Hjarloprillar wrote:The Position that . Given total control of Wehrmacht. Without interference from the little corporal.
The OKW
Would have defeated The USSR by November '41. Or at latest by Aug '42.
Would you like maps and Unit lists?. Having spieled Barbarossa dozens of times before i wrote HSC essay.
Which was claimed as best Essay in NSW that year 1977.
What other result is there?
Was it that you had researched it well that made it Phd material? Facts and figures and 'gamed' it through? As I'd have thought(and have a strange memory of) that by the '70s the military historians and colleges had played out this counter-factual and come to the same conclusions. Although, for myself, I find these 'great-man' versions of History a little simple as it'd mean we'd have to give Hitler the credit for all the successes. You could lay some blame upon the hide-bound Office Corps and their obsession with duty above reality. Although could we not argue that if the Luftwaffe had fulfilled its promise to supply the sixth-army then we'd now be considering Hitler a genius. Then again the Soviets were out performing in industrial productivity with respect to arms so probably the outcome would have been the same.
But my apologies as I've been hearing your statement as PhD standard, not material, so I've got the wrong end-of-the stick and am impressed by such an analysis at such a young age.
Then.. thought this is more speculative . England would have been crushed in 42/43
How unfortunate. [;)] Though really only speculative in would Kriegsmarine die to last ship to remove RN from invasion beaches. Would Luftwaffe sacrifice 50% of its planes.[or more]. To get the army there. cause once there.. The Pz/Gren units would take it all.
No argument there, as the govt at the time thought the same thing. Luckily the Luftwaffe made errors, we had radar and the third front opened.
Especially with such as the buffoon Montgomery at the helm of Her majesties land forces.
-----------have you heard the joke about El Alamien. Monty managed a win and he only outnumbered the germans 4 to one in Men and 8 to one in Tanks And 12 to one in air.
Hmm... you'll not here me defending the donkeys but the British Army had changed since WW1 and not sure about your figures as I have it as approx 2:1 in men, 2:1 in tanks, about even in planes and anything from even to 2:1 in anti-tanks. Now given that the German weapons were superior and it was Rommel I think he did okay, especially after the debacle he took over from Auchinleck.
Not bad for a bankers army
good show.
I think you mean shopkeepers and they also did pretty well in the Burma campaign once they got over the shock. This would be a good subject as the contribution from the non-white members of the Empire has long been over looked.
Yeah! A pleb with a degree in Physics from the foremost Polytechnic in Switzerland. He didn't infuriate anyone in the Physics 'tower'.
(and yes, roster not chicken. I just don't use the term "roster" very often so writing swiftly it becomes "chicken" 
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