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Post by Thortilla on Aug 3, 2021 18:36:27 GMT
who said Operation Overlord and why?
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Aug 3, 2021 19:47:03 GMT
who said Operation Overlord and why? Yeah, Battle of Britain completely outshadows Overlord's importance on the western front not to mention the eastern front. (I'm not trying to offend anyone who chose Overlord I am just defending my opinion.) |
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Aug 3, 2021 19:48:51 GMT
Now that the votes are western front battles 6 and eastern front battles 6, I could do a which front was more important, but that would probably go too far into politics. I just wonder what kind of arguing and anger that would cause and I don't want to get banned.
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Post by Emilio Mola on Aug 4, 2021 13:09:33 GMT
Now that the votes are western front battles 6 and eastern front battles 6, I could do a which front was more important, but that would probably go too far into politics. I just wonder what kind of arguing and anger that would cause and I don't want to get banned. I don't think you would get banned and neither there would be that fierce arguing. |
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Post by Emilio Mola on Aug 4, 2021 13:11:04 GMT
who said Operation Overlord and why? Overlord is currently leading, I think its failure could have gained Germany a favourable peace. |
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Post by Erich von Manstein on Aug 4, 2021 13:52:25 GMT
Stalingrad. The most important battle of the most important front against Germany.
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Aug 4, 2021 16:37:12 GMT
who said Operation Overlord and why? Overlord is currently leading, I think its failure could have gained Germany a favourable peace. But it's importance was nowhere near Stalingrad and Moscow. Firstly the Soviet Union was already destroying the German armed forces and secondly the failure of the operation would've just slowed down the liberation of France. |
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Aug 4, 2021 16:40:07 GMT
I think I have changed my mind, while Moscow arguably saving USSR from defeat, however if Stalingrad had been lost it would've also probably lost war for the allies and in Battle of Stalingrad the 6. Army was destroyed and the Caucasus campaign halted.
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Post by John Marston on Aug 6, 2021 4:24:35 GMT
Hard to say, but either Bagration (Because it truly gave the Soviets the momentum) or Overlord.
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Aug 15, 2021 13:46:59 GMT
The votes for Stalingrad have really exploded.
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Post by 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘺 on Aug 24, 2021 20:32:40 GMT
The votes for Stalingrad have really exploded. Yes, an I really can't understand this. In January 1942 there was no chance anymore for the Nazi to defeat the 'Bolscheweki'. I doubt that this chance ever existed - the german inteligence underestimated the organisatoric, human and industrial potential of the CCCP up to 10 times (multiplicated with the factors' of the supreme race) All non-political generals know this - with Stalingrad one year later, even the last lanzer or grandma was sure that the war is lost. The decive Battle of WW2 was the failiure of Plan Barbarossa before Moscow (and the americans entered the war on top). The small austrian drug-addict thought after the victourious French campaign, he advised, he is the biggest fieldmarshall of all times and messed it up horrendous (winter crisis 41/42). |
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Post by John Marston on Aug 25, 2021 3:39:45 GMT
Their only chance was a sudden rush aka Blitzkrieg. They were successful upto a point, when Hitler interfered. They planned to take all 3 (Moscow and the twin grads), ended up taking none.
So, the most decisive battle of WW2 in Europe is probably the Balkan campaign as if it hadn't happened or hadn't Italy messed up, Germans could've gotten 40 days more before the winter.
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Post by Manfred von Richthofen on Aug 25, 2021 4:03:13 GMT
Their only chance was a sudden rush aka Blitzkrieg. They were successful upto a point, when Hitler interfered. They planned to take all 3 (Moscow and the twin grads), ended up taking none. So, the most decisive battle of WW2 in Europe is probably the Balkan campaign as if it hadn't happened or hadn't Italy messed up, Germans could've gotten 40 days more before the winter. Italy's the most Pathetic Power in WW2, according to Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov |
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Post by Manfred von Richthofen on Aug 25, 2021 4:04:33 GMT
I guess i'll have to go with Stalingrad, because if the germans captured it, the Russians' morale would have been rekt
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Post by John Marston on Aug 25, 2021 6:44:08 GMT
I guess i'll have to go with Stalingrad, because if the germans captured it, the Russians' morale would have been rekt I don't think their morale would drop. Maybe a slight temporary drop, but not a major one because no one expected that Stalingrad would resist the German army. They were expecting that Stalingrad would fall soon. Also, the Russian morale was never good TBH. Their commanders were very strict. Political officers executed anyone who ditched to the enemy lines, muttered something bad about the regime/food/war situation/their conditions. They were actually forced to fight till death and that actually saved their cities. |
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