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  1. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thanks for the compliment.:)
  2. Eisenhower, Montgomery, Zhukov, Rommel, and Yamamoto: comparable to each other?

    Clark is a strong contender, but for sheer degree of incompentence resulting in a Medal of Honor (a decoration most people see as "proof" of greatness for a General Officer), Macarthur has to get the nod.
  3. Eisenhower, Montgomery, Zhukov, Rommel, and Yamamoto: comparable to each other?

    PAtton wasn't even the most ove rated U.S. ground commander of the war. That particular distinction goes to MacArthur.
  4. Eisenhower, Montgomery, Zhukov, Rommel, and Yamamoto: comparable to each other?

    Berlin was lost as a target when it was handed to the Soviets at Yalta. Even before then it was not a significant target in winning the war. Note that one of Ike's main responsibilities was to win the war at minimal cost to the Western Allies. Berlin cost the Red Army 81,000 unrecoverable losses...
  5. British and Spanish Empires = bad, French and Portuguese Empires = good...?

    You've been back from your last kick for what, two weeks? Clearly you still need some time to clear your head. Se ya' in Seven.
  6. Eisenhower, Montgomery, Zhukov, Rommel, and Yamamoto: comparable to each other?

    It is very difficult to compare the five officers you name because they had very different roles. Eisenhower was not a field commander. He was an overall strategist, and possibly the best military politician of all time. His biggest job was to herd cats with massively oversized egos. Monty...
  7. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Update! Comments? 48 While somewhat outside the man focus of this work the reaction of the rump USSR or, more properly, Molotov’s government to the momentous actions takes place in the West offers an interesting counterpoint to the massive battles in the West. Limited by the Berlin...
  8. Question about US power.

    Which is the real difficulty. You change one and you change the other. As an example you can look at how the U.S. Congress reacted once it believed that their was an actual threat in June of 1940 after France fell. The military that crushed Japan and the production capacity that supplied the...
  9. OOC - British BBs vs US BBs in 1940-1942

    Well, the OP asks specifically about BB vs. BB engagements, which means you have to look at the performance of the guns. The "US-wankers" look at the OBJECTIVE data (something that is generally a good idea) and note that the data shows "X" performance against standardized criteria at various...
  10. Question about US power.

    The U.S. attacking Canada in the '30s will require a POD that utterly changes the face of the World. Once you get there, all bets are off.
  11. Question about US power.

    As this thread has evolved from a rather basic question to a consideration of specific tactical considerations, the lack of context seems to have been lost in the churn. The lack of a POD creates a near impossible chasm that prevents a real analysis of the potential. Among the critical issues...
  12. OOC - British BBs vs US BBs in 1940-1942

    Interesting choices for the ships. I can't imagine the USN pairing them up this way, but... The USN guns have better anti-armor performance across the board (i.e. 14" vs. 14" ) but the WW I/1920s RN ships are faster and the Nelson has better armor (at least at first glance, Nathan Okan's work...
  13. Helping me with the Marine Corps

    Many Thousands of them, and not just in the Corps. A large percentage of U.S. forces in Korea were reservists who had been reactivated. It was the fastest (although most unpopular) way to grow the force frm what had become a shadow of WW II size to a sizable fighting force. Many "lifers" did...
  14. Question about US power.

    Well, let's take a look here The atom bomb - Not a chance. Where was the Unranium and Pultonium produced? When, exactly, did the UK detonate its first nuclear device? Was the Uk deeply involved in the initial work? You bet. Production and final design, not so much. - Modern radar - The U.S...
  15. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Truthfully, I don't know if an all-powerful Reich would have had any limits. One assumes that they would have eventually imploded due to sheer economic incompentence, but it took the Soviet Union the better part of century to come apart (of course even at its worst, the USSR was more sanely run...
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Short version: Carpet bombing with 1st Generation ("Fat Man") nukes.
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I always like your comments. They give me a reason to say things that I probably needed to emphasize more in the actual posts. The advance of III Corps was more of a reorientation of the axis of advance for 12th Army Group than a mad thrust by just the Corps. As described in Chapter 32, the...
  18. Question: When did WW2 become inevitable?

    Amen reverend!
  19. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I wish they were fantasies. Hitler wanted Paris leveled IOTL and scorched earth is hardly a rare tactic. Here you just have troops who will follow ANY order and have been utterly desensitized by years of brutal killing against people they consider to be little better than monkeys doing the work.
  20. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Actually that is pretty close to my imaging of the Panther III. Turret shape is a little off, but close.
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