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Serves them right for putting all their industries in the Ruhr when Silesia was a much better choice. The failure of the Luftwaffe in the Defense of the Reich is mostly attributed to the absolutely stupid decisions made by Luftwaffe leadership before the war. The failures that followed in the...

Less synthetic oil means more steel available for use that doesn’t mean much when steel wasn’t the main problem. What the Germans lacked more was rare metals like chromium, tungsten, molybdenum, etc. More oil means better trained Luftwaffe aircrew. OK, but that doesn’t mean much unless the...

That's a single event. A war consists of a lot of single events.

TBFH, oil alone is not going to do much for the Germans. I've seen dozens of such scenarios where "Nation X gets X and then what happens"? Overall, nothing really. Wars aren't won or lost due to one single factor, but a combination of diverse factors. First of all, the oil itself needs to be...

So throw more resources and workers into the machine tool industry before the war! Germans didn't start standardization or a war economy until they started experiencing shortages or when it was far, far too late, respectively. Resources were squandered on worthless prestige projects before the...

That's not a problem. Just take a look at the production numbers for the RSO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raupenschlepper_Ost#Production Steyr, the company that designed it, only made 2600 specimens, while the rest were all made by other companies. Germany doesn't have this kind of problem...

I kind of doubt that. Transferring forces to Manchuria would mean a reduction on the Chinese front. KMT takes the opportunity to strike. Germany sends oil technicians to Japan? Citroen trucks were sabotaged. Mercedes Benz diesel trucks are the way. Mercedes-Benz L3000 - Wikipedia...

Was looking through my PDFs and I found a US military doc about the role of German Pioneres in WW2. The Brandenburgers at the time were known as the Besonderen Verwendung 100. "The failure of the Besonderen Verwendung to seize the Meuse River bridges became painfully clear when all three of...

I took a closer look and it seems your arguments may have some merit to it. Downloaded 2 PDF presentations, one by OMV, the company developing the Matzen field. They stated that full production started in 1951, which supports my two years from development to full production point. They also...

DAK was a sideshow for Hitler and Rommel was forced to make use of limited numbers of Panzer IIIs and IVs, as most of the armor available were shitty Italian tanks that were even worse. Panzer IIIs for the most part armed with the 5cm KwK 38 L/42, incapable of taking on the Matilda head on. 5cm...

300 tanks was the maximum the DAK could field for much of it's existence (until mid 1942) No Malta means those 300 tanks have to go the very long way around the Cape, probably lose some of their numbers through merchant raiders or U-boats.

While I agree with this, I still believe that 1938 is too late for the Germans. In order for Germany not to have an oil problem they need to have a bigger stockpile before the war starts, which means Austria has to join up in 1934, so Matzen can be found in 1935-36 and start production in full...

You're contradicting yourself. "By mid-1942" It's over for the Germans by then. Beginning of the end. By then the Germans are knee deep in Case Blue, up against KV tanks and T-34s. Africa was a secondary front that have few reinforcements. Why else were there so many cases of part...

Assumptions are not backed up with data. What I am presenting here is data. Pure and simple 300 Matilda and Crusader tanks and 24,000 tons of fuel is no laughing matter. The Matilda was virtually invincible in North Africa, aside from 88mm flaks. You grossly underestimate the impact of 300...

I took one look, did a few calculations, and came to said conclusion. 21 million barrels/year from Schoonebeek and Matzen is impossible. "Diesel engines are more fuel-efficient and have more low-end torque than similar-sized gasoline engines, and diesel fuel contains roughly 10% to 15% more...

CHERRY PICKING. You take a look at the range data chart I added? So over 300 Matilda II and Crusader tanks and 24,000 tons of fuel is just a side issue for you? What are you? An Übermensch with a tank ripping distortion halo? Can't ignore this again, can you? Where are those planes going...

But the only way that these oilfield will be of any use to Germany is if they are found as early as possible. 1938 is too late for the Matzen field, because it would take about 2 years to get full production and Germany has already spent a fortune on synthetic fuels already. The only way for...

The Allies can't attack everything at once either. And your assuming that US still joins the war as per OTL. No USA and the Allies are pretty much screwed.

That's basically how the Germans made new divisions. Take the veteran cadre of one division and build up a new division around it. All the better. It'll be a reverse BoB.

over 1500 highly trained Fallschirmjagers captured and over 150 Ju 52 transports utterly destroyed. The cost was far too high, considering the fact that these failures were due to German error and stupidity rather than Dutch competence. "The Dutch military had no effective means of stopping...