WW2 Start Date

[DontSayBanana]

One of the interesting facts about Germany was the before the war they graduating fewer and fewer engineers.  Nazi meddling in education was destroying the pool of skilled German labor.  A surviving Germany would likely be poor, uneducated, and racked by civil war as various party factions fought each other in the streets.  Germany would need either a Stalin figure to purge nearly everyone or the private armies being built up by Himmler and Goring would have tore the country apart when Hitler died.

Hitler was unhealthy, but not so much so that he would have committed suicide if the Germans had a prayer of lasting through the war. Himmler and Goering also would have needed more time to continue building their private armies.

I'm also unsure how much of the engineering shortage was "Nazi meddling in education." Many of the people in positions of power enjoyed seeing the latest toys that the weapons engineers could crank out, so I think a lot of the shortage had more to do with the "conform or pay" populist approach of Nazi conscription methods.

[Razgovory]

Hitler probably wouldn't have lasted more then few years.  And Himmler and Goering had very large armies.  There is a reason why the SS was expanding so rapidly and the Luftwaffe was getting ground forces.

Nazi education policies were driving a lot of people away and making those who did stay on less competent.  Things like German Physics were not exactly useful.

[Siege]

Hitler probably wouldn't have lasted more then few years.  And Himmler and Goering had very large armies.  There is a reason why the SS was expanding so rapidly and the Luftwaffe was getting ground forces.

Nazi education policies were driving a lot of people away and making those who did stay on less competent.  Things like German Physics were not exactly useful.

I agree with you on the nazi education policies, but on the private armies, Rome so plenty of that, and it only got stronger, until somebody invented the stirrup.

[Neil]

Hitler probably wouldn't have lasted more then few years.  And Himmler and Goering had very large armies.  There is a reason why the SS was expanding so rapidly and the Luftwaffe was getting ground forces.

Nazi education policies were driving a lot of people away and making those who did stay on less competent.  Things like German Physics were not exactly useful.

I agree with you on the nazi education policies, but on the private armies, Rome so plenty of that, and it only got stronger, until somebody invented the stirrup.

Shouldn't you be googling in order to attempt to school me on turn-of-the-century naval architecture, a topic in which I wrote the book?

[Siege]

Shouldn't you be googling in order to attempt to school me on turn-of-the-century naval architecture, a topic in which I wrote the book?

Ok, you win. The Musashi was a pre-dreanought.

Still, it had a larger proportion of high caliber guns. At least you have to give me that.

[Razgovory]

Hitler probably wouldn't have lasted more then few years.  And Himmler and Goering had very large armies.  There is a reason why the SS was expanding so rapidly and the Luftwaffe was getting ground forces.

Nazi education policies were driving a lot of people away and making those who did stay on less competent.  Things like German Physics were not exactly useful.

I agree with you on the nazi education policies, but on the private armies, Rome so plenty of that, and it only got stronger, until somebody invented the stirrup.

Er, it led to civil war.

[Siege]

Hitler probably wouldn't have lasted more then few years.  And Himmler and Goering had very large armies.  There is a reason why the SS was expanding so rapidly and the Luftwaffe was getting ground forces.

Nazi education policies were driving a lot of people away and making those who did stay on less competent.  Things like German Physics were not exactly useful.

I agree with you on the nazi education policies, but on the private armies, Rome so plenty of that, and it only got stronger, until somebody invented the stirrup.

Er, it led to civil war.

But it survived, stronger.

[derspiess]

You might, but my English is as beautiful as the day is long.

Eez eet really?

[Jaron]

You might, but my English is as beautiful as the day is long.

Eez eet really?

Anything else in that bag of tricks?

[derspiess]

Anything else in that bag of tricks?

I got a couple more in the holster.  Gonna keep my powder dry, though.

[Siege]

Anything else in that bag of tricks?

I got a couple more in the holster.  Gonna keep my powder dry, though.

   I bet on the guy with the dry powder!