Reddit reviews World War II (39 Volume Set)

> Hitler and Mussolini had their first meeting in 1934 after the Italian Fascists had been in power for over a decade. Following the meeting Churchhill would quote Mussolini saying to an aide that he 'didn't like the look of him'. Whether there is any actual truth to this is questionable but it captures how Mussolini saw Hitler as a weak and 'unmanly' figure leading a nation of semi-barbarians.

From what I've read, it was Hitler who mimicked Mussolini (fascism, goose-stepping, Roman/Nazi salutes, and so on) up until September of 1937, when Mussolini visited Germany and was, as I recall, impressed with what he saw. Following that visit, Mussolini and Hitler had, more or less, switched roles of master and admirer.

Source: "Italy at War" from the Time-Life series on WWII

This set is by the jukebox.

http://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-Volume-Set/dp/B000MC7H4I

In another Eiffel Tower thread it is mentioned that the tower's designer was also the principal designer of the Statue of Liberty which was prominently featured in the first film. I have two ideas. It might have something to do with the recurring airplane theme (Cannibal Airlines VHS, Tom Clancy's Threat Vector on the bookshelf and the framed picture of a plane in the barrel shot). From Gustave Eiffel's Wikipedia page:

"...his writings upon the resistance of the air have already become classical. His researches, published in 1907 and 1911, on the resistance of the air in connection with aviation, are especially valuable. They have given engineers the data for designing and constructing flying machines upon sound, scientific principles"

So this guy had a lot to do with airplanes. Or his research led to the principles on which airplanes were developed.

Or, as Eiffel stated when asked of the Towers Symbolism:

"Not only the art of the modern engineer, but also the century of Industry and Science in which we are living, and for which the way was prepared by the great scientific movement of the eighteenth century and by the Revolution of 1789, to which this monument will be built as an expression of France's gratitude."

So the tower symbolized enlightenment, science and discovery. So maybe we created something led to whatever is out there. Could be the atom bomb (there is a Time Life World War 2 encyclopedia set on the same self as the Clancy novel).

"Partisans and Guerrillas" http://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-Volume-Set/dp/B000MC7H4I

It's a pretty good bathroom read, I've read it at least twice.

It might be these: https://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-39-Set/dp/B000MC7H4I