Posted by oldtanker on January 16, 2013 at 07:10:35 from (66.228.255.239):
In Reply to: Question for WWII buffs posted by Fritz Maurer on January 15, 2013 at 19:54:04:
If one takes a real hard look at the resistance in several countries you will find that thier biggest contribution was keeping forces tied down. Greece is a prime example. They kept 6 German divisions tied down. 6 divisions that could have made a difference in many of the different battles in Russia or perhaps in Italy or at Normandy. I've never bothered to total the numbers but they were tied down in the "low countries", France, Norway and even in occupied Russia.
As far as Hitler following the dictates of tactics, well lets just say he wasn't real good at it. At the time he ordered the invasion of Russia all rail traffic had to go through Moscow. The rail system resembled the spokes on a wheel with Moscow as the hub. Take Moscow and resupply to the rest of the Russian front became impossible. Add in that in the opening days of the invasion most of Stalins professional officer corp was in "re-education" camps or had been shot in the purges, replaced by political hacks. It was only after Stalin realized his error that many were reinstated and the Russian Army started to hold it's own. So Hitlers demand of a broad front in Russia, plus his obsession with taking Stalingrad and wasting an entire Army there where not the marks of a tactical genius.
Japan never got around to attacking the west coast because they did not want to leave any type of support in rear areas. When they failed to take Midway they lost the initiative and by the time we secured Guadalcanal their ability to launch any major invasion was none. Plus at the time they would have to have taken Hawaii too.
Yamamoto did warn against an invasion and made the "gun" comment.
China did prove that amss assualt against the Japanese could work. The US military prove it to be defeated in Korea.
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