1- I read those books... 2- Yes, allied raw materials helped the USSR, but they consisted in 17% of their military spending. The fact is that the...
1- If they had 10.000 operational fighters in 1943 the bombing offensive would never have worked. Germany never pilled up a large fighter force in...
Higher per capita income isn't an advantage. Since 100 billion for an army of 2 million soldiers is better than 100 billion for an army of 1...
Well brndirt1, second to my copy of "The Economics of WW2", Germany (1937 boundaries) had a GDP, combined with Austria, of 460 billion in 1944,...
With the limited amount of fighters they had operational, they destroyed 30% of all bombers made by the US. Imagine if they had 10 times that!...
1- Well, you actually put a decent argument (for the first time). I too though like you (that the US was invincible those days) a few years ago,...
But, aerial superiority is necessary for any amphibious invasion. I showed that if the germans devoted the same proportion of their resources to...
1- In fact, I think that it would be possible for the western allies to win. But it would be quite improbable. The most probable outcome would be...
You severely superestimates the military capabilities that the united states had in 1940. My point is that Germany destroyed more men and...
What about the economic fundamentals? Lets get to the data: Germany controlled by 1941 most of Europe. With its satellites and occupied...
The chances of Britain avoiding surrender against Germany are the same of Japan avoiding surrender against the US. The difference in resources of...
The Importance of the Soviet Effort Lets do some number crunching, comparing the military losses of the Soviet Union with the production of the...
1- I didn't compare the dollar to the RM in my argument. As you can see, a used the RM cost of a german fighter plane and the dollar cost of a...
Well, on paper the Yamato was the best battleship ever. But, its fire controls was quite bad, while I remember that I heard that Bismark had...
About food: You are 100% wrong. Lets see the data them: Second to this paper. Britain "depended upon imports for more than half of her food"....
Are you sure? I mean, a country of 50 million people in 250.000 km2 would not starve without food from abroad? Well, Germany imported about 14%...
My view: Why the Western Allies Could Not Win the War Without the USSR About the effectiveness of the bombing option: 1- First, how much...
Well. This is a question of economics: Given enough time, if you double the amount of resources allocated to a certain end, you can more than...
The M1 is a better weapon on paper, however, the K78k killed about 50 times more people. So I stay with the K78k.
A panther costed 117.000 reichmarks, a panzer IV, 100.000. The panther was a much more efficient tank. If the germans had panthers in 1940 they...
