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I am a biologist myself. I take great professional pride in maintaining the ability to explain my work in simple terms. Otherwise I fear I might loose connection with my subject and ultimately fail to see the greater picture.
Being a natural scientist I have to cut to the core of a problem so I can establish a research strategy. For that reason I need to be able to summarize facts and put them into a simple, yet functional frame. I am perfectly aware that the same does not apply to history. Nevertheless there is no need to cloud something with obscure and irrelevant facts.
I will have to admit I do not know of the Willy-Nicky telegrams, but I would guess that it is an English nickname for correspondance between the Kaiser and the Tzar. I did not know Germany and Switzerland fought aerial combat(s) in WWII, but again I'll take a wild guess and assume it is over violation of air space. I do not consider these facts directly relevant for the subject of hand, but I am willing to be lectured. After all I live to learn.

PS: Did you know that the allies attempted and failed an invasion in France in august 1942 at Dieppe? Just another little trivia about war rarely mentioned.