My mind just won't stop stumbling over these "thought worthy" snippets! (At least they're thought worthy to me.............lol).

Does anyone find it interesting that during the 2 world wars, the 'Nemeses" (if you like) of the Germans, in many occasions, seemed to have German Heritage (or at least, German sounding names).

Rickenbacher, Eisenhower, Roosevelt etc  

Blackadder Goes Forth.  Episode 3(I think) 

Interrorgation of Captain Darling.

Darling: I'm as English as Queen Victoria!

Blackadder: So your Father is German, you are half German and you married a German?

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Royal name was Saxe Coburg until changed to Windsor.

What about Montgomery, Haig, Petain (WW1, not 2 LOL), Zhukov, Stalin etc.......

I will not pretend that both world wars were not made infinitley easier by the presence of the Americans, but they did not fight them alone, infact from a military stand point the major input in WW1 was to hold quiet sectors of the line so that the more experienced British and French troops could be released for a massive assault following the halted Kaiserschlact offensive.

In World War 2 the Americans were seen as equal partners to the British and Empire troops during all of the planning and much of the fighting.  Eisenhower was given command of the battle for the release (can't think of right word) of Europe at the suggestion of Churchill who recognised that after the initial assault on Normandy the force would be approximately 60-40 US to Br Commonwealth/empire.

I also think that the Nemesis of Germany was Smith.  That common name that exists throughout Britain, Canada, Australia, USA and New Zealand.  The name that represents the Millions that did the fighting and the dying.  And whilst we are on the Millions that did the fighting and dying let's not forget that had it not been for the Great Patriotic War in which 21 000 000 Russians died there would have been no chance for the Normandy invasion at all.

Will

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Nice one, that's the word.  It was on the tip of my brain so to speak!!!

Will

I've got another one:
Why did Gemran fighter pilots aquire scores of 100+ when alied pilots were exeptional if they got more than 20. I realise that many of the German kills were on the Eastern front against inferior aircraft and less experianced pilots but, even after the Germans were in full retreat the allies never aproached the 100 kill mark.

fair enough 8)

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What Woody said. Also add to that the very many, but very inferior Polish bi-planes, plus the French planes, which weren't as plentiful as the Polish, but almost as inferior. Add the Csech planes, and that makes for alot of easy killing that the allies never got a go at.
The Allies were up against superior (in the very beginning) planes from the start, and the Germans were always able to 'field' at least something approaching the quality and performance of the Allied planes, all the way through. So there was never a time when the Allies enjoyed a 'Turkey shoot' situation, at least not until the P51-D. And, of course, by then the German planes were getting very thin.
In fact, (not sure if it's truth or legend!) I believe only 2 German fighters contested the Normandy landings on D-Day itself (their fighters were ridiculously thinly scattered, almost to the point where there were airfields with only one or two serviceable planes.

The same disproportionate kill rate (although to a lesser degree) existed in the Pacific also. However, many of the Japanese kills were 'racked up' in China and Manchuria (against mainly Polikapov I-15 & 16's), long before their fight against the Allies in the Pacific.
I'm sure that Saburo Sakai (the advisor to M$) got most of his sixty something prior to the US war.

I know, for Australians to get anything that approached the 'tallies' (hence the expression 'tally-ho' which tranlates to something like "There's 'tally' or scoring to be had over there") I digress. The Australians couldn't hope to come across the numbers of Japanese aircraft (even bombers) that would allow them to achieve scores in even the 20's, in New Guinea, Burma and such areas. Those Australians that did score high were involved in the BoB or the later European skies. 

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I'm pretty sure that the 'original' pilot training programs that the Allies had were every bit as good as the German training. (I know the British program was 'streamlined' to enable pilots to become qualified quicker, during the desparate shortage in the BoB).

As for dedication, I can't agree with the fact that the German pilots were any more dedicated or determined than the British especially. In fact, the victory that the British won against overwhelming odds would indicate the exact opposite. The same would apply to many of the Russian pilots, who, in the beginning were up against similar odds and far superior planes.

It's not that I think your suggestions in this area are unpopular (although most would consider them so........lol)., It's just that I feel the evidence in the vistories, against the odds, especially in the earlier days (when these huge scores were being made) would suggest that the training and dedication and determination were as good, if not more so, in the case of the Allies.   

P.S. I would agree though, that the Germans did initially have a degree of experience that the Allies didn't have the opportunity to gain. This advantage did certainly tip the balance in the German's favour until, at least, the Allies got the necessary experience, individually and in terms of team tactics etc.
The same applied in the Pacific for the first 6 months or so. (It's widely acknowledged that the loss of four carriers and their planes and bulk of the pilots at Midway, spelt the beginning of the end for Japanese Naval Air superiority, both in numbers and pilot qulaity).

A lot of very good people lost their lives on both sides and we should mourn them all.
I met a bloke who was a courier rider in the Wehrmacht on the Russian front and he said that while the job was dangerous he considered himself very fortunate. They rode BMW outfits with a machinegun mounted on the sidecar. When they rode into creeks the cylinders would shrink in the extreme cold and seize the engine. The gunner would have to get out and push the motorcycle out of the freezing water.
On a lighter note I'm part German(Prussian depending on who you talk to)did I win the war or lose it??