re: #127 Targetpractice

Long is the list of leaders through history whose war plans revolved around one major battle that would shift the tide of war and so utterly crush the enemy’s morale that capitulation would soon follow. Off the top of my head, Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto often spoke of a belief that if he could meet the US Navy in one decisive battle, he could wipe them out as a factor in the Pacific. He was right in a way, it would be one decisive battle that would shift the balance of power, but the battle was Midway and the shift was losing his 4 largest carriers.

Battle of the Bulge 1944. Hitler’s last gamble, as it’s often been called.