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[Lizzie_Zoom]

and for Hitler, although German nation had a high tech at the time (and still) he tried to swallow a big portion of the continent than he can handle..

Yes Cem, the Third Reich overstretched itself when it failed to secure the resources - oil in particular - that it needed to maintain the war.  Territorial gain was essential from the start of Hitler's war for the expansion and maintenance of the Reich.  Failure to win battles from 1942 onwards led to the decline, and indeed rendered the very tanks I mention in this thread useless when they ran out of fuel, and their crews had to abandon them where they stopped.

Indeed the final major offensive by the German Panzer divisions through the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) late in 1944 was brought to a halt when they ran out of fuel after attempting to capture Allied fuel dumps.

 

this part of the history was one of my hobies for reading  for many years Lizzie ..

the main reason for Hitler starting to loose the battle is lack of fuel.. they were heavly based on Romanian and Russian fuel .. of which, were soon stopped by allied forces and russians..

http://www.2worldwar2.com/mistakes.htm

http://vanrcook.tripod.com/Germanfuelshortage.htm

Thanks for those great links Cem!!

Counterfactual history is something I have had to consider at university, although I had already studied the 'possibilities' that never happened surrounding Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Operation SEALION, and D-Day, amongst others!

All I'll say is thank God for Hilter's mis-judgement, stupidity, and fate!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[cem_devecioglu]

and for Hitler, although German nation had a high tech at the time (and still) he tried to swallow a big portion of the continent than he can handle..

Yes Cem, the Third Reich overstretched itself when it failed to secure the resources - oil in particular - that it needed to maintain the war.  Territorial gain was essential from the start of Hitler's war for the expansion and maintenance of the Reich.  Failure to win battles from 1942 onwards led to the decline, and indeed rendered the very tanks I mention in this thread useless when they ran out of fuel, and their crews had to abandon them where they stopped.

Indeed the final major offensive by the German Panzer divisions through the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) late in 1944 was brought to a halt when they ran out of fuel after attempting to capture Allied fuel dumps.

 

this part of the history was one of my hobies for reading  for many years Lizzie ..

the main reason for Hitler starting to loose the battle is lack of fuel.. they were heavly based on Romanian and Russian fuel .. of which, were soon stopped by allied forces and russians..

http://www.2worldwar2.com/mistakes.htm

http://vanrcook.tripod.com/Germanfuelshortage.htm

Thanks for those great links Cem!!

Counterfactual history is something I have had to consider at university, although I had already studied the 'possibilities' that never happened surrounding Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Operation SEALION, and D-Day, amongst others!

All I'll say is thank God for Hilter's mis-judgement, stupidity, and fate!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

yes Lizzie..otherwise they wont be dictators..

and unfortunately still I see around many local copies   

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Fantastic piece of engineering ,which ironically was part of its downfall , it had to have specialist servicing and equipment which meant it wasn't very practical in the field i.e the eastern front , the Russian T34 wasn't a patch on it technically, but it could be serviced by the roadside by semi-skilled labour,and could be back in service way sooner than the German tanks

Yes, and the early Tiger 1's in particular suffered from a poor reliability record.  In fact they were prohibited from accompanying long marches to avoid unnecessary strain on their drive trains.

[eddie]

Have you seen the Focke Wulf Rotary engines fitted to the WW2 fighter planes? fantastic tolerances for the time, and the power they reliably got from them

Sorry,not Rotary engines,Radial maybe but not Rotary.
The illusion of a rotary engine was due to the additional (geared) cooling fan fitted within the cowling.

eddie