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  1. Wagner’s Germany: An Axis Victory TL

    It is noteworthy to me that the first diesel engine tank to enter large scale production was Japanese, given the overall backwardness associated with Japan's AFVs during the WWII era. I agree on the overall issue with regard to doctrine being more important than the quality of the tanks in...

  2. Wagner’s Germany: An Axis Victory TL

    So perhaps several hundred of the Type 89 chassis-based tank destroyers could be operational by the summer of 1942?

  3. The Warring United States Period: A TL where the Anti-Federalists win the ratification debate

    Another excellent update, eager to see what happens in the next. The influence of the surrounding empires seems certain to add an interesting dynamic to the interactions among the states.

  4. Wagner’s Germany: An Axis Victory TL

    This is my definite impression as well. There are a very small number of the Chi-Nu and the Chi-Ha is the main medium tank, however the biggest improvement compared to the 1939 situation for the Japanese is that they will have air superiority most of the time and there is a much larger number...

  5. AHC: a country adopts a solely nuclear-based military doctrine

    Your challenge, with a POD(s) anytime, is to have a country adopt as its military doctrine, both officially and de facto, that the advent of nuclear weapons makes all previous weapons systems obsolete, and therefore, the only worthwhile form for armed forces to take is as nuclear weapons...

  6. Wagner’s Germany: An Axis Victory TL

    To be clear, the rigid defense is based on the historical Soviet strategy in 1941, which saw Stalin consistently refuse to countenance withdrawals and insist constantly on counterattacks even when they failed with enormous losses. The difference is that historically, as a result of being caught...

  7. Wagner’s Germany: An Axis Victory TL

    Glad you like the new sobriquet. Here is the next update. I have not forgotten about the paratrooper operation, it will be covered when the narrative next reaches the fighting in the Caucasus. (Section 2) A knocked-out Soviet tank near the pre-war border. While the struggle for control...

  8. The Warring United States Period: A TL where the Anti-Federalists win the ratification debate

    Interesting, from what I remember of the period, Virginia has a larger number of trained officers, but New York is more advanced economically, so both sides have their advantages. I wonder how their efforts to secure alliances will go.

  9. The Warring United States Period: A TL where the Anti-Federalists win the ratification debate

    I too am intrigued. One question, if I may (of course don't answer if it would mean giving away spoilers), why is the title "The Warring United States Period" instead of something like "The American Warring States Period" as it seems pretty clear what unity remains will soon be swept away?

  10. Wagner’s Germany: An Axis Victory TL

    This is a fair point. I agree, but him doing a good job isn't necessarily mutually exclusive with him claiming credit for things which were at least in part due to others. It was one of their greatest failings, no doubt. One thing which should be kept in mind, though, is the extent to...

  11. WI: The Fuhrer demands more trucks!

    So you have a source which says he didn't believe the same thing earlier? Since Glantz states the Soviet forces in front of Moscow in September were stronger than in October, the alt-Vyazma might catch more prisoners, which is probably what he is referring to. Nor does he say it certainly...

  12. WI: The Fuhrer demands more trucks!

    Fritz is narrating the entire period, not just a few day.s Nor is Glantz claiming it would, he explicitly acknowledges the Bryansk encirclement wouldn't be happening. Barbarossa Derailed was published in 2010. No, I explicitly mentioned "the continuing futile offensives of the Soviet...

  13. WI: The Fuhrer demands more trucks!

    Based on some new information I have discovered recently I have decided to go back and re-address some earlier posts which my previous responses to lacked the full picture. Specifically, in response to this post, You claimed This is the quote from Ostkrieg referred to- "Bock in fact...

  14. No August 1941 Leningrad offensive

    Well, according to the wiki article on the Siege of Leningrad the city produced 11% of Soviet industrial production by 1939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad, although the figure obviously doesn't take into account evacuation.

  15. No August 1941 Leningrad offensive

    What happens if the fall of Leningrad is added sometime in 1942 due to the rail supply reduction?

  16. No August 1941 Leningrad offensive

    Is the 30% for a hypothetical successful implementation of the bombing plan or does it take into account the combination of the loss of Moscow with the shortages elsewhere?

  17. No August 1941 Leningrad offensive

    Is it confirmed that the rest of the upper Volga was reliant on electricity from Moscow? If so, how much would the region's loss damage the Soviet war economy?

  18. Wagner’s Germany: An Axis Victory TL

    I was thinking that in the TTL context they wouldn't be seen as puns. Obviously, though, the last one won't be happening. It does bring up an evocative image. I completely agree here, the paratroopers are in the end a supplement. They can be more significant to an extent in this...

  19. WI: The Fuhrer demands more trucks!

    No, he specified the imminent danger of exhaustion and resultant difficulty. Looking back from today's perspective, knowing in addition of the imminent Soviet counterattack, one can say that the factors he was pointing to in combination with the counterattack pointed to the danger of collapse...

  20. WI: The Fuhrer demands more trucks!

    Rundstedt withdrew in a circumstance of extreme emergency when faced with the actual counterattack, which is not at all the same thing as calling off an attack before being faced with imminent danger. "In view of the failure of railroads there is also no possibility of preparing this extended...
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