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jkay, why would Russia, less than a decade after the disastrous Crimean War, have the slightest interest in fighting the British again? Nor were there other European powers with an interest in fighting the British, least of all France under Napoleon III.

Patton, anything to support that claim of 860,000 Jews saved?

For purposes of moving oil or natural gas two subs would not begin to have been sufficient for Israel's needs.

In naval matters Israel was so weak that after the 1967 war there was a meeting during which the Israeli navy was ordered to explain why it should continue to exist.

Germany without all the armaments seized from Czechia and six months less arms production? Hmm...does not sound good...

Without Stalin actively supporting militarily an uprising which he knows is not in his interest to support air supply will make no difference.

I'm trying to recall how much of Greece was to be annexed by France or the UK in the event of an Entente victory...

Regarding breaches of international law one wonders what might be said about Armenians who supported a Russian invasion, killed/drove off the Turkish and Kurdish population in and around Van, and fled the Turkish counter-offensive only to discover that their Russian allies couldn't feed their...

aktarian, what are you talking about?:confused: Egypt's plan was working beautifully, a near miracle by military standards, until Syria's ineptness and cries for help convinced Sadat to throw out the plan in hopes of saving Damascus. A courtesy which Syria had absolutely not shown Egypt(or...

Garrison, in his book Miracle At Midway Gordon Prange goes over a traditional acronym of the US Navy which covers all the reasons/points of an operation and comes to the conclusion that Yamamoto violated every single point in his plan for Midway. Ah, here we are...

This is the same Iraq which was woefully in debt and which spent much of the war wondering if, or when, the one plausible naval base in and around Basra would fall to Iran.

Iraq couldn't even take delivery of the frigates and corvettes purchased from Italy so there is no way all these subs could arrive.

Danth, nothing to support your claim? Tito had not gained the attention of the British in 1941...nor did he have anything to do with the coup. Nor was Barbarossa committed to a specific date, nor did any of the German commanders believe that an earlier date would have been decisive. They...

Danth, any evidence that the Yugoslav coup was either funded or organized by the British? Neither is there any certainty that Barbarossa would have been launched a month earlier.

Danth, why is that? Had Germany launched Barbarossa earlier the spring mud would have been disastrous for German advances.

Actually Greece had a total of 4 Vickers Type E and 6 Fiat 3000B tanks when Italy invaded OTL. The motorized division was based on buses and captured Italian trucks. While increasing the number of Greek tanks by a factor of 12 in time of peace might not be impossible it would certainly be...

Tongera, extended borders with hostile powers and a permanent need for a larger standing army and massive construction of border fortifications costs money...:confused:

More expenses on armor, artillery, aircraft and border defenses plus a larger standing army equals a financially ravaged Greece.

Andreas, very well said!:cool:

And the Turks, if victorious, would expel that Greek population.