re: WWII hypothetical: could Britain have defeated Germany by itself after June 1940

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My knowledge of Russian history is far deeper than my knowledge of their language and origins of words and names.

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I did both. Back in the day, 35D, and all.

I was born in Novokuznetsk

What Oblast is that?

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Let's stop feeding him, Darth. Like Sabi wisely did. He's a soccer board troll, apparently quite the foul-mouthed one.

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I was born in Novokuznetsk

What Oblast is that?

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I have no idea.

Who commanded the 5th Guards Tank Army at Kursk.

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I have no idea.

Who commanded the 5th Guards Tank Army at Kursk.

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See. That was a hanging change up and you still didn't get it.


See how that works.

But Ace is right. You're a troll. Thanks for shitting on what was a great thread.

You bite too easily

Anyway, I'm on to other shite you idiots

Nice talking to you lmao

Holy hell. That dude has issues.

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France had more and better tanks than Germany, but poor leadership and tactics; nearly the same for the British. It's a true crime that these two countries failed the test of leadership at a crucial time.

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Excellent point about France. They had a standing army of almost 1,000,000 men and when war was declared they called up another 5,000,000 reserves. The French army was, at that time regarded as the best in the world. And yet somehow, even with the assistance of the British the Germans still knocked France flat in only six weeks.

One thing though that's often overlooked about the Battle of France, that is it was no cake walk for the Germans. In fact, it was up to that time one of the most violent and bloody battles in history. Yes the Germans made France quit in a little over a month. But they paid a very heavy price in the process, losing over 150,000 men, 1,200 aircraft, and close to 800 tanks.

Can you imagine how the American public would react today if the U.S. sustained those sort of losses in a six week period*? Yet, for some reason the Battle of France is widely viewed as an easy German victory.

* To put this in perspective, in the almost decade long Vietnam War, the US had over 300,000 casualties, counting 58,000 killed. But that was spread out over a decade. The German losses in the six week French campaign of 1940 included almost 30,000 killed.