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In one sense, I think that’s true – it would be politically difficult for the Russians to leave the war, but at the same time the desire for peace was VERY intense in Russia, which means they might not be able to afford NOT to leave the war. Historically, they tried to stay in the line, which...

So they steal his work and put a properly Aryan name on it. Chris

(I'm sorry about the necro, but i only saw this article when it popped up in my FB feed.) There were several moments during the early Rommel Vs. UK campaigns when Rommel came very close to disaster - a stoke of bad luck at the worst possible time could easily lead to him losing much of his...

Part Three: The Battle of Singapore As Japan nears the end of 1940, it becomes increasingly clear they are caught in a trap they need to escape now or face certain defeat. The problem is that they are dangerously low on everything they need to break free, and facing a growing number of enemies...

Interesting question I always had the impression the colonies were on shaky ground even before the Spanish were invaded by Napoleon – I don’t recall any real objections to Louisiana being transferred to France and then sold to America, although I could easily have missed something. Assuming the...

That's true. DOH!

I had the impression that Obama’s remarks to Mitt Romney - "the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because, the Cold War’s been over for 20 years" - were a bit earlier than 2010, when he wrote those words, or 2012, when Obama use them to undermine Mitt Romney’s campaign...

I repeat my previous disclaimer - nothing here is intended to be controversial. The Munich War And Aftermath Part 2 What Has Happened So Far? Faced with the prospect of being deprived of his wished-for war, Adolf Hitler demanded that the entirety of Czechoslovakia was to be surrendered to...

It’s been a while since I looked at the war, but IIRC Russia was in a position to take the remainder of the country and impose a puppet regime. That said, there WAS a great deal of overestimation of Russia’s combat power – as we saw in Ukraine – and it is at least possible that the Russian...

I suppose i walked into that one. Chris

Here's a question that's been bugging me as i lay the plans for my next AH novel ... Just how committed to the Nazis was Werner Von Braun? Chris

I always had the impression that Stalin thought the French and Germans would grind each other down in 1940, weakening them both so the USSR could eventually stab Hitler in the back. Germany's near-complete victory, so quickly, shocked hell out of him. Chris

That's bad. We're going back there in March, and perhaps staying for a year or so later on. Some sites are banned there - I think fanfiction.net was banned in places. Chris

That, and the belief the Wehrmacht would overthrow/kill Hitler and win a better peace.

Disaster at Stalingrad -Peter G. Tsouras I have often found the alternate campaign histories of various wars to be deeply fascinating, as the best of them draw on real-world details such as accurate orders of battle, and historical notes written by the commanders involved, in putting together a...