What if England and USA in 1944-45...

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What if England and USA in 1944-45...

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Post by Benoit Douville » 25 Jul 2002, 19:42

We know that Patton and Montgomery didn't like each other and a possible collapse between USA and England was Hitler's dream. If that happened, i think the German would have won the Battle of the Bulge and the war would have been much longer on the Western front maybe until the end of 1946 and the Soviet Union would have been the only country to defeat Germany and the Soviet Union would have conquer Western Europe!

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Post by Ogorek » 26 Jul 2002, 23:19

It didn't happen, and wouldn't have happened because long before Eisenhower was chosen supreme commander.

The "war between the generals" will be an endless debate between partisans of Britain and the US, but the stakes were to high to let something stupid happen, MARKET GARDEN and the Huertgen excepted.


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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 26 Jul 2002, 23:38

Well, even if the generals hadn't 'fought', the Germans could in deed have delayed the Western advance if they had been more successful in the Ardennes. They came very close to having a tactical victory...

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Post by Linlu » 09 Aug 2002, 03:55

It would be very hard for the German army to achieve those goals because of lack of fuel and supplies for them. Even if the British and American generals have a "fight", they will still remain allies (at least until the war is over) because they have a common goal to destroy Germany.

Just a thought...

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Post by Futurist » 18 Apr 2016, 08:00

Benoit Douville wrote:We know that Patton and Montgomery didn't like each other and a possible collapse between USA and England was Hitler's dream. If that happened, i think the German would have won the Battle of the Bulge and the war would have been much longer on the Western front maybe until the end of 1946 and the Soviet Union would have been the only country to defeat Germany and the Soviet Union would have conquer Western Europe!
This just wasn't going to happen. After all, the defeat and destruction of Nazi Germany were goals of utmost and paramount importance to both the U.S. and Britain during this time.

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Post by Futurist » 18 Apr 2016, 08:02

Linlu wrote:It would be very hard for the German army to achieve those goals because of lack of fuel and supplies for them. Even if the British and American generals have a "fight", they will still remain allies (at least until the war is over) because they have a common goal to destroy Germany.

Just a thought...

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Bingo! After all, both the political leaders and the generals in both the U.S. and Britain during this time certainly (and thankfully) weren't stupid! :)

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