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  1. Soviet fighter question

    Mig 3 - Lack of armament isn't going to hurt it so bad against the Zero as it does against other aircraft, it's good at high altitude and faster than the Zero Yak 1 - Will be in much the same boat as other aircraft which faced the Zero, once they learn not to dogfight it then they can take...

  2. Was Normandy the best option for D day?

    Greece doesn't have hedgerows. But it does have mountains. It's also a rather roundabout route towards beating Germany. Or, we could launch an attack on say, Normandy. And thereby catch the entire German army between the Allied and Soviet lines!

  3. WI: Mexican troops at D-Day?

    I doubt it would be a Mexican supplied division. What you'd see is the same style as the Polish/French divisions. US/British equipment (in this case likely US) in order to simplify logistics and prevent any shortages.

  4. WI: Mexican troops at D-Day?

    Considering Brazil did send a division to Europe, it wont take much jiggery to get them into Normandy. I wouldn't say that. Sure, there were some veteran formations, but a lot of the formations that went in were green. Highly motivated and trained, yes, but not formations that had proven...

  5. WI: Battle of the Bulge is a Nazi victory?

    Got any names so I can add them to my "Stay the hell away from this guy's work" list?

  6. WI: Battle of the Bulge is a Nazi victory?

    Faulty roadsigns which the Germans also suffer from are not going to delay an advance for 3 months.

  7. WI: Battle of the Bulge is a Nazi victory?

    Well, that's one way to turn your offensive into a success. Redefine the objectives halfway through so that a city you held at the start is now the target. As for the actual objective, it's pretty undoable. The Bulge offensive was a failure pretty much from the word go, even by the end of the...

  8. Why Overlord?

    Where are we getting the troops? Where are we landing exactly?

  9. Why Overlord?

    With what exactly? And how? Where are you getting the troops, where are you going to land, and where are you planning to go to?

  10. Why Overlord?

    Rome was a big achievement, but it was somewhat dampened by Italy already surrendering, the Italian Campaign so far being a bloody meat grinder, Clark ballsing up an entire campaign just for his ego, and D-Day stealing the spotlight.

  11. Why Overlord?

    Progress up Italy was anything but rapid. After landing in 43, it took them the rest of the war to reach the Northern Italian border. Compare that to the rate of advance from Normandy, from the beaches to Elbe in under a year. The Italian campaign had already bogged down before Rome fell. The...

  12. Stalin's best play in 1940?

    I liked him in Hamlet, but I think overall Macbeth was his best performance. He captured the paranoia better than any actor could.

  13. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    It wasn't Sandhurst doing the judging. From what I remember at least, the judges were picked from WW2 commanders of both sides.

  14. Hitler steps down from military posts after Stalingrad

    Winning wars is not about winning battles.

  15. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand?

  16. Hitler steps down from military posts after Stalingrad

    Nothing made sense. And then it made even less sense.

  17. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Soooooooooooo many jokes I can make here. IIRC said wargame was conducted with figures from the time as judges, and was done in order to reach a conclusion on the plausibility of a successful invasion.

  18. Amphib Ops, Brit Best Options 1914-18

    Nah, WW1 Germany has a sizeable fleet, and the proposed was just a small raid. Hardly ASB.

  19. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    You got the maths for this? Per my sources, Dover and Folkstone together, once repaired and operating without interference from RAF, give 1400 tons a day. That's optimal, and factors in no interference whatsoever from the British. So, how big is our initial wave then? Because the Germans...

  20. Mustard-Thrower?

    Does the stew I left in a pot for a couple weeks count?
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