[QUOTE="tycoonmike"][QUOTE="CaptHawkeye"][QUOTE="tycoonmike"][QUOTE="CaptHawkeye"]The use of more lives to accomplish a military goal. That is numerical supremacy.
You will have to clear this up better, you're naming casualty numbers, that's all.
I am naming they who died in the defense of their country, be they trained or otherwise. That, in my opinion, is numerical supremacy.
So? According to you, despite these flaws with German strategy, they should have won. Because they had the superiority in tech and in materiel, the Germans should have been able to overrun the Soviets.You aren't listening, the German's advantage of technology was taken away from them as a result of the winter. They had no problems turning the Russians around during the spring and summer of 1941 and 1942.
Exactly. Why weren't they able to followthrough and defeat them before the winter if not because of the sheer force of numbers the Russians had?
Once again, despite that, the Germans should have won, according to you, and I am merely taking your word literally, because of their technological superiority. They should have been able to overrun the Allies at the Ardennes because of their beginning materiel superiority. And, explain to me how the Allies could have lost more troops than they started out with if they did not have numerical supremacy at the end?
And again, you missed the point that while the Germans still had the Panzers, the Luftwaffe was non existant during the time. The technology advantage was signifigantly weakened. That, and the US Army was closing the technology gap quickly, you do know USAAF equipment was often superior to Luftwaffe equipment, right?
Notice how I didn't use the phrase "technological superiority." I used it in the beginning, because I was referring to the beginnings of the war. The Germans should have been able to overrun the Allies because of their inherent tech. advantages in the start, according to you. In the second part of my sentence, I recognize my fault and retract it. Materiel is the same as personel, only mechanized, like in tanks, planes, or guns.
CaptHawkeye
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