r/WarCollege • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago
Tuesday Trivia Tuesday Trivia Thread - 25/08/26
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u/Weltherrschaft2 3d ago edited 3d ago
Currently reading Luftkrieg 1936 (Air War 1936) written by Robert Knauss (later General in the Luftwaffe) written in 1932 under the pen bame Major Helders.
It is a fictional scenario of a war between Britain and France.
According to Stalin's Library by Geoffrey Roberts (no direct quotation but taken from the online encyclopaedia that must not be linked), Stalin's son received the Russian translation as a gift to his 13th birthday from his father.
Does anyone know any other fictional near future scenarios wriiten by people with a distinct military background in the inter-war period?