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For argument's sake- lets say you found yourself having dinner with the world's foremost WWII historian- what would you ask them?

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sirhrmechanic said:
The Germans had no intention of invading Greece or getting there through Yugo...

But the bloviating idiot Mussolini (watch me swing from my toes, Hitler!) tried to invade Greece and fucked it up so Bad that the Germans had to clean up the mess. Sort of like they fucked up Ethiopia. And Libya. And became a millstone around the Austrian Painter's neck for the whole war. Sort of the Fiat of invading armies.

This Italian adventure diverted quite a few German divisions from the planned USSR invasion... and delayed Barbarossa significantly. This delay cost the Germans Moscow. Not the war. But Moscow.

Loss of Moscow would not likely have caused USSR to "Surrender" as they would have still moved everything East into the Urals. including the Politburo. Which they did anyway... all the factories and economy. So nothing would have really changed, except Moscow would have been destroyed. But the Wehrmacht would have taken Moscow almost certainly if they had another month of weather. Which would have had a psychological impact on the war... If not an ultimate outcome change.

Read Richard Overy... Why the Allies Won. From the '70s. An economists analysis of WW2. And he showed beyond reasonable doubt that the Krauts, Wops and Nips were finished before it started. It all came down to economics. And the Axis were too stupid to do the math. You know... racial supremacy and all that. Including the Dagos... who thought they were Roman Legions or something. When, really, they had spent 1800 years drinking water out of lead pipes and fought accordingly.

The Best of Italy migrated to New York in the early 1900's... Just 'sayin!

Cheers,

Sirhr
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not an argument but i have heard it suggested that the later start to Barbarossa would not have mattered. the rasputitsa ended later than normal and mud would have slowed the Germans down anyway. this is a rarely agreed idea,so i don't know.
interesting point about loss of Moscow not ending it. i think depends on Stalin's survival. he didn't leave Moscow,so an interesting thought. if he had been killed i think USSR tanks. if not it survives. IMHO German barbarism lost them the war. they act friendly in Ukraine and that people fight Stalin. millions did anyway. the holocaust was a huge waste of time,resources and effort-obviously unnecessary. WW! had several Jewish war heroes,including a blue max winning ace. get the nuc scientist Jews on your side and get an end game if the engineering in Germany is up to it.
skip the battle of Britain and preserve the Luftwaffe. Mediterranean strategy a winner. almost won with a small panzer commitment. keep enough troops in the east to guard against Russia and support Rommel big time. no worries about Baku oil.
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Reloading Equipment Nosler and Norma Brass

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New Nosler and Norma brass for sale. Methods of payment are Gun Tab (you pay the fees), check or money order. This brass is also for sale on the Long Range Hunting Forum.


300 pieces of new Nosler 280 Remington brass. $1.10 per piece shipped and insured.

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Barrel Torque Ludicrocity

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Baron23 said:
I have a CDG and Ted is a mech engineer with all the supporting models and data to back up his spec.

I listen to Ted and sleep well without worry.
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Just because you are an engineer doesn't mean you are correct. I don't cut prefits for ARC actions anymore. They can't seem to hit their own specifications..... +.004" headspace from their own print is garbage.

Ern
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Texas hogs from field to table

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Had a lease near Halletsville for a bit over a decade. Absolutely over run with pigs. But, they are smart and you’ll only see them once per season during the day. I turned my camera settings so that it would only capture pics between sunrise and sunset. Too many nocturnal hogs running down the batteries and filling up the memory. Now, this was all pasture, no hay fields or row crops. The worst parts of the pasture were where the pigs didn’t run. The greenest areas were what was rooted by pigs the season before. Now, you’d rattle your teeth out driving a pickup across it, but the pigs made the grass grow. They rooted straight through the ranch two-track road a few years ago. The following season, the road that hadn’t grown grass in my memory was over grown.
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Texas hogs from field to table

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Don't believe everything you see on the internet. Most hogs are taken by the hunter and they either eat them, give them away and haul them to the bone yard. I don't know of any operations that let you shoot them and keep the meat for themselves. Landowners with hogs are never short of pork. in the freezer and believe it not it is hard to give them away unless you process the hog yourself. I understand both the landowner and the hunter side of accessing hunting grounds. For me it's simple, If I don't own it I am not going to tell you what to do with it.
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Accessories MagPul PMags, Stock and Grip

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Need M22 TCM 9mm Conversion Experienced Gunsmith

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Bandit320 said:
Are you all only looking at bolt guns? Just saw this, no experience with it.

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I don't really have a desire for a single shot 9mm. I thought about buying a barrel for my Encore a few times but it just doesn't seem worth it.
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