for the allies, Eisenhower was in overall command, Montgomery and Bradley were the two main army subordinates. The French were dependent on the...
according to Wiki, the commander of the 31st special naval base force, equivalent to the Seabees, an admiral, decided against orders from...
My point is that the Soviets were learning their lessons. Dont forget Stalingrad was the first time they used large scale armored formations. I...
It was not only the loss of quality troops it was the complete failure of Japan to detect the location of the attack. The Soviets were able to...
Model managed to have AGC tank reserves transfered south so he was a willing participant. To blame it all on Hitler is a lame excuse, German...
So you are saying that the Soviets would make the exact same mistake every single time?? Bagration showed they learned their lesson and fooled...
Again, the Kharkov attack only worked because the Soviets played right into his hands. If the Soviets had not advanced so far and spread their...
The main flaw in the elastic defense is that it assumes that the Germanswill always know where the attack will take place. One reason for the...
Let Japan formally apologize for their atrocities first and then they can complain. Besides the millions of civilians killed, they also conducted...
If any of those revionists can explain how we were going to get Japan to surrender without killing millions of additional civillians instead of...
combat air patrols is my guess
There was actually a coup by some officers to try to seize the emperor and force him to rescind the surrender order. They just missed grabbing the...
The upper right hand is the date, which is the month of January, the red arrows are Soviet attacks and the green are German. It looks to me like...
We had four choices, quit the war. Invade and the subsequent millions of casualties, blockade and starvation or drop the bomb and hope it works....
Due to the lack of opposition in China except for the Chennault group, it may be worth while letting men go through the learning curve in China....
Combined with the air scout possibility of other subs. We could try to coordinate a sub laying right in front of incoming tasks forces
As far as the mining the subs could travel around Java/Sumatra and then move into position just before hostilities. I would suggest right around...
ART is in Moscow
The sub menace was clearly shortened by enigma. Could the invasions have been done in the same time frame??
A key part of the code breaking was his conception of the Bombe. This device even though many others contributed to the build was essential in...