Operation Unthinkable (Allies attack USSR in 1945). - Page 2

frau kaleun · 05-11-11, 12:33 PM

Feuer Frei! · 05-12-11, 02:49 AM

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

Jaguar · 05-12-11, 03:20 PM

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

Sorry attempt to re-rail the thread

Raptor1 · 05-12-11, 03:33 PM

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...

Oberon · 05-12-11, 03:42 PM

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.

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

Jaguar · 05-12-11, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

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.

Raptor1 · 05-12-11, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

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.

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.

Jaguar · 05-12-11, 03:49 PM

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.

TLAM Strike · 05-12-11, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

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.

I assume that 16 of those 17 would be Chinese?

frau kaleun · 05-12-11, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

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.

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

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Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	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... __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

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Jaguar Officer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: The Pampas Posts: 239 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	AFAIK Patton and Montgomery both thought it could have worked. Zhukov don´t... Sorry attempt to re-rail the thread

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	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. Patton couldn't stand the Russians so that doesn't surprise me though.

05-12-11, 03:49 PM	#23
Jaguar Officer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: The Pampas Posts: 239 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	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.