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  1. bintananth

    Alternate History Could Operation Barbarossa had been succesful megathread

    If the Nazi's weren't genocidal and racisist assholes they probably could have won by saying "Freedom, Liberty, and Equality" as they marched through.
  2. bintananth

    Alternate History Could Operation Barbarossa had been succesful megathread

    (this probably belongs in the gaming adventures thread ...) One of my brothers-in-law wants a Third Reich rematch against his wife and he wants some practice before he has to face her again. She taught him how to play that game starting with this...
  3. bintananth

    Alternate History Could Operation Barbarossa had been succesful megathread

    If they could make it fit in the machinery spaces without compromising hull strength, stability, or the armour scheme. The 12,000hp one in the article you shared would need three decks before the stuff needed for airflow gets attached to it. A 20,000hp diesel would need four decks. The...
  4. bintananth

    Alternate History Could Operation Barbarossa had been succesful megathread

    Not a dumb decision. The Hipper-class was 6kts faster and the Deutchland-class was kinda pushing it in terms of what diesels of the day could do. The dumb decisions were undersizing the bunkers, shooting for steam temperatures/pressures the engineers couldn't make reliable, and the preference...
  5. bintananth

    Alternate History Could Operation Barbarossa had been succesful megathread

    Fortunately. When Bismark and Prinz Eugen sortied the latter didn't have enough fuel to get to France after leaving Norway and sailing the through the Denmark Straight despite having a full load of fuel. Prinz Eugen was down to about 150 tons in the middle of the Atlantic when she met up with...
  6. bintananth

    Alternate History Could Operation Barbarossa had been succesful megathread

    Aside from not being asshole occupiers, actually paying attention to logistics instead of outrunning supply lines and trying to muddle through would have done wonders for the Whermacht's chances. Take the invasion of France for example. Hitler gets blamed for calling the halt before Calais. In...
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