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Plus US equipment was probably better in a number of categories, especially aircraft.It was ready and on hand. Why not buy it with your cash reserves?
Plus US equipment was probably better in a number of categories, especially aircraft.It was ready and on hand. Why not buy it with your cash reserves?
Better than not having enough of the above models. Also the P-40 was just as good and probably better in some regards.bombers sure but was the Hawk 75 and P40 superior to the MS 406 and D520?
Unlike the plucky Italians, the stupid French can't ever win.
'There were disastrous problems in their command system, doctrine and are still outnumbered by a qualitatively superior army.
There were disastrous problems in their command system, doctrine and are still outnumbered by a qualitatively superior army.
... and are still outnumbered by a qualitatively superior army.
I would just add that Japan would have to be even crazier to think it can fight one on two+ (China/France/Dutch etc) with USA/GB+ so its unlikely to start anything no matter what US does. Without any hope of European support even Imperial Japan might be eventually willing to back down over China if its not done too ineptly by US+.US will automatically be at war with Japan in this scenario
I can't help but note that when I look at a map of Europe in 1949, I see Poland and not Prussia.Whooooooo Poland
Really ? (*irony button*)From what I've heard the Nazis started WW2 because it was needed to aid their economy.
They were Superior in one very important prehaps the most important way. They were available. Unlike many French aircraft due to lack of funding during the inter-war years and the need to build up a big enough army to fight germany.bombers sure but was the Hawk 75 and P40 superior to the MS 406 and D520?
The command system was on the edge of change. Gamelin had outlasted his political support and would have been replaced in may 1940 whatever else happened. Probablly sooner had war not come in 1939. That would have opened the flood gate on a wholesale replacement of general officers down to division. Much of the Methodical Battle doctrine was based on the mobilization with undertrained and stale reservists, a problem deriving from inadaquate funds voted by the legislature. The plan being executed was to adjust doctrine after post mobilization training brought the HQ staff at all levels up to speed. Something that would have been accomplished for all the Active & A Series units before the end of 1940. The Series B & units formed post mobilization should have been trained up to standards by mid 41. While that would have been dragged out absent a DoW the projected French rearmament budgets drastically increased training funds as well as the equipment funds.
In 1938 from the Cezch Crisis France laid on a massive modernization program for the Army & Air Force, that was aimed for maturation in 1942.
In 1944 the Allied armies invading NW Europe were out numbered, and in many peoples view were inferior in quality. Exactly how they defeated the superior Germans in the west in ten months is worth comparison.
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Who totally isn't facing a nation that has undergone economic collapse and has probably defaulted on debt, and is facing a modern military and 2 major maritime powers far more prepared forces and if they're going to invade Poland a far better prepared Polish military and a Soviet bear that is just about recovered the purges IIRC. Along with an America that is going to be providing tons of shit to the western powers and has an economy that is currently in wartime due to their conflict with Japan and is going to be providing large amounts of aid. Yeah, German quality advantage is just about gone.