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Is there anyway for making "watch on the Rhine" ie Battle of the Bulge a sucess using real life position and equipment and TOE? If not what equipment and commanders what/who would you use?
I'm of a couple of opinions. First, it was doomed because of the Air situation. The German's had no way to screen with the Luftwaffe, no way to give even temporary air cover. Success was not well defined and was to predicted on way too optimistic things. I just don't even know what they hoped to accomplish. I mean I know the standard answer of using blitzkrieg to capture the deep water port and split the British and Americans. Since this is lunacy, what did they really want? Was this another we'll make peace with the Western Allies fantasy? I have always thought that the resources spent here could have been spent to better use on the Eastern front (where I do not know, and I'm sure the red tidal wave would have kept rolling West.) I don't think this sped up the collapse in the west a lot, as every German who could walk or crawl was trying to get into the Western Allies lines.
Could the OKW could have just ignored Hitler and been like "ja mein Führer we're working on it." Hitler entered the bunker in January correct? Could his orders been ignored? So I guess my question is there a way to make this work and to what extent? Using the equipment and commander's available. Anyway to get better Air campaign? Could paratroopers be utilized in an effective manner? It seems the German's massively over estimated on armor. Could it have gone better? Or did they get lucky it went as well as it did?
Is there anyway for making "watch on the Rhine" ie Battle of the Bulge a sucess using real life position and equipment and TOE? If not what equipment and commanders what/who would you use?
I'm of a couple of opinions. First, it was doomed because of the Air situation. The German's had no way to screen with the Luftwaffe, no way to give even temporary air cover. Success was not well defined and was to predicted on way too optimistic things. I just don't even know what they hoped to accomplish. I mean I know the standard answer of using blitzkrieg to capture the deep water port and split the British and Americans. Since this is lunacy, what did they really want? Was this another we'll make peace with the Western Allies fantasy? I have always thought that the resources spent here could have been spent to better use on the Eastern front (where I do not know, and I'm sure the red tidal wave would have kept rolling West.) I don't think this sped up the collapse in the west a lot, as every German who could walk or crawl was trying to get into the Western Allies lines.
Could the OKW could have just ignored Hitler and been like "ja mein Führer we're working on it." Hitler entered the bunker in January correct? Could his orders been ignored? So I guess my question is there a way to make this work and to what extent? Using the equipment and commander's available. Anyway to get better Air campaign? Could paratroopers be utilized in an effective manner? It seems the German's massively over estimated on armor. Could it have gone better? Or did they get lucky it went as well as it did?