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WI Red Army competence in 1941?

Started by Queequeg, June 23, 2013, 01:42:27 PM

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Razgovory

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June 24, 2013, 04:39:11 PM
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I'm leary about discussing WWII on this forum since so many people know more than I do, but for the Germans wasn't sending out bombers without fighter escort a pretty dodgy proposition?

Not so much at night.

Bombers had a hard enough time hitting particular faciliities during the day.  Going at night won't make the problem any easier.  Not to mention that if they actually managed to permanently destroy the ports at Liverpool (extremely unlikely), the Brits could just shift to Cardiff, or Hull, or Milford, or Immingham.   There are lots of big ports in the UK.
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jimmy olsen

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June 24, 2013, 05:40:19 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 24, 2013, 01:29:19 PM

Tim, it's an island.  There are lots and lots of ports.
A none aside from London had the capacity and rail connections equal to Liverpool's.
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Razgovory

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June 24, 2013, 05:55:26 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 24, 2013, 05:40:19 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 24, 2013, 01:29:19 PM

Tim, it's an island.  There are lots and lots of ports.
A none aside from London had the capacity and rail connections equal to Liverpool's.

I'm not sure that's true, and if it was it wouldn't matter much.  They had ports sufficient for the ships of the day.  At worst it would cause delays.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017
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