So the USSR not only was responsible for beating 80% of the Germans they took a big chunk out of the Japanese (especially their air-force) early...
YEah, but really what could the USSR do about it? They were busy with the Japanese allies the Germans and they couldn't fight the imperial navy...
Why not go for those Oil reserves? They had naval and air superiority in the region and you said in another thread that in a USA vs USSR scenario...
Not really. The scientists and the smart people knew the truth back then. A lot of scientists had died from radiation effects till then. Hell even...
Also I think Germany was a lot behind in the nuclear bomb business. The bombing of their heavy water facilities sure didn't help either. From what...
As a full Greek myself (:-p) I have to say the civil war after WW2 was a close call. I think Communism had a lot of supporters here (who probably...
Where are these quizes?
Still it can be argued that they are very similar to weapons of mass destruction like gas and they do inflict horible civilian losses and...
Seriously though wouldn't the use of so many nukes be considered a breach of international treaties, like the ones about gas weapons after WW1?
When was that? (I mean the Soviet Carrier debate)
If the Japanese didn't attack Pearl Harbour, but stuck to Asia the war would probably have ended quite differently.
Why must Subs transit the Bosposous surfaced? Isn't it deep enough? Did any of the UK/Greek subs cross it? (my guess is no). The official status...
You got a point there. So what is the sooner it could start? May? April? How is terrain at the start of the campaign compared to the next? I mean...
All I'm saying about Stalingrad is instead of wasting so many resources trying to take it, use less to keep it reasonably occupied to not launch...
Yes, more power (to weight ratio) meant more speed and probably higher altitude too. That too could be used as an advantage. I think with a...
I'm saying that if Russians chose to entrench in Stalingrad and wait for a fight, let them and don't engage them much. Concentrate on Caucasus. As...
Well Italy wasn't too bad. They did win in Abysinia and their Navy was big, if low tech (I heard they couldn't even fight at night). Their army...
Barbarossa started in June 1941. It could have started easily at March. Soviet resistance only regrouped after the first winter. The first phase...
Eben Emael, what a story. Less than a hundred engineers defeated a fort and the 1000 troops that garrisoned it. If Italy hadn't attacked Greece...
As I see it, Italy didn't contribute much. They bangled Egypt, they couldn't even beat the French forces when they declared war just as Paris...
