Greetings to both brother Opana Pointer and the community as a whole. Howdy O.P.! Well sir, in respect to your installment of Saturday - November 09, 2019 - 7:00am, it is a breath of fresh air to note that there a few folks out here that have any familiarization with the dictums of that great Prussian theoretician Helmuth von Moltke. And yes, whether it be by land, sea or air, NO BATTLE PLAN SURVIVES FIRST CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY. During the "evolution" of this WHAT IF topic, I was really wondering how many of this thread's enlightened armchair generals gave any consideration to this dictum before cavalierly entertaining ANY Japanese ground campaign into the realm of the Soviet Far East. Well, that's my latest two Yankee cents worth on this now hopelessly meandering topic of interest - for now anyway. As always, I would like to bid you an especially copacetic day over in your corner of the SHOW ME State of Missouri.
Best Regards,
Uncle Bob
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it" - Robert E. Lee