Tag: WWII
Military Incompetence Through History
The misconduct and lack of professional generals was several times in history a tool for blaming presidents and leaders on weakness and inaptitude that is part of selecting the wrong command for office.
The End of the Phony War
Incompetence may be a result of lack of analytic skills, lack of resolve, lack of supervision, lack of understanding logistics and intelligence, cowardliness, arrogance, feud with privilege or rivalry between generals or a combination of one of those factors.
Turning Point Weapons of WWII
The most efficient cost effective weapons of WWII where used and developed during WWI.
Air Superiority in WWII
War Winning Turning Points by Air Warfare The logistic turning point of the war was made mainly by the B-24 Liberators and other planes that won the Battle of the Atlantic. Without their quantities, extended submarine hunting range and capabilities the U-boat wolfpacks would suffocate England. The airplanes with the new radars and spotlights attached…
Flame-Thrower Tanks
Failure of Flame Throwing Tanks Doctrines Flame thrower tanks have many vulnerabilities and they weren’t the most effective weapons in WWII as some people may suggest. The insinuation that Panzerfausts are useless against Crocodile flamethrowers overlooks the reality that the German antitank doctrine was based on 50mm, 88mm guns, Panzershreks, explosives and side infantry ambush…