Discuss How close to Adolf are you? in The Intelligence Cell on The Army Rumour Service; Originally Posted by mercurydancer
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australians? :D but yeah, should I hand in my dissertation on operation barbarossa now?...
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australians? :D but yeah, should I hand in my dissertation on operation barbarossa now?
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Why not? some historians have come up with sillier causes for catastrophic operations. I'm more of a John Keegan man myself. Originally Posted by House Sparrow
With Barbarossa, nothing makes sense as to why it was done, apart from bravado. Lets face it the 1944-45 Ardennes offensive didnt make much sense but nearly worked.First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.
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Hello Draco. How are the rest of the Malfoys? Originally Posted by CaptainPlume I am not the official representative of the Digital Outreach Team from the House of Commons; we are politically impractical and cannot comment on government policy or give a political opinion.-'cos they haven't made up their minds yet.
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No it didn't. The Ardennes was a local tactical success, followed by strategic disaster. It gutted the luftwaffe, and probably shortened the war by 6 months. Originally Posted by mercurydancer Oddbod likes this.I am not the official representative of the Digital Outreach Team from the House of Commons; we are politically impractical and cannot comment on government policy or give a political opinion.-'cos they haven't made up their minds yet.
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Nearly being the operative word.. How "near" it came to success is still open to debate. Originally Posted by HectortheInspector First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.
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All commanders appear to do irrational things on occasion. What possessed Winston with the end of WW2 hostilities at last in sight, to indulge in military operations in the Dodecanese. The morale of the German defenders was grossly miscalculated; even at that stage of the war they fought fiercely and achieved local success against the liberating British forces. The Americans were disgusted at the concept of the operation and General Marshall, their Chief of Staff, is recorded as saying that not one doughboy would be sacrificed. Perhaps this was a part of Winston's strategic weakness in both wars. He was ever preoccupied by sealing off the Soviets by advancing north through Greece and the Balkans, defeating the enemy and somehow "persuading" the Soviets on a winning streak to hold back!
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