Well, iirc, it was Hitler who masterminded the encirclement in Kiev. The Germans took 600,000 to 800,000 Soviets in that engagement but this was also i think in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, so no surprise there.
Man there a lot of What-if scenarios in WW2:
What if Rommel had the Panzers that he needed in Normandy (the Omaha landing, i think, almost failed because of them)?
What if Paulus went straight to the Caucus and cut-off the Russian oil supply instead of wasting his army in Stalingrad?
What if the Germans crossed the strait and invaded Britain (instead of sending the Luftwaffe and mining the strait to death - the Brits reversed the polarity of their ships which repel the mines and allow them to cross.)?
What if the US didnt impose a raw materials embargo on Imperial Japan, would they have started the war on the Pacific?
Originally posted by Templares
Well, iirc, it was Hitler who masterminded the encirclement in Kiev. The Germans took 600,000 to 800,000 Soviets in that engagement but this was also i think in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, so no surprise there.Man there a lot of What-if scenarios in WW2:
What if Rommel had the Panzers that he needed in Normandy (the Omaha landing, i think, almost failed because of them)?
What if Paulus went straight to the Caucus and cut-off the Russian oil supply instead of wasting his army in Stalingrad?
What if the Germans crossed the strait and invaded Britain (instead of sending the Luftwaffe and mining the strait to death - the Brits reversed the polarity of their ships which repel the mines and allow them to cross.)?
What if the US didnt impose a raw materials embargo on Imperial Japan, would they have started the war on the Pacific?
Are yes too true but they are fun the what if's, too answer your points
Omaha beach was about 90% completed the rest were about 60% and if Rommel had the tanks and pushed them up to the front line, allied sea and air power would have forced them to withdraw. Paula’s tied up some 60 soviet divisions in Stalingrad while Army Group A went into the Caucus which they just could not advance due to the terrain. As for Operation Sea Lion that would have failed after duration of three weeks, one of the few good decision by Hitler was to not bother. As for the last point I am not to sure on that one.
Originally posted by Tangible God
And didn't he have Parkinsens?Did he also not believe his general's advice that the Allies would attack Normandy?
Hitler indeed had Parkinson’s, if you ever get too see the unedited version of the last film footage of Hitler outside the Bunker inspecting a line up of the Hitler Youth. You will see his left arm tremble.
As for Normandy the generals were split on that one due to the Allied deception operations.