Dont forget the lack of communication between Kimmel and Short meant that no one knew that Short was not preparing for an external, but internal...
LJAD, France could very easily have defeated Germany in 1938, but they had no will and they sat with their tails between their legs. The reason...
there are some books that cover the conflict, its not really a war, since no long term fighting resulted.
so the fact that French troops were to march into German held Alsace-Lorraine is not an invasion plan?????. The French rally cry at the start of...
The number one mistake in recon was the assumption that the northern routes were too difficult, so what patrols did go out covered the approaches...
The Maginot was built to free up French troops so France could fight Germany. The failure of France and Britain besides fear of casualties was not...
LJAD, the French were eager for war against Germany in 1914, which is why their plan 17 called for an immediate invasion of Germany.
The French and British quit because it was clear that the German airforce would sink England and that Germany would easily all the allied armies...
According to the divided logic, France should have fell into civil war because of the deep division between left and right. You also ignore the...
The mere existence of the KM was a threat to Britain, Hitler was not interested in mere prestige, he wanted war.
LJAD, I don't believe the German army was that good, they had only been expanding the army for a few years and was sorely lacking in equipment...
So why was Germany building such a large navy if Hitler had no interest in fighting Britain?? Hitler was a pathological liar and could not be...
LJAD, the German army was not the juggernaut it was to become, so it is not a guarantee that the Germans would just win at the start
THE Russians lost 100,000 men to take Berlin only to have to give half of it up. Eisenhower was right to not want to lose so many men to give up...
Tamino, the feeding was at the expense of the occupied countries.
The Germans were in a conundrum, they needed the slavs for slaves, but didnt have the food to feed them effectively. German agriculture was...
We don't know what happened after the Pearl attack, except that Sutherland claims he gave orders to Bereton who claims he was denied orders....
Wainwright is the one who saved the forces in the Philippines after the invasion, Mac probably didn't any one getting credit besides him
Manstein plan was not practical because the Soviets were taking corrective steps against just such an event within a week of the ending of the offence
The German had, but the Soviet attack was quite successful
