Andreas

You got a porch and built a house around it? Jochen - what is the top of the line stuff from 12 months ago? All the best Andreas

If all your other unsourced examples are of the same quality as this one in terms of correctness, I can only recommend to Mr. Jingles to immediately forget all about them. http://www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=33 Neither KK Hartenstein nor Schacht were charged at Nuremberg. It would have been difficult to do so since they both fell in 1943. Stop spreading nonsense. All the best Andreas

Feldtrompeter - I had not come across Haffner's analysis before (I blame Krautman for not fixing his links earlier ), so thanks for that. It makes a lot of sense, but hinges on how much rationality you are willing to grant Adolf. All the best Andreas

Has anyone else noted how close Tarquelne and Tagwyn sound in German?? Say it fast ten times. No difference. I think I know why... Andreas

You are nuts. Regards Andreas

Good morning Andreas . Believe it or not I am probably one of the few players who have not modded Combat Mission. That is the original grass, it has likely been awhile since you have seen it. </font>

Nice grass. Whose grass mod are you using? All the best Andreas

Both Balck and Raus started as regimental commanders, AFAIK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Balck Harpe maybe another candidate, by the way. All the best Andreas Ps. Sergei - assuming it was the same Séance that channeled Model, why would you be unsure? Do you not believe in the paranormal? Your design of 'Snowplough' indicates otherwise, since only an army of undead will help the Germans there.

Since we are into trivia, first of all, Raus also commanded a regiment (one of the SR in 6.PD) until into Barbarossa, and the line of command posts would also fit for Balck, Rommel and Reinhardt, and maybe others I am not aware of. Which does not matter, since it was Raus. All the best Andreas

Jason is right, it was Raus. All the best Andreas

You have not been trying very hard then? Seems pretty complete to me? Royal Hamps VCs Google Search: "victoria cross le patourel" All the best Andreas

i agree it would be silly to make such an assumption. in my honest opinion it would be just as silly to assume that Germany would go on defence in 1940. </font>

I can also create fantasy scenarios all day. Whose to say that the Wehrmacht would not have given the Red Army a good kicking in 1943? Do we have anything but 'I made this up while poking my nose' on the matter? The Wehrmacht seems to have done perfectly okay at defeating/delaying Soviet counter-attacks well into 1943 (Operation Mars anyone). Why is there an assumption that with two years to strengthen their position on the demarcation line, with no losses incurred during Barbarossa/Blau/Stalingrad the Wehrmacht would just have fallen over when the Red Army attacks? What is it based on? I can not see anything. All the best Andreas

Thanks, I think that reply rather shows how serious you take this yourself. Unwillingness to provide sources is a good indicator of lack of seriousness to me. If you can't be bothered to give some info on where you got your opinion from, I'll take the opinion with a lump of salt. A planned attack in summer 1941, as supposed by Suvorov, would have been a walk-over for the Germans defending. Anyone with a passing acquaintance of the state of the Red Army in summer 1941 knows that. It was undergoing a complete transformation in terms of organisation and equipment at the time. It is simply not believable that they were planning to attack that year. 1942, maybe. 1943, possibly. 1941, not a chance. I suggest checking Glantz' works on the Red Army. As for your repeat claim that the Germans played a 'decent hand by striking first', I point you to my previous post. How could any other hand that they did not play have possibly resulted in a worse outcome than the one that they got for playing the unprovoked attack hand? Why do you assume that a Soviet attack in 1942 would have been a desaster for the Germans? All the best Andreas

As an aside, it is also worth pointing out that the 1st-hand evidence by e.g. Halder and Warlimont talks about the attack on the SU in the context of the war with Britain, not in the context of a perceived actual threat by the SU against the Reich. Recent evidence from Soviet archives does not change that. All the best Andreas

Germany had no carrier throughout the war. They would not have been able to get any carrier into the Black Sea, and they did not need any in the Gulf of Helsinki, since any aerial mission there could be undertaken from land. As for the rest, sure, it would have been great to have all these carriers. Sometime by 1965 they may have finished the construction plan. Then all they need to do is occupy Britain to open the sea lanes out of the North Sea for all these fleets to sortie. The whole Barbarossa adventure was based on the fact that the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe could not deliver the goods (victory over Britain) anyway.

I read Carl's post, and I would like to see some author names and titles put to that 'recent scholarship'. As for his conclusion - no it was not his best option, unless the other option ends with something worse than him shooting himself in a bunker in Berlin, the division of the country, the destruction of his political regime, the occupation of Germany by foreign powers and the permanent loss of all German territory east of the Oder. All the best Andreas [ January 02, 2006, 02:59 AM: Message edited by: Andreas ]

Agree with Jason, this can be correct. The original organisation was probably 3x150/3x150/(2x150/1x10cmK18) batteries per battalion (the latter being the standard heavy battalion of the motorised infantry/Panzergrenadier/Panzer divisions. With an all 150 equipment other than the K18, this would not make a lot of sense. All the best Andreas

1. Mountainous terrain, or whereever there was a need 2. Airborne landings, or whereever there was a need 3. Reconnaissance (successor/parallel to Aufklärung), or whereever there was a need 4. Support for AFV, or whereever there was a need 5. Grenadier was the new name for regular infantry from 1942 6. Light infantry, trained to be used in broken, hilly terrain, or whereever there was a need 7. Reconnaissance, or whereever there was a need All the best Andreas

I know at least 10-15 forum members who would certainly make good diner guests. Less certain on the great generals. All the best Andreas

Your case for Hannibal was quite convincing. All the best Andreas

Obviously Jason is familiar with the quib 'I am pregnant with an elephant - the trunk is already showing.' Not a sign of madness, but of a beer-belly and the ability to joke about it. All the best Andreas

Any Hornisse in the area? Just thought I'd ask for general confusion. Or Grille? Or Pak 43 on RSO chassis? All the best Andreas

Ha! Nancyboys. Can't even keep records. The swine. Serves them right they lost the war. Go with the IVs. All the best Andreas

Stugs busy elsewhere? 508 having few runners? Or the other way round? 508 only had 14 runners on 1 Aug. 17 in repair shops. All the best Andreas