Recent content by Mr.Bluenote

Good points, Wiking. And I agree with most of them. Furthermore mass production is not the only interesting factor here. The fact that logistics would be a lot simpler with one primary tank chassis would mean a lot for the German war effort. I'm not saying the Germans would win, but they...

This is quite good, Mark, and very different from most other timelines both in tone, style and scope. I like it a lot. Please continue. Best regards - Mr. Bluenote.

You might be right, but it is my impression that with Norway in Allied hands the Germans would be prevented from moving through the North Sea - the route taken by Bismarck, right? - thus forcing ships, and subs I suppose, to take the channel route. Norway would secure the North Atlantic and the...

That is interesting, Steve. I never heard about any Anglo-Swedish plans. Oddly enough, here in Denmark we usually se the Swedes at the time as being rather pro-German. It’s my impression that one thing the Allies really lacked in Norway was airfields. An increase in fighter cover alone might...

I'm not sure you read all of my post; the capture of Moscow will pretty much ensure that the Germans don't lose to the USSR. I never said it alone will guarantee a victory in the war. That said and done, you really have no idea what it takes to raise a division, do you? Right, clothing are...

My PS was inteded to show exactly that, that the Soviets were much more mechanized than the Germans. I'm sorry if that wasn't clear. I haven't really written in english for a while, so I might have frased my piont badly. Anyhow, a more mechanized Red Army will suffer even more by the lack of...

And that is probably the major impact on the war. The war at sea would be won by the British before it even got started. Without Norway the Germans will have a very hard time isolating Britain, even with the French ports. Furthermore, the flow of raw materials into Germany from Sweden might also...

Seriously?! You compare two rather low tech infantry centered armies with armies that prefere to use mobile mechanized doctrines? Well, I suppose a better analogy would be the Red Army's walk in the park in Manchuria in 1945. Without Moscow and the ability to bring tanks forth, supply them and...

Wow, what an impolite post. Besides that, you are also wrong. Without Moscow it would be next to impossible for the USSR to generate forces en masse. Again it is a question of logistics (you know the really, really important thing in war). If you look at a map over Soviet rail lines and...

First off, there are a lot of good points being made in this thread. However, there are some things still to consider. Germany itself, or rather its economic political and industrial landscape, for one. One member notes for instance that Germany did not mobilize its female population as a work...

Quite so, I liked it too. Except for the rather peculiar plot twist with the infected rats, it was rather well written and interesting. Eh, it was rats infected with a biological agent that was the MacGuffin, right? Suddenly I'm in doubt whether I remember it correctly. Anyway, it's a good read...

I'm not certain Aksel Larsen was in Denmark at the time. I think he arrived on the White Busses later. And if memory serves me right he only became a harsh critic of Moscow after the uprisng in Hungary. That said and done, there was a hardcore group of communists in Denmark that might (or...

Yeah, I remember it too. Wasn't it written by Gunnar Dyrberg? Eksplosioner i Maj (Explosions in Maj) or some such? - B.

You are as always quite right, Steffen, however, this scenario deals with a Soviet "liberation" of Denmark, which means the Red Army. I'm not sure how the restistance movement, the Allies and/or the Brigade would react. I'm almost certain the danish irregular forces and the brigade would...

Indeed! :) And once again thanks for your kind and insightfull answer, Condor. I see what you mean, my statement about a phyrric victories concerns exactly that. A British army without their time in the North African sandbox will have missed out on a number of important lessons regarding...