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Aber replied to the thread Japan declares war on germany july 1941.Perhaps a belief that Britain + Russia (plus undeclared USA) > Germany + Italy, and a desire to be on the winning side. Harder to...
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Aber replied to the thread January 1943. The German View.Oh yes, from the last century; will he still get to investigate Katyn?
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Aber replied to the thread January 1943. The German View.Simply not enough US forces available, and the British are not risking losing another campaign in France. Allied grand strategy is...
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Aber replied to the thread January 1943. The German View.👍 Of course, also former house detective at the Adlon, and renowned for catching Gormann the strangler.
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Aber replied to the thread January 1943. The German View.So no invasion of Persia by the British, and no air campaign against Baku by the RAF?
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Aber replied to the thread Operation Unthinkable in Mid-April 1945 - Germany/US/UK coming together.Churchill was a politician and could see the criticism coming "we went to war for Poland, and now it's still occupied, although by a...
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Aber replied to the thread The Possibility of a Change in British Government during WW2.You need to be slightly careful on the balance between political and military influence on strategy. Churchill was careful not to go...
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Aber reacted to SodaMan1996's post in the thread How could Gorbachev's reforms meant to save the USSR have been successful? with
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The problem was that the USSR's economy was such a mess during the 1970s and especially the '80s, that by the time Gorbachev rose to... -
Aber replied to the thread British Army 'sanity options 2.0', 1935-43.Can we break this down a little? Tanks; Agree - but needs a hole puncher Infantry; Disagree - infantry in the open are attacked better...
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Aber replied to the thread British Army 'sanity options 2.0', 1935-43.What exactly do you need to "blow up", and at what range? Direct fire HE falls out of favour because gun crew are vulnerable to medium...
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Aber replied to the thread British Army 'sanity options 2.0', 1935-43.British doctrine both interwar and during WW2; infantry support was the role of the artillery with a barrage of a lot of lighter shells...
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Aber replied to the thread A MARKET-GARDEN alternative: plausibility check.Brereton and FAAA rejected airborne involvement multiple times: 6th Airborne were not available before 1 October, as they were...
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Aber replied to the thread A MARKET-GARDEN alternative: plausibility check.What minutes? o_O There was no note-taker at the September 10th meeting, nor at most of the important Eisenhower-Montgomery meetings...
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Aber replied to the thread A MARKET-GARDEN alternative: plausibility check.Eisenhower was demanding Montgomery open ports, just he was asking for Rotterdam and Amsterdam, not Antwerp. :)
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Aber replied to the thread A MARKET-GARDEN alternative: plausibility check.No, they were mostly a bottleneck for US operations. 21st Army Group didn't really have large logistics issues, save for the 3000...