So, quite a number of times I've seen and heard people around here (here meaning in Romania), who don't appear to really know what their talking about, claim that by switching sides in august 1944, Romania shortend the war by 6 months.
I find this quite laughable, and am quite certain that it's the product of ingrained communist propaganda, which was dedicated to showing just how important the coup (which they falsely claimed was largely their doing) actually was.
So, what do you guys think ? What kind of effects did august 23rd have on the length of the war ?
Assuming 2 scenarios:
either
1. the coup had no important military effects and the soviets would have broken through, trapped the Germans and established a foothold across the Carpathians regardless
or
2. the effects of the switch were militarily important on a local scale. The axis regroups in the narrow choke point between the Carpathians and Danube, delaying the soviets. If and when the Soviets puncture this line, most German troops are lucky and escape across the Carpathians, blocking the mountain passes.
I find this quite laughable, and am quite certain that it's the product of ingrained communist propaganda, which was dedicated to showing just how important the coup (which they falsely claimed was largely their doing) actually was.
So, what do you guys think ? What kind of effects did august 23rd have on the length of the war ?
Assuming 2 scenarios:
either
1. the coup had no important military effects and the soviets would have broken through, trapped the Germans and established a foothold across the Carpathians regardless
or
2. the effects of the switch were militarily important on a local scale. The axis regroups in the narrow choke point between the Carpathians and Danube, delaying the soviets. If and when the Soviets puncture this line, most German troops are lucky and escape across the Carpathians, blocking the mountain passes.