"Armchair" General - Change a Battle

Picking any General,Field Marshal,Admiral,etc. with complete authority [ie. no stand and hold orders] which battle would you want to change? Whether it is to save a defeat like Paulus at Stalingrad or to win a battle like Patton getting his Sicily plan approved over Monty's.

 

MacAuthur in the Philippines in 1941 / 42. I think it was possible for the US / Philippine forces there to stalemate, if not outright win that one. A Japanese defeat there (and a stalemated quagmire is a Japanese defeat) would have dramatically changed the course of the Pacific War.

 

I would like to make the necessary changes to make Market-Garden a success...

And for starters they would be flying TWO lifts on the first day!

 

Give Panzer Unit commanders permission to counter attack where neccessary on D-Day!

 

And watch them get blown to buggery by naval bombardment?

 

They could have taken back pegusses Bridge and other key crossings, couldn't they?

 

Well if not then I would have ordered someone to go wake mein Furher!

 

Well Von Luck states he could have taken Pegasus bridge back in the eraly hours but I aint sure. Plus the levels of naval support and air support as soon as daylight reins would have given the Paras some real firepower!

Tell ya wot, when you have painted up your paras we will find out...

Baggsy not being the one who wakes the Fuhrer from his slumber, thats a shooting offence for sure!

 

We will see, I bags being the Jerries; We will push you back into the sea!

 

war clouds gather over the Green Isle

 

Suits me...

After all my Masters is on Airborne troops...

Plus I get the NAval bombardment...

Maverik is just sore about failing to kill one of my SS panzer Grenadiers in the last game we played...

Whats the score now 1 - 1???

 

Yes 1-1 but I made short work of your tigers, and considering I had peasant batts. against your elite Germans I think I did alright!

I still can't believe I didn't inflict one casualty on a full batt!

 

Command british forces in the med at the time of rommels arrival. if the units had not been siphoned of in one of Churchills sideshows it would be interesting to see what might have happened.

 

Or how about taking command of British/Commonwealth forces at Crete?

I bet I could do a betta job than Freyburg!

 

Possibly. Another one could be to take over from Percival in Singapore.

 

That seems like a bit of a 'lost cause' to me...

But lets face it, Percival was useless...

 

Yeah even one us could get some guns to point the right way!

 

This has possibilities. The Japanese amphibious assault almost failed in the initial landings. Only sheer determination and courage saved the situation. Had the Indians defending the beaches been a bit more numerous or better trained.....

 

Von Manstein getting the power over all eastern front for "elastic defence" in May 1943. I know Germany could not win but Zhukov would cry quite alot with the losses...

 

Being Gamelin in 1940. A full-strenght blow against the Meuse bridgeheads would have been interesting.