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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 27, 2021 17:24:51 GMT
Then this means allies allied with more evil to defeat less evil I will tell you exactly what I told several people before you.... Stalin was not more evil than Hitler, not by any means. Yes, Stalin did commit more executions than Hitler, but this was more out of paranoia than sheer sadism. Hitler, on the other hand, intentionally murdered countless people simply because they were "inferior" to Hitler's "master race". Stalin was not evil, he was paranoid and delusional. Sure, I believe that Hitler would have killed more people than Stalin if he had won, but I also don't want Stalin to have more territory than he did in real life. And yes Charles Huntziger, I am a staunch anticommunist. |
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Post by Port on Feb 27, 2021 18:53:36 GMT
Do you think General Douglas MacArthur was the most capable American(USA) commander. No, Spruance or Nimitz were probably better. On land Bradley might have been better. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 27, 2021 19:13:14 GMT
Do you think General Douglas MacArthur was the most capable American(USA) commander. No, Spruance or Nimitz were probably better. On land Bradley might have been better. Bradley?! Please explain why any of these were better. |
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Post by Port on Feb 27, 2021 20:19:05 GMT
No, Spruance or Nimitz were probably better. On land Bradley might have been better. Bradley?! Please explain why any of these were better. MacArthur's contribution to the US victory over Japan was minimal, while Bradley went a long way to US victory in the West over Germany. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 27, 2021 21:25:42 GMT
Bradley?! Please explain why any of these were better. MacArthur's contribution to the US victory over Japan was minimal, while Bradley went a long way to US victory in the West over Germany. Laughs in entire S. Pacific Campaign and Patton. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 1:34:52 GMT
Who was the finest allied general of the great war ?
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 28, 2021 2:10:22 GMT
Who was the finest allied general of the great war ? Finest, I would say Harold Alexander, but he wasn't brilliant. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 2:12:19 GMT
Who was the finest allied general of the great war ? Finest, I would say Harold Alexander, but he wasn't brilliant. He was in ww1 ? |
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Post by Port on Feb 28, 2021 13:03:04 GMT
MacArthur's contribution to the US victory over Japan was minimal, while Bradley went a long way to US victory in the West over Germany. Laughs in entire S. Pacific Campaign and Patton. The South Pacific campaign was not as important as the central pacific campaign. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 28, 2021 13:52:23 GMT
Finest, I would say Harold Alexander, but he wasn't brilliant. He was in ww1 ? WW2 was the Great War! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 14:23:06 GMT
R.I.P., you would have been saved from humiliation, if you had googled . |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Feb 28, 2021 19:28:15 GMT
R.I.P., you would have been saved from humiliation, if you had googled . I know WW1 was called the Great War, but WW2 was a greater war, making it the new great war. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2021 2:14:41 GMT
R.I.P., you would have been saved from humiliation, if you had googled . I know WW1 was called the Great War, but WW2 was a greater war, making it the new great war. Ww1 was first of it's own kind , the destruction brought by it was never seen before , hence it was called great war. While WW2 was a sequel of it , where the main losing country returned to take revenge allied with two dissatisfied winners of the great war. |
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Post by John Marston on Mar 1, 2021 4:05:57 GMT
Patton is not overrated as a field commander. The 3rd Army operations during the Normandy breakout and advance to the Rhine should have breached the German frontier in ‘44 if supplies had not been prioritized to Market Garden. During the Ardennes Offensive, the 3rd Army disengaged, reorganized, moved 100 miles in i climate weather, and launched an effective offensive in 72 hours. The relief of Bastogne was one of the most impressive maneuvers of the war. as an underrated general, kesselring. The evacuation of Sicily and defensive operations in Italy were, for me, the most impressive feat by any nation when you consider differences in supplies, manpower, and air support. That said, kesselring was a war criminal and is deserving of eternal contempt for his actions against Italian civilians. Patton was part of an unnecessary offensive to win the war for allies but a necessary offensive for western allies get what which IMO rightfully belonged to Russia USSR bore the brunt of the war and suffered huge losses. That increases my respect and validates the Soviet/Russian bravery. Zhukov wasn't overratted. He had difficulty in replacing the dead with new ones. Once the intensity of the German attack on Moscow reduced, the counter attacked. Moreover, the Soviets were so close to loosing Moscow that an SS division saw the top spirals of the Kremlin, reportedly Stalin was in there. From the outskirts of Moscow to capturing Berlin was an incredible comeback. |
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