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In terms of sheer manpower wasted and lost opportunities of WWII, I've always felt this was one of the biggest. Many in the Ukraine...

If the navy and air force get priority on fuel and materials, for a "siege" on the UK, the types of fuel required may change, but the...

Yeah, the T-34 was going to become a beast. Heck if all the did was work out the kinks & mechanical flaws, it would still outmatch...

Definetly. No matter how much better the german army became, by 43 the soviets would be too strong. And, regarding tanks, a peacetime...

While experience is still good, they already had discovered most of the problems during the Winter War. Barbarossa arguably cost a lot...

So is the UK's. And. if Germany does focus entirely on this enemy, then I'm pretty sure Malta is done for, since one of the things it...

I don't. :winkytongue: note the the premise is, basically, "no Barbarossa in 1941" But, seriously: if the UK is defeated/forced into...

The OTL soviet army of 43-45 would have very little in common with what happens in this scenario. Equipment apart, it had 2-3 years of...

Barbarossa cost Germany the war. Focusing entirely on defeating the UK, by laying a "siege" based on sub/air warfare, to force it to...

Argentina can't even aford to keep it's active duty ships in shape...

"John Carter". An excelent movie, crippled by one of the worst marketing campaigns in movie history. Give it a proper marketing team and...

Suffren, Duquesne and Tourville were stuck in port for 3 years; La Galissonnière was taken over by Italy in 1940, but they never...

Yeah... but that's a glorified prima donna. The Kommuna works for a living! ;)

Sorry but Russia beats that: salvage ship Kommuna, built in 1912!

OOo forgot her! Yeah, that one would be great, and it's also an example of a very particular class of ships, the super-destroyers (for...