@SuperbattleshipYamato hard to argue against any of this really. The IJN was so far gone by this point in the war that there’s not really much they could have done to salvage their situation one way or another. The bit about the allies not having many LSTs in general is something I never knew before though.
Von Mansteins counteroffensive
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I’m reading a book called ‘100 years of conflict’, and an quote from that book is: and only the spring thaw and AGC’s unwillingness to send forces south prevented the Soviets from suffering further defeats.
If AGC did send forces south, would that have made a difference on the kursk salient?
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It would but at prohibitive costs. AGS was pretty much depleted and Manstein had no reserves as they were all committed at start. Any success would not be realized because all the formations were tired and they had no followup. It was wishful thinking that they had the initiative at this point.
The plan would have worked sake for Hitler postponing it time and again for need of Heavy Tanks. This went on all the time while Zhukov built up 5 lines of defense
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