Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10975360-20131208111308/@comment-4206034-20131210233906

In comes Imp once more.

Viva, the Germans knew the British had radar. Yet they did not take effective counter-measures. You see, the beauty of it was the RAF could not have been defeated with a man like Hitler in charge for Germany. The British had on their side Polish pilots - who were one heck of an angry bunch. They were responsible for the most number of kills against the Nazis - by a large margin. Things like this cannot be reproduced for the Germans. And the Germans did have a better aircraft - the Me 109. Radar cannot be changed from the equation, neither can angry Polish pilots. As a result - Britain could not be invaded without a significant technological development not occuring - and this would not really happen.

Coming back to Russia. However good Germany may have been - they had lost 80-90% of all tanks and military equipment by the Battle of Stalingrad. The battle was pretty much a gamble and whichever way it went - it would still mean the Germans lost a huge amount of resources which they could not effectively replace. The Russians on the other hand - sure they lost their oil fields - but they still have those tractor factories pumping out the T-34s and they still have enough fuel and numbers to counter-attack, which the Germans did not have. The Tiger was notorius for breaking down - as much tanks were lost to breakdowns as they were to enemy destruction. That is why a simplified tank design is paramount if the Germans wanted to win. Not troop numbers, but tank numbers. As I said, if the Germans had made slightly heavier armoured versions of the Panzer IV Ausf J and used it as a base for the Panther and Tiger (like the Americans used the Shemans to make the Firefly - finally remembered its name) then perhaps a loss at Stalingrad would not have mattered, because a victory as Kursk would have been certain for Germany.

You see the point about marshalling troops to the Eastern Front? Well guess who would take the oppourtunity to come aknocking if the Germans ever significantly downgraded the Atlantic War? Oh that's right - the British who are completely ready to launch an invasion. Not only would they have caused Germany to divert huge resources from the Eastern Front - they would have eliminated the need for American intervention. Suddenly, the British could strike at German targets with freewill because they have airbases in France. It is a paradox - becuase Germany would need to sign a NAP with the Brits if they would ever want to win against the Russians - something the British would not do.

If you want the Germans to win, you really need to change Hitler's mentality toward the war.