Not to mention the Germans presumably killed/captured at least a solid half of that number"accidents" happen to officers and class traitors
Not to mention the Germans presumably killed/captured at least a solid half of that number"accidents" happen to officers and class traitors
"accidents" happen to officers and class traitors
"accidents" happen to officers and class traitors
"accidents" happen to officers and class traitors
Not to mention just how many Italian-Americans are currently making LL for the Soviet in an even worse position than OTL. I question If they would think it worth the risk of anything on a large scale, they are in very different place from when they invaded Poland and where trying to permanently pacify the part they wanted to keep?If/when that gets out that the Soviets pulled a Katyn on some of the Italians it’s bye-bye to the Italian communist party. The Italians know how many people surrendered and how many people made it home.
Depends entirely on who makes it home. Remember what the PCd’I was doing 44-5 and what the maxis, PSI maxis and the proto Operaismo wanted.If/when that gets out that the Soviets pulled a Katyn on some of the Italians it’s bye-bye to the Italian communist party. The Italians know how many people surrendered and how many people made it home.
It's better than having 3/4ths of her men be killed due to... that string of events that got her captain screwed over because hierarchy and command incompetence.Indy just can't catch a break in any timeline. However, if that's the worst thing to happen to her, she comes out ahead.
Meant Spartan not Persian.... trying to give a location obliquely. And I should not try to be clever before coffee.
Pearl Harbor, October 2, 1943
The harbor was overcrowded. The heavy cruiser Indianapolis had nowhere to go. She had been on the firing ranges south of the great base and after the fifteenth salvo, a mishap in B turret had occurred. Flash fires burned out the turret and were barely stopped before the magazine went up. The heavy cruiser Los Angeles had pulled alongside the damaged ship and the two crews had spent most of the afternoon fighting fires. By nightfall, eleven other ships were rendering assistance and treating the wounded in their own sickbays. The fleet tug Vireo had arrived just before midnight to bring the battered cruiser back to port.
The dry docks, both permanent an floating were already full of ships making final repairs and refurbishments before the great offensive across the Pacific could begin. The heavy cruiser would not be able to contribute to that mission. She might be available for the follow-on so instead of heading down the narrow channel guarded by coastal batteries, the tug lugged the cruiser to Honolulu where she could be kept out of the way until the fleet had left the base just to the west.
The engineers need to take a good look to see how much damage there is, how long it would take and if it is worth the sea voyage to Mare Island or Bremerton for repairs, or if the job is short enough that she'll be ready faster in Pearl Harbor even if she needs to wait 3 weeks for a dock repair slot to open up. If she does head back to the West Coast, she'll get more than a repair job, she'll get a full 90-120 day refit and upgrade. If she stays at Pearl, she'll get repaired plus any upgrades that can be done while the primary repairs are happening and not a moment longer in the yard than needed.If she is seaworthy they could send her to one of the West Coast naval bases for repair and fitting out.
Meant Spartan not Persian.... trying to give a location obliquely. And I should not try to be clever before coffee.
Eastern Greece, 0430 October 2, 1943
Another company would be left behind near this position to buy another few hours for the rest of the regiment to escape to their final positions north of the death of the Spartan army.
Long run German plan is to hold the Olympus line.Make a stand at Lamia presumably behind the Spercheios river? With the mountains in the west varying from infested by partisans to outright controlled by partisans as you get into Eurytania? I could almost feel sorry for them. Well not.
Meant Spartan not Persian.... trying to give a location obliquely. And I should not try to be clever before coffee.
Make the Germans think that the Allies are just waiting to attack the line at any time to keep those forces in place. Any good beaches close to the front on the German side, they would be good to practice shore bombardment on.Long run German plan is to hold the Olympus line.
and given that the Allied objective is to get good airfields to bomb Romanian oil fields with tactical air forces, they are not in a hurry to stick their dicks into a meat grinder on a false pursuit.