes in the air without a (modern) American supply line.
I would guess their reserves have to be longer than that of most countries.
Assuming they have nukes (yeah, I know, it’s a “slam-dunk cinch” that they do), stopping the Holocaust and taking out Hitler wouldn’t take that long. World domination would be a little bit more tricky.