WOW...there are so many GENIUS GERMAN generals in WWII that it is just AMAZING!

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Originally posted by: UpGrD
The true downfall of the German Army was the fact that it supported and supplied its impressive mechanized army with horse and wagon supply trains, and built to few over priced and over complicated war machines. Where as the US army built 3 supply trucks for every tank in Europe. The Sherman tank was no match for the Tiger, but unlike the tiger it ran like a clock and for every Tiger there were 10 Sherman's. There were only actually a handful of qualified German generals, but they were in the right places for the most part.
Fortunately for the Allies the good generals were over ruled by Hitler and is henchman.

Yes, trucks and railroads don't seem like the way to win a war (superfically anyway), but supply lines are everything. Germany had no hope of supplying troops deep in Russia. Many of their senior commanders realized this, but there was no arguing with Adolph. You could probably argue they were cowards for not standing up to him, but a few did, eventually.

Originally posted by: Triumph
An even more interesting question to ask would be, "What would Europe be like 20 years after the war if Germany had won?" Now you have the issue of establishing a government to secure vast plots of conquered land, where the people don't want you there anyway. After you are done fighting, how do you go back to living? What exactly did Hitler plan to do after he conquered Europe? Sure we all know about his final solution and all that jazz, but mose of Europe was not a part of that and the German citizens would eventually stop buying into that. He was a crazy dictator, even if he had won I doubt he'd be able to sustain his empire for very long.

Good points... The German economy during wartime was sustained in large part by pillaging conqured territory. Including a lot of gold ripped from the teeth of concentration camp victims. They were headed for a huge economic disaster had not the military one gotten them first.

 

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Originally posted by: UpGrD
The true downfall of the German Army was the fact that it supported and supplied its impressive mechanized army with horse and wagon supply trains, and built to few over priced and over complicated war machines. Where as the US army built 3 supply trucks for every tank in Europe. The Sherman tank was no match for the Tiger, but unlike the tiger it ran like a clock and for every Tiger there were 10 Sherman's. There were only actually a handful of qualified German generals, but they were in the right places for the most part.
Fortunately for the Allies the good generals were over ruled by Hitler and is henchman.

and easily repairable with standard parts. the germans put out so many versions of stuff it was a mess.

 

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think it was in this months skeptic mag, a thing on alternate history...if the germans had won