LeEnfield said:Blixs....As a Brit I think that Ike was the right man for the job, he was not a brilliant General tactically but he was a great a man manager and kept the Allies working as a team, and he picked a good team and gave them their heads to get on with planning the war. Now you say he gave Montgomery to much power for bad ideas, and what bad ideas were these?. Now what about Ike covering for Generals like Mark Clark, this General changed the orders given to the landing forces at Anzino with out telling the General in charge General Alexandra. He told the landing forces that they should not advance until they had their full strength a shore, and by then the Germans had reacted turning the beach head in to a killing zone. Then he ignored his orders to cut of the retreating German troops from Monte Casino, and decided instead to take Rome and let the Germans go and doing so prolonged the war in Italy. Now have you ever read about Mark Clark's attack on Hargimont Forest in 1944, now that was a classic.
Obvious said:For not dropping an atomic bomb on Stalingrad.
Blixs said:I personally believe that Patton was a far better general than these two combined.He foresaw the gap in the German line,that had he had the oil,would have arrived at Berlin long before the Soviets came close.He was highly feared and respected by the German High Command for his abilities as a commander and general.
Obvious said:For not dropping an atomic bomb on Stalingrad.
Atomic havn't made until about 1945. Battle at Stalingrad was in late 1941 to early 42.
Please, explain us more why you think it is biggest mistake for USA not to bomb on Stalingrad?
Reiben said:Patton was a great offensive general. I dont think he could have dealt with the Russians as for example Von Manstein did. Patton great offensive general, but not sure about his defensive ability.
Fox said:Atomic havn't made until about 1945. Battle at Stalingrad was in late 1941 to early 42.
Please, explain us more why you think it is biggest mistake for USA not to bomb on Stalingrad?
Following on from German mistakes, what about the U.S.A., did they make many blunders in the categories below.
Battlefield (i.e.specific battles, campaigns or operations)
Non-Battlefield (i.e. production decisions, etc.)
Political (alliances, promotions, demotions, etc.)
Rabs said:Why not Moscow to while were at it, we had the nukes the russiand didnt we should of blasted it to hell, smart people in the US saw what was comeing next.
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