Crazy Fuel is one area, and admittedly a pretty critical one. There would have to be a serious diplomatic offensive on Rumania to pressure her...
Friedrich Air superiority over Southern England - possibly. But not over the rest, the Me109 sans drop tanks did not have the range. It's...
Crazy I was just trying to push it along a bit. Arguably if Hitler decided for Total War in 1939 then do you need Speer? Could Todt have done a...
Crazy Archer was really seen as a stopgap. To quickly mount a 17pdr on an available and reliable chassis. One thing it did do was prevent Royal...
Wouldn't Fritz Todt have done just as well if he was given the free hand that you accept Speer would have needed from Hitler in 1939? Todt was no...
Remember that Balfour is only the Foreign Secretary. A decision like this was taken at Cabinet level so Lloyd George, Churchill and the rest. He...
Sniper By Christmas eve 1944 the allied invasion force is revving it's engines on the Rhine. Jumbo
I suppose Lt Richard Todd is the same Richard Todd who played Howard in The Longest Day... Jumbo
I think Moscow would have been first. Despite Hitler's rantings I still think he would have wanted to preserve Britain as a potential ally....
Yes Siedel but what happens next is equally significant. The Iraqi rising is crushed by the British (led by my alter-ego) and Jumbo, Brooke and...
Ultimately terrorist threats have been, at best, contained by the Military and solved by political means. The Bush White House is not geared up...
RedBaron Overall I think this is very informative and closely argued, but doesn't seem to lead anywhere. You also contradict yourself regarding...
Knight Templar I can recommend a book without agreeing with all of it! I often recommend books I totally disagree with because they made me think...
Siam Very important to the Japanese in the Malaya campaign, had fought a semi-declared war with Vichy forces in Indochina. By allowing Japanese...
Turning on London gave the RAF several advantages. The enemy were in range of 12 Group and Bader's "Big Wing" from Duxford. The Me109's had even...
Sperrle's nickname was "The Monocled Elephant" Jumbo
You're forgetting that Turkey was also wooed by the allies. For Britain and the USA could offer her more than Germany in terms of resources and...
I think Franco thought his survival and longeivity would be far more important than showing his gratitude to Hitler and Mussolini!
