Time travel

[Henk]

I would love to be on the Bismarck to see her glory and her time in death. I would also like to be in a Me-262, Arado 234, Fw-190, Bf-109 in air battles and also in the Battle of Kursk in a Tiger. I would also love to be in a B-17 on a bombing raid over Germany and on the Yamoto to see how this monster looked like and handled in her trials.

I would not change something in WW2 but way before WW2, the Treaty of Versailles. I would make sure that Germany pay, but also not live like a country from the dark ages. Hitler would not have a grip on the people and something to work on the whole time. Hitler came to power because of the Treaty of Versailles. I think WW2 were something that were like a dog biting someone in the ass for kicking him.

I believe that history repeats it self. It were the allies fault of WW1 who tried to punish Germany, but thus made it just easier for Hitler to come to power and thus the world were back in the shit of war.

Henk

 

[dutchman]

If I could go back and make a change, I'd go back to July of 44 and convince Lt. Col. Stauffenberg to put more explosives in the briefcase before the meeting of July 20th. in Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany. If Hilter had of been killed in that meeting the War would of been over in days.

 

[Mobius]

eliminate the idiots that were in power of the world during the late 30's early 1940's.............all were smucks. no WW 2 eh and then we would not have this forum and also some of us probably would not have been born ............yikes what an illusion

I'll drink to that. A drone strike to take out Clemenceau so as the treaty of Versailles isn't so harsh it is reason to bring Hitler to power and start WWII. Yes, because of the movement of people caused to find mates they might not have we wouldn't have been born. But, that's the price we have to pay for time travel.

 

[vinnye]

I agree the Versailles Treaty was a disaster and caused WW2.
If I were to make changes, I would give Frank Whittle all the money and technical back up he needed and deserved and have Vampire fighter bombers ready much earlier.(Better than Meteop in my opinion).
I would kick the tank development program in the backside and get Comet / Centurions in service faster.
Kick air development in butt, and get Lancasters in service faster, De Havilland Whirlwinds in greater production, Mosquito's given priority, radial engines given priority for development - Sea Fury etc.
Sack Leigh Mallory and the stupid big wing idea.
Sack Mark Clark - did not do well at Salerno, Anzio or breakout after the break through and dash for Rome.

 

[swampyankee]

Nothing spectacular: just a Beowulf cluster (all the hardware and all the goodies for a full software installation: manuals, source code, compilers) for the code breakers at Bletchley Park. Maybe I could sneak along a copy of Kiva and the books needed to use it.

 

[stona]

Simply give Schlabrendorff and Tresckow a British fuse that actually worked in cold temperatures. The "special", that is British, explosive furnished by the Abwehr (Dohnanyi) would have worked and Hitler would have been killed in a tragic air accident 13th March 1943.
Cheers
Steve

 

[fastmongrel]

I would go much further back than WWII I would go back to about the 1840s and push Otto Von Bismark off a cliff. With no nationalistic bombastic aggressive unification of Germany then the Prussians dont get to start a series of wars that ended up with WWII

 

[Mobius]

I would go much further back than WWII I would go back to about the 1840s and push Otto Von Bismark off a cliff. With no nationalistic bombastic aggressive unification of Germany then the Prussians dont get to start a series of wars that ended up with WWII

Keep going back in time and turn Marshal Blucher around at Waterloo. Then you don't have the other side of those wars either.

 

[swampyankee]

Keep going back in time and turn Marshal Blucher around at Waterloo. Then you don't have the other side of those wars either.

I wouldn't go quite that far back: just far enough back to keep the British, the Austrians, the Prussians, and the Russians from destroying Poland and every republic in Italy.

 

[nuuumannn]

What?? Then we don't get all those cool aeroplanes the Germans built! The British are stuck with the Blenheim and Battle and the Americans have lots of B-18s and early model B-17s - and there is no such thing as a P-51.

 

[swampyankee]

Shoot more of the members of the freikorps, who were largely responsible for destroying the Republic. Post-ww1, the German Army and security services in general were disloyal to their government to the point of treason.

 

[parsifal]

Assuming war was inevitable, and the technologies are more or less set to historical, the critical thing to avoid a prolonged wasr is an early setback for the germans. that means

1) allies reaching some kingd of agreement with the Soviets for a joint effort in Poland. The poles have to make a choice......go with the Russians, or drown with the Germans.

2) do something about the French command system and their operational doctrine. Mobile formations and a better trained standing army. Talk to the Belgians and if neccessary occupy the place for their own good.

3) Place orders for American equipment early. Secure a ready supply of munitions, ships, aircraft earlier.

4) rationalize and re-capitalse the French air industry earlier. from 1938 start an intensive pilot training program for rapid expansion of the FAF

5) Move the reserve divisions to the colonies and get the regulars back to France.

6) On outbreak of hostilities have your mobilised divisions (none of this post hostilities mobilsation rubbish) advance and fight and destroy the ruhr. Allow British Bombers and fighters to start bombing the bejeezuz out of germany from French bases from the beginning