I think one must be cautious in how winning/losing is defined here. Certainly Hitler's intentions were to carve out a large section of USSR...
naval interdiction? That seems closer to another thread I started which did involve the Black Sea. This was about hitting ground targets, i.e the...
There is an endless debate on this topic, and for good reason. Some very obviously bad decisions were made by Hitler. Mostly the all costs capture...
These are the events that draw me, the choices were so bizarre. As fiction, it wouldn't be believed. And it gets even better when you look at the...
Just to follow up some resource issues implied in the prior posts. The idea here is to speculate what would happen if resources that had been...
Good replies! Many things were going on which makes the situation complicated to analyze. As steverodgers801 described, the German...
There were so many possibilities for the Germans. You really have to work at it to create a bad outcome. Hitler did manage this 'accomplishment',...
I realize the title is something of an oxymoron. But as my user name implies, curiosity gets the better of me sometimes. The strange thing about...
i wasn't really endorsing this 'plan', more of a polite response to someone who took the time to post some information a few manners seldom kills...
for stealth, no for a cheap, effective power plant - better either probably would have 'worked', guidance was the trick
thanks for the link ynot, very interesting indeed so there was some consideration given to the V-1 in a anti-shipping role kind of hard to draw to...
glad to see the thread is still kicking a bit i find this topic way too interesting leccy1, i agree the mulberries would have likely been the...
The Wasserfall didn't work out. Now if the Germans had put all their resources into developing a SAM, they would have probably ended up with...
That may be an over simplification in some respects. The Wasserfall was in development. That's what happens in development, failures happen....
Another small but interesting bit of information about the history of the V-2's guidance and control system. Apparently the V-2(actually A-4 at...
The degree of effect of chaff is a topic in itself. There was an effect, no argument there. Take the Leuna target as an example. Allied radar...
That could be, but was that for the instrumented versions as part of the development? I'll check out the time line on that.
Some of what you say is true. Fighters were better, but not when you have pilots with little training. The AAA was improving, but its primary...
Measures and counter measures, that's war in a nutshell. At this time, say mid 1944, the V-2's dumbness, i.e. its inertial guidance is something...
I think this would be a small program. Probably not going to beat back the bomber offensive, but still could be useful. Let's say there are 6...
