In December 1941, Wake Island was attacked following Pearl Harbor. The small Marine garrison repulsed the first Japanese assault, inflicting heavy...
I think anyone who has a problem with What If threads has an exaggerated sense of the importance of internet forums. Stop reading them if you...
I don't know about your numbers, or your hasty judgement, but you have to remember the German paratroopers were fresh, elite troops with all their...
Cut them some slack. They'd left all their heavy stuff on the mainland and the Germans had pretty good control of the air. I think the idea...
Churchill explains his reasoning pretty well in History of the Second World War. Landing craft were always a big factor, from North Africa all the...
Even assuming some of Wenck's units get to Berlin, I don't see how this traps any Russian hordes. The only effect would be increased casualties...
Yes I think that if just a few more Allied units escaped from the mainland, or if they simply caught a few breaks while defending the island, the...
Seems to me like Crete was a pretty near-run thing. Most of the airfields were held by the Allies, the German paratroopers took heavy casualties,...
About bombing the Meuse bridges? I didn't say it was a bad idea. I meant that in this what-if scenario that the RAF would have been free to do...
Battle of the Atlantic. It was the thing that worried Churchill. If the Germans passed on Norway, thus preserving their surface fleet they...
I still think the French could have held them. The French soldiers could fight. Almost every book I've read gives them credit for being good...
Total carnage. The Germans would have been stopped cold, with heavy casualties. Are we assuming Belgium remains neutral? Then not only are the...
It's out now. I went to their book signing in Philadelphia last night but I was a bit late getting there after work, and every copy was sold out....
Don't forget Churchill's stated reason for picking Normandy. The Germans assumed the shortest distance is the shortest distance, but overlooked...
Wild Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron are releasing the book they wrote with Robyn Post. Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends. They were on the radio...
Doesn't this scenario have the potential to trap more Germans in a pocket?
