Recent content by dmz23

Say Hitler sticks to the original Plan Blau and does not divide his armies in August 1942, then its highly likely that the added weight of men, armor, aircraft and accumulated time leads to Stalingrad falling in the initial assault in Mid-September. Paulus himself believed that the fighting in...

Could Germany have also produced effective drop tanks for its fighters to increase their range I wonder. Might have helped a bit.

So, its widely know that Hitler held a rather odd opinions in relation to Britain. Specifically, his belief that some kind of peace deal could be reached with the British once the Continent was secured ( ignoring even recent history demonstrating that Britain was willing to fight fiercely to...

Germans view Hitler as some kind of genius at worst and Messiah at best. Goebbels and Co. get lots of film, photos and 3rd party observation of the Soviet gulags 'liberated' by the German army demonstrating to neutral countries how evil Communism was to its own people. The defining photographic...

If wiki is to be believed, the Germans mounted a successful deception plan in OTL known as Operation Kremlin which helped further convince Stalin that Moscow was the main objective of the German campaign in 1942 at least between the period of May and June. Thus, a feint toward Moscow seems an...

Focus on a Northern and Central front risks a Soviet breakthrough at the the 2nd Battle of Kharkov especially if German forces are heavily engaged around Moscow. Since Kharkov is the communications lynchpin for the Southern front, this would be a very troublesome issue although probably not a...

I think Duke Nukem had something of an identity crisis as a result of its long development history which resulted in a game that could not decide if it wanted to be Retro ( akin to the 90s era shooters) or Modern ( COD4/Half life onwards era). I think the developers were to afraid to commit to...

In this Scenario, Britain suffers a big defeat at Dunkirk. Confidence is shaken and terms are reached with Nazi Germany. A simple status quo peace-recognition of Germany's dominance on the continent, Italy gets Malta and joint administration of Egypt. No restrictions on Britain's Military but...

Very little. WW2 was recognized by all the powers as one that had to be won through force of arms. The Axis believed it was the only way to carve out and impose their own unique set of racial and imperialistic goals whilst the allies saw it has a battle to preserve their ideologies and very...

Would the Western Allies decide to refrain from committing to the policy of unconditional surrender if the Soviets were in serious trouble? Lets say Stalingrad and most of the soviet resistance in the Caucasus had collapsed by January, 1943. Its clear a Second front is needed immediately in 1943...

Lots of games seem very liberal. A lot of triple A class games like Horizon Zero Dawn or Mass effect have either female protagonists or the ability to chose gender, race etc pretty extensively and that has been around for quiet a while now. I'm not sure what gaming culture is to be honest. Its a...

So any ideas on how the lovecraftian mythos could be adapted and expanded into a proper real life religion with actual believers in the likes of Cthulhu, elder things, Outer Gods etc. POD can be any time from the 30s onward.

I wonder what the wider effects of hitting the oil fields with a nuke would actually be? Fires raging out of control for weeks on end and lots of radioactive fallout mixed in with the smoke clouds sounds like a recipe for disaster for anyone living around the Caspian area. I suppose Grozny and...

Why are the Germans worried so much about being flanked in Greece that they abandon Athens? With no other active fronts in Europe and perfect defensive landscape, shouldn't the Germans be able to hold the capital and the Greek islands( closest to the mainland) and have forces to spare to...

Forcing an attack through the Mountains of the Southern Caucasus and Northern Iran certainly would be virtually impossible for the Germans. However, at the same time, the Middle East has much more strategic importance in this timeline. The Germans have to get air and land assets into that area...