26 Mar 21
@kmax87 saidKmax, I know this is for D64 but let me opine here, based on what I have read,
So what would your analysis suggest?
Did the Nazis lose the war or did the Allies win? And if the former, what would you opine as the greatest factor behind their loss?
Hitler's major league hubris is a major reason for the axis' loss. He stubbornly overrode his top General's plans.
That was certainly part of it. Now, the US got into it and they were in fact building new ships of war
faster than the enemy could sink US naval ships. The US was not going to be easy to defeat, no matter what.
26 Mar 21
The post that was quoted here has been removedIf Churchill wasn’t the consummate politician that he was there is every chance that Britain might have come to terms with Hitler.
No D. Day landing, no need for fortress Europe freeing up men and materials for the eastern front. The US IF it entered the European theatre would have had to take North Africa and fought its way up through Southern Europe.
There was a very real reticence amongst the ruling elite about going to war against Germany but not an ounce of that from Churchill.
He was Great man who happened to be a racist, aristocratic Twot who was also a half decent artist and a sufferer from bouts of depression.
26 Mar 21
@shavixmir saidCorrect - the code name Lucy. From Switzerland, The Red Army knew everything about German strength and when they would attack.
Certainly they did send intel from broken codes.
The German plans for Kursk were relayed to the USSR, for example.
The post that was quoted here has been removedSo they weren’t likely to join the central powers anyway? How stupid would he have looked if he had handed over to brand new battleships to a potential enemy. How stupid were the Turks to join the losing side over the loss of two battleships with no hands on deck.
Given that they chose the wrong side, probably more of strategic gamble given that Russia was already allied with France and Britain, they are lucky to have got any money at all. They were probably preoccupied with the post war order and their attempted genocide of the Armenians to worry too much about the cost of a couple of battleships.
They should have paid the Money back immediately with interest, but I think the Turks were well enough versed in the art of perfidy.
26 Mar 21
@hells-caretaker saidThank you.
Correct - the code name Lucy. From Switzerland, The Red Army knew everything about German strength and when they would attack.