Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "If the Soviets and the West went to war in 1945 - who would have won?" video.

  1. Mmmm . . . oochin interestni. Plusses and minuses to either side. Allies) The allies had nothing like the IS-2 or ISU-152. The transchannel pipeline was a joke. It never worked. So-fuel tether very short. Allied strategic bombers would've been vulnerable to Soviet high altitude interceptors*. Allies had almost zero AA units forward, other than corps level towed guns (of 75mm and 90mm caliber), and precious few of those. Allied troops dangerously vulnerable to frontal aviation raids. Soviets) The Soviets were years behind on the A-bomb. Soviet cruiser classes and battleships had been delayed by/given up to the exigencies of war. Soviet interdiction of allied shipping would be a no go. Soviet rail net, so crucial for resupply and strategic troop movement, was in shambles. Much of Soviet industry had been moved out of reach of Allied medium bombers. Soviet food supplies were utterly inadequate; largely subsidized by the west. Strategic Situation) Zero chance of Soviet interdiction of Allied strategical mobility and ultra-long range strike capability. Zero chance of Allies countering the Soviet FLOT, let alone stopping the trickle of reserves into the line. Both sides were running out of fresh recruits. The west could feed its troops. The west could build more demon cores-though at a very slow pace. Allied advantages in RaDAR and ECM could prove pivotal. Conclusion) The Soviet government would disappear with the 1st "demon core nuke" dropped. Without Mockba there IS no Soviet Union. Sounds unpleasantly Hitleresque, I agree, but I hold it true. On the day we (the western allies) dropped the core we could spam the skies** with strategic bombers, making it impossible for the Soviets to know which B29 or Lanc had the core onboard. *Which they had few of at the time ** The infamous "Thousand Bomber Raids" were a real thing.
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  2. Don't get me started on lead additives for making AvGas-we had it all.
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