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Post by William Miller on Jun 15, 2014 0:41:59 GMT -6
1) Without getting political - yes, Hitler found a world waiting for some madman to take advantage of the situation, and he proved to be a serious opportunist and manipulator of people. However, it was pretty much entirely his idea to start invading other countries and he could have stopped that march at any time. Arguably his greatest failure of the war was attacking Russia - which many of his generals seriously opposed. However, this is getting a bit off topic and get too political very quickly.
2) My point about high speed for CAS aircraft was that it was NOT required, sorry if I was not clear on that. If anything, flying TOO fast worked against the target spotting and accuracy of a CAS/INT strike. Yes, many prop aircraft were very fast but that was not their most important attribute for those types of missions - many aircraft types have proven that "slower" is often better. Your point is well made about "stability" as that was also important.
I think we have wound up this thread.. on to the T-34, unless someone else has more to add to the D-Day discussion.
Thanks
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Post by ksbearski on Jun 15, 2014 6:20:52 GMT -6
Hitler's bigeest mistake was he didn't take Moscow when his troops could have driven in unopposed. Taking Moscow would more than likely spelled the end of Stalin and a negotiated settlement. Germany's eastern border on the Urals, perhaps?
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Post by William Miller on Jun 15, 2014 22:47:58 GMT -6
To KSB, that was probably one of many.. killing Russian civilians - that started out hating Stalin more the Hitler - was IMHO his worse mistake ever. Had he used their hatred of Stalin against him the war for Russia might have been over before it even started.
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