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  1. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thanks for the kind words. Rommel, like the rest of the professional Heer officer corps has been "honorably retired" to an estate in the General Government area. The SS hacks who took over the Heer and turned it into the Waffen SS (which is now the Reich's ground force" were more than...
  2. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Part of Hitler's mad plan for the East was to remove, for all time, the "stain" of the Slavic occupation of what would eventually become Greater Germany. He had established plans (in the grand sense, not, the phone box goes right here level) to destroy every single urban center and replace them...
  3. Best Army that Never Fought

    The "Allies" in WW II sucked as well, although not anywhere near as badly as those damned civilians in uniform that were laughingly called the Red Army. :D
  4. Best general of the 20th century

    Gold: Curtis LeMay - Took a unpolished metal pipe and turned it into a saber that cut the enemy to bits. Tough enough to understand and accept the Mathematics. Utterly terrifying SOB. Silver: Sir Arthur Currie - Exception both as an organizer and a tactician. Put him in overall command of the...
  5. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The Allies do not have any sort of "no quarter" policy toward the National forces (or even the SS for that matter). The fighting on the beaches did not led itself to prisoner taking, especially when the troops in the bunkers kept shooting, and it is difficult to take PoW when the other side...
  6. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    All too true.
  7. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Some Poles were able to filter through what is left of the USSR, or were allowed out by Stalin in the days before the Soviet defeat (as IOTL) but not as many as could have escaped if Soviet policy had been different before the collapse. The Molotov government was perfectly happy to empty out a...
  8. Best Army that Never Fought

    The BAOR is a really good candidate. So is the Bunderwehr circa 1984 or thereabouts. I'm not sure if the Turks qualify since they have some Low Intensity action against the Kurds, but if they do, then they are another quality force that needs a mention.
  9. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    No. The Poles Army and Government in Exile IS all that is left of Poland.
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    This will be touched on in the wrap-up. For now, let's just say that ITTL Toyota is not the world's largest automaker.
  11. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Here is the latest installment. As always, comments are gladly accepted. 22 The July 1 Storm caused groundings were not a total disaster for the Allies. The five day enforced pause allowed Allied ground crews to perform much needed and overdue maintenance on the swarms of war planes...
  12. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Well, EVERYONE hates Percival. Not like MacArthur, of course, but still... :p
  13. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Or anything elese that might explode. :eek:
  14. Could the Soviets have built a Phantom-esque fighter?

    There is no technical reason that the Soviets couldn't have built a multi-mission aircraft like the F4. They had lots of non-technical reasons not to build one, starting with no need for the mission envelope. The USSR produced the MiG-21, the MiG-25 & the Tu-22M Backfire. Any country that...
  15. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Manchuria is a case of slow nation rebuilding, much like China. Without the whole Red Scare issue to color the environment, the Unit 731 folks have had a less cordial post war life. It was also much shorter. The leadership and head researchers were either hanged after military courts or handed...
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Singapore is still very much in British hands, although the U.S. is pressuring the British (subtly, of course, but consistently) on the issue. Burma is about half way transitioned, with Malaya being slightly ahead of that. The British are using a method similar to that the U.S. employed IOTL's...
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Welcome. As to the T/L... 1. Really Unlikely 2. REALLY REALLY Unlikely 3. You are a sick, sick man. :p:D:p
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Welcome. Sorry about the addiction. :D
  19. Bombers, Rotordynes and a fistful of Buccaneers

    You are talking about hitting a bullet with a bullet. It is possible now, barely, but the system can saturated fairly easily with decoys since the decision gate is so small.
  20. Lever action rifles in WW1

    Actually I'm looking for one. The last couple I came across were too beat up. After the Enfield, next on the list is an original 30-40 Krag.
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