the german choice was an assault on Moscow with resulting losses or sending their tank forces east of Moscow with few connecting roads and limited...
superiority was relative, the main advantage the Soviets had was the ability to concentrate on a sector. The winter offense would have been much...
Ohne, I was being sarcastic, but the idea of attacking through the Caucasus is along the same lines as attacking through Japan, completely out of...
Gunslinger why not send divisions to Japan so they could attack Russia from Siberia. The idea of an attack into the south of Russia is absurd,...
Der Gilster, Mussolini ruined that plan by joining the war. The attack into Egypt forced Hitler to react otherwise Italy would have possibly...
define the Volga, the Germans intended to use the Volga to screen their flank while the push into the Caucasus for the oil fields. Reaching Baku...
LJAd, Hitler did not think Moscow was important, The generals did. The problem was Moscow was too far except in a case of total collapse
While a minor affair, the fuel requirements were not minor nor was the air assets required to support the operation
the freeze happened after the seizure of the south half. It was then expanded to include oil and other materials
You keep assuming Hitler was rational which he was not
The freeze happened because of the seizure of south Indochina, which was a direct threat to Britain.
Hitlers object was to destroy communism, he cant do that signing a treaty. Plus why would he do so if he thought he was winning
Hitler was not interested in peace with Stalin he was as obsessed with destroying communism as much as the Jews.
on the beaches the fighters were not useful, they were behind
The Soviets would not be in such a sorry state in 1940 as they were in 1941. The main reason for the French defeat is the French high command was...
OHNE the Omaha beach was manned by a first class unit. even those that were second class had tremendous advantages. There was no air superiority...
Gun slinger, why do you discount the effect of trying to cross the Caucasus. look at the difficulty the allies had with Italy and multiply that by...
SO how did the Americans win the battle of the bulge if they were so inferior. Were the Americans who stormed Omaha that inferior. The US lost...
Gunslinger, you assume that the Germans could support more troops in Africa. As I stated it was not just oil Hitler wanted, there were all sorts...
except when the hour arm is missing
