Proper assessments: Rhineland Sudetenland Austria Czechoslovakia Poland Norway/Denmark France (Outstanding Intel effort) Balkans/Greece/Crete...
Those figures are given in the original timeline and were based upon the original Intelligence estimates. The German ability to produce new...
If you believe the numbers are irrelevant I suggest you look elsewhere beyond the PzII and look at artillery, munitions, aircraft (modern types)...
Barrels, my bad... Thanks!
Germany had a stronger economy, its an undeniable fact Steve. GDP figures below (add Austria's to Germany's post 1938 Aunchluss). Also consider...
The annualized capacity of those tankers running from DEI to Japan is 50,000,000 roughly, although the 550,000 GRT figure includes a dozen or more...
The Japanese would supply their armies off of a double track trunk line extension from their Manchurian rail line (see maps linked earlier) that...
I have to disagree with that considering that when Germany attacked the Soviet Union there was no expectation of US involvement and the UK was...
German expectations were for 8 (roughly) weeks to destroy the Red Army West of the Dnieper River, after which only the mobile forces would advance...
The Soviets never topped 7 million men in front line strength, the ratio from January 1942 to July 1943 was roughly 3 Soviet Soldiers to 2 Axis....
The danger to AGC's southern flank was only real if they advanced past Smolensk, otherwise there is no exposed flank. Eremenko's front was tasked...
Steve, you might want to re-read post 146 again. Take a good look at the location of Japanese rail lines and the proximity to the Transiberian RR...
The Japanese had 14 tank Regiments available in late 1941 (takes four to form a Tank Div). These Regiments were usually subordinated to Infantry...
This is an overly simplistic description of events and also very wrong.... The plan was based upon the base assumptions, as all plans are. If the...
Interesting way to look at the ratio of opposing forces. What about frontline troop strength? Wouldn't it be accurate to include Germany's...
Japanese tanks circa 1941 were adequate within the context of Japanese doctrine (Infantry support) and force structure and how Japanese forces...
Why would the Germans plan a short campaign? For the same reason every military plans on short campaigns....because that is the most desirable...
I disagree, the short campaign was planned because that was the best solution given the information that was provided regarding Soviet...
When the order was given to begin preparations for the invasion of the SU, I believe at that point that the German military/industrial complex...
Personally I believe that Barbarossa's failure was a failure in planning and particularly in Intelligence gathering. That being said, I also...
