Omund the Wooden-Leg
Chazadjin Marmaduke Brandybuck
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All three look lovely books and interesting. Will wait for the announcement.TO AMAZON FOR A TOTALLY UNNECESSARY SPENDING SPREE (No offence to you all of course)!
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I've just got to the part where Harris goes and we get more targeted bombing of oil and electricity vs city bombing, it's certainly an interesting question.Thande, you raise a good point and one I've wrestled with a bit. As you point out, while we have a plethora of information regarding the commanders of OTL WW2, those who followed them in the immediate post war period are not nearly as well covered.
What I will say though is that high military command tends to involve a pool of talent whose members ages will be roughly 15 to 20 years before the mandatory retirement age of their service. Whomever is considered to be the best person for a job then tends to get given the job. They then stay in it if they make a success of it or are quickly moved on if they don't. Its easy to see this as a sort of 'Buggin's Turn' approach, but its usually a lot more considered than that. Because the main war of the DD TL takes place at a similar time in history to the main war of OTL the talent pool is therefore very similar to OTL. Also, in times of crisis, military leaders often get frozen in place because when you have that many balls in the air, handing the show on to another juggler is a bit tricky. Mandatory retirement dates tend to slip - ie Ernie King in OTL.
In the case of the British in DD they have the same post Dunkirk calamity clear out that they did in OTL. Montgomery is promoted to CIGS in the interbellum but because Slim hasn't really had a chance to shine, he is still in the talent pool waiting for an opportunity. O'Connor gets his chance to shine (and also doesn't get captured) so he flies far higher than he did in OTL. The leaders of TTL's D-Day and North Europe Campaign are completely different from OTL. For the RAF, Harris argues with Sinclair and is replaced by Slessor. In the RN Holland does really well in TTL by avoiding his encounter with Bismarck .
The US Army is expanding so fast in TTL that they are going to have serious difficulties filling high positions. Eisenhower is kicked upstairs (spoiler alert for DD4) killing his political chances later, while Bradley gets the 4 star billet in the ETO and thus becomes the American commander seen as synonymous with victory. For the US Navy, Kimmel goes from Zero to (not quite) Hero.
The Germans were among the worst with ossified command structures, they had a veritable herd of Field Marshals whose place in the pecking order was guaranteed by their loyalty to the Nazi Party but as the book goes on you will see huge changes in the Wehrmacht high command from OTL.
Anyway, forgive my rambling, I hope you continue to enjoy DD3!
I need to get a copy asap
Heisenberg is concerned about his "devices'" effectiveness. Khrushchev's speech deserves a highlight. Hell, Slim's routing and destruction of the German armies in Iran and their flight back in to the Volga region and Ukraine was bloody brilliant enheartening.
Finished it last night. Really enjoyed it and remain impressed by the level of research and work!
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