A tactical error by high command. It counters nothing I have said but supplements it. Well we are looking at 2.5 extra Divisions a year for...
Both countries where that close the USSR nearly joined the Axis in late 1940.
Again? We none of us know what is going on in that strange man's mind. We all know the German desire as he has come out with in his book [Mein...
And how would it be supplied?
Are you serious? Between January 1940 and date of the German invasion the total Soviet export to the Germany estimated at 597.9 million...
Ahh so it is you and your pals then. Give me a list of historians that have "debunked the strategic importance of the rock".
Page after page online talking about the strategic importance of the Rock. From the BBC to the CIA and beyond. Google Even more important 70 years...
Discussed by who? You and your pals?
Did you not know? ^ Burdick, Charles (1968). German Military Strategy and Spain in World War II. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. pp....
This looks interesting. Amazon.com: OPERATION FELIX: HITLER'S KEY TO VICTORY: Martin Nuna, Alfonso Escuadra: Movies & TV During the Second World...
So you think Franco would fight the Germans and the USA would invade the Canary Islands?
What by you? It was one of the most strategically important places on the planet.
It is nothing like that. Its is a very similar comparison of two temperate european regions. Irrelevant to ground conditions. Was it not wet...
They failed in the summer of 1941?
The big change would be in the losses incurred in street fighting in Moscow which may well be large. However they will have been less losses than...
Some interesting questions at last. 1. How far would the Russian forces be pushed back? With the extra campaign time the Germans should be able...
Longer good weather campaign time. An extra 4-6 weeks good weather campaign time. More time to advance towards Moscow and take and hold Rostov.
The extra armour would likely go to Army Group South which may be able to capture Kiev without the need to divert forces from Army Group Centre.
You not counting the loses in North Africa or the wear and tear on the Panzers in the Balkan campaign? All would add up to enough material for...