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  1. sillygoose

    The Kaiser's World: Speculating on a German victory in 1918

    I'm assuming this is the post you wanted me to reply to. Russia would be defeated and having expropriated German property (factories mostly) in 1915 I doubt there would be much collaboration for some time. Besides at this point the Brest-Litovsk deal had been signed, so there is no need to...
  2. sillygoose

    The Kaiser's World: Speculating on a German victory in 1918

    I'd love to see your source on that. You seem to be confusing national myths about old 'war heroes' with worship of a religious figure. Every nation has national mythos about surviving tough times, including Poland. They didn't fight him at all. He stepped down when told he had lost the...
  3. sillygoose

    The Kaiser's World: Speculating on a German victory in 1918

    That is so wildly wrong, I don't even know where to begin.
  4. sillygoose

    The Kaiser's World: Speculating on a German victory in 1918

    It's power was brought to bear already, but as I said it's complex technical industries were not what they would become after the war. They specialized production during the period they were servicing British and French needs, which saw both countries develop more complex production like making...
  5. sillygoose

    The Kaiser's World: Speculating on a German victory in 1918

    The problem with that is the French provided the US with most their heavy equipment: MGs, tanks, aircraft, etc. The US provided the French with components like engines or steel, but the US entered the war so lack they didn't have weapons manufacturing ready, since per neutrality agreements they...
  6. sillygoose

    The Kaiser's World: Speculating on a German victory in 1918

    The logistics of the BEF collapse without Amiens. Zabecki mentions that and I cross checked his references from the British official history. He is right, without Amiens the BEF is crippled because they lose 40% of their supplies (came from ports south of Amiens, which is the only major rail...
  7. sillygoose

    The Kaiser's World: Speculating on a German victory in 1918

    A ton of PoDs there. The Marne alone is full of them.
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