Genoa yesterday

Genoa yesterday was shabby, drizzly, full of cheap hotels and absolutely delightful. Its historic centre is strung along a long line, a bit in the way that Bucharest's much more modern Calea Victoriei is.

From Lonely Planet: "Genoa's zebra-striped Gothic–Romanesque cathedral owes its continued existence to the poor quality of a British WWII bomb that failed to ignite here in 1941; it still sits on the right side of the nave like an innocuous museum piece."

When I was 8 reading about WWII it seemed obvious that countries want to extend their territory but what good could conquering Nice and Savoy have done Mussolini? Had he stayed neutral he'd have died in his bed like Franco.

What good could the Soviet territories have done Hitler?

He thought England's power was due to our possessing Canada 

If England and France don't go to war with Russia or Iran all will be well.