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Old April 23rd, 2003, 02:53 AM
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First, I forgot to mention that this:

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With no Ardennes offensive the Allies will move quicker and secure Berlin before the Russians. Could go even way, Germans will surrendar to the Allies and the Allies will tell the Russians to stay away from Germany. Alot of would-be prisoners are saved, and the Soviet's would have no iron curtain.
was NOT possible because Churchill, Stalin and Roosvelt had already agreed about the terms of the war. And the real German tries of breaking the alliance didn't work. It wasn't going to work. Churchill and Roosvelt wanted all but an alliance with Germany.

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Remember the Ardennes SS force, they will heavily equipped and ready.
Again. OVER rating the bloody Waffen SS. If you remember right there was VI SS Panzer Army, V Panzer Army and VII Army. Two Armies composed of German Army's regular troops against one of SS troops. Maybe they were fully equipped and had a very considerable force, but they couldn't even handle with the weak 101st airborne division with their King Tigers and Panthers...

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Your delaying the Russian attack, like Manstein did at Kharvok, outnumbered 7:1
But Von Manstein is Von Manstein and there was not such an advantage in Khárkov. The Russians were very weakened and had over extended supply lines. And you cannot compare German troops from early 1943 to German troops of late 1944...

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Even in Berlin they were building King Tigers.
This is true, but again. Remember? Allied bombing, lack of fuel, lack of raw materials, lack of experienced crews... 600 King Tigers... 20.000 T-34/85 and IS-II plus a lot of Shermans the other way...
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