Well, i know who to focus on when i need a thread derailed. :D

AFAIK Patton and Montgomery both thought it could have worked. Zhukov don´t...

Sorry attempt to re-rail the thread :D

Not sure about Monty; considering his reputation, I doubt he'd consider something like that would have work. I do recall Patton thought he could do it, but then, Patton isn't exactly the sort of person one would want to entrust grand strategy to...

Monty would have thought it would have worked...but only if we could get every other nation in the world to join with us so we'd outnumber them 17:1. :03:

Patton couldn't stand the Russians so that doesn't surprise me though.

:har::har:

Yeah, and then they'd just need to ask the Soviets to hold on a bit for two or three years while he works out exactly where each man should be standing and what he would hold at any given time during the campaign. :O:

For you guys that like this subject I strongly recommend When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler by David M. Glantz and Why the Allies Won by Richard Overy.

After reading those books I´m firmly convinced that the name Unthinkable was most adequate.

I assume that 16 of those 17 would be Chinese? :O:

Plus they would all have to drop their socks and grab it on a precise timetable otherwise the whole plan = fail. :hmmm: