There seens to be a feeling that whenever the Western Allies don't do an invasion of Northwest Europe - or that invasion is unsuccessful - the Soviets (for some unstated reason) are even more successful in overrunning Germany, Why is this?
Would Hitler have poured more units into France - where...
Four teams in a league are not enough for competition. Current inter-league play calls for about 15 ganes against oponents from the other league. Even if you doubled this to 30 games against the other leagues, this still leaves 130 games against your other 3 teams in a 4 team league - or over 40...
A facist Germany, with annexations in eastern Europe like you are stating, would be a major problem in the European balance of power. This would cause Britian and France to oppose Germany just as they did in OTL.
You must remember that in 1939 Hitler had not killed 6 million Jews, brought...
At the beginning of the Civil War, the general with the biggest military reputation appears to be Albert Sydney Johns(t)on (I never remember who has that "t" in their name). He was even Lee's commander in Texas before the war, He would get my vote for independent military commander.
Is he the...
The only possibility for such an event would be to eliminate gunpowder weapons. The post-Napoleonic armies had enough cannon to shatter large hordes of bow-armed barbarians, even when their muskets might not match the distance an arrow could travel. And the later into the 19th century you go...
It would take a significant number of heavy bombers to cripple the industrial capacity of the Soviet Union. The '20's and '30's air power theorists - assuming a handful of bombers would bring the enemy to its knees - were surely proven wrong by the events of WWII. It was not until the US and...
Who would pay for the continuing updating of the fortress? The population of Luxenburg is uner half a million now, I would assume it was no greater - aqnd likely less - during the 19th and 20th centuries. It was well fortified in the 18th and early 19th centuries because it was part of France...
If Germany did build an A-bomb, the only realistic way of delivering it would be by U-boat. No German bombers could carry such a load far enough. I doubt a secret refueling base in Greenland would work either. I have read about plans to use U-boats to deliver such weapons.
Why not New York, a...
Less deaths from disease might have ben possible if the best medical practices, along with proper food and clothing had all been available. But there will always be problems when large groups of people from diverse areas get together. One group carries a couple of diseases while the next group...
The length of a total war depends on the ability of BOTH sides to continue indefinately. The comparative balance need not be perfect, but it must remain close for the ENTIRE course of the conflict. This is the problem with a long total war. A massive disaster - even a natural disaster - on one...
I don't beleive Longstreet (and his corps) was the best choice to send from the east to the west. Lee would be, but he was a Virginian over all (remember he would not accept the leadership of the Union army because he would not take up arms against Vuirginia). He would elect to renain and defend...
If the US was to be in either, or both, WWI and WWII from the beginning, I would assume that they would be more prepared for war. Not only would it have a larger standing army and reserves in both conficts, it would have a much larger air force at the beginning of WWII. The navy would be...
Why would the US want to seize Siberia? The only part of strategic value would be the Trans-Siberian RR. But with Russia out of the war, the US doesn't need it any more as Lend Lease to Russia would be over.
Also, do you know how large Siberia is? Where would they get the manpower to do this...
Assuming the massive losses in the winter of '41-'42, the German 1942 offensive would have to be reduced or eliminated as the troops sent to AG South would be need to rebuild AG Center, This would remove the massive losses of Stalingrad, so by 1943, both sides would be about the same strtength...
Two problems.
First, fuel. Germany barely had enough for the trucks, tanks, and aircraft it had. Horses don't use gas. Also horses start easier in the cold and can move better under more primative conditions (Russia).
Second, mechanical problems. The US army could use trucks because it's men...