I agree with you Asterix, I think I'm just much more critical of the French High Command. They had plenty of time before the war to make...
Thread needs reviving :) Besides, it wasn't really discussed much (1 page??) Serious historians don't speculate much on what might have happened...
I could have sworn that the French military doctrine in WW1 was that it was critical to carry the war to the enemy's soil, and not to fight on...
I fail to understand why the French High Command didn't prepare for such a plausible scenario, especially in the summer months of 39. Didn't they...
I'd actually even dare say that had the Soviets attacked in 42 the situation wouldn't be all that different. Better, but not much better. I still...
Fry is cool, but Bender is my personal hero.
Good response Asterix, but I still agree with Sloniksp, I cannot imagine any outcome worse than what happened historically. Maybe the deficiencies...
My only comment to this, is that the circumstances were quite different. The Germans also had years to prepare their Atlantic defenses, while...
100 war-ready Type VII U-Boots at krieg's begin. That would have done it. Germany had around a dozen Type VII's ready for the Battle of the...
I advocate a night bombing campaign against UK, no daylight raids allowed, losses would be far too heavy. UK nightfighting/interception was quite...
Ditto Sloniskp.
Asterix, define 'failed'. Not much territory gained for heavy casualties? Unlike in WW1, Germany's best divisions were in the east at the time,...
An unmitigated disaster, complete and disastrous. Regardless of how much 'better' they would have done than what historically happened through...
Even had the French shaken off their lethargy, I doubt that they would have made it very far, if only for logistic reasons. The relatively...
I'll throw in my 2 cents here. Agreed that a successful invasion in 40 was impossible (read extremely unlikely). Maybe, though, Hitler did have...
IF Wenck did, by some miracle, manage to relieve Berlin, it would have lengthened the war by another week or 2 for sure. What good that would have...
Stalin preferred creating new divisions rather than reinforcing old ones, the exception being Guards divisions. The Germans actually did the same...
I don't doubt the Allied bombing campaign against oil fields were a bad idea, or effective, but their real effect came only relatively late in the...
In my humble opinion, no, they were not as good as Manstein. The poor man not only had to 'work' with Hitler, but he also had significantly less...
Don't be so hard on them. Most 'neo-nazis' are like any bunch of kids without a family looking for one. A lot of fundamentalist anybodies are...
