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Which blue case should I pick?
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I maybe obsessed with blue, but thankfully there are several blue cases on the market already. I am a bit torn on what I should pick. Here is what I have found so far:
Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case
Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case
Montech KING 95 PRO ATX Mid Tower Case
Montech KING 95 ATX Mid Tower Case
Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case
Here is a link to my PC parts i plan to buy: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8PFbqR
I'm not the most knowledgeable on PC parts or cases, but to my knowledge I think the SKY TWO would be the best one for budget reasons or the KING 95. I would some opinions on if the other cases would be better or if there are any more blue cases that I'm missing. (I also was looking at the Fractal Era coming soon, and I'm not a fan).
Top Comment: this case in blueberry milk is really pretty to me, considering using it for my next build
What song gives you a case of "blue balls?"
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What song gives you a case of "blue balls?"
For me, The Outlaw Torn. I love the song, but the last minute or so of the song starts to build of this nice riff/solo piece, growing and growing and..... it just fades the fuck away.
That shit gets me so fucking pumped and 9th minute is like a guy sprinting the last 100 m of a relay and then just walking off the track without passing the finish. Anyone else feel that?
Top Comment: Are you aware of the unencumbered version?
TIFU by having a case of female blue balls and riding a Sybian on my bed [NSFW] : tifu
Main Post: TIFU by having a case of female blue balls and riding a Sybian on my bed [NSFW] : tifu
Some good names for a Blue AK | Case hardened?
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Hey folks, I need a good name for my AK-47 | Case hardened, which is really blue. I thought about "Blue Beast" or something but yea.. Maybe you have better ideas :) Thanks!
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Blue blur - You see it and it's gone in a second because you're dead.
What if Case Blue never happened?
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Lets say Hitler and German High Command are aware of their logistical and other shortages in 1942, and decide that Case Blue is destined to fail so they never launch it and instead the German army assumes defensive stance on the entire Eastern Front where they would only try counter attacking in 2nd battle of Kharkov style and hope that they can by doing so eventually exhaust Soviet army and gain initiative.
Can Germany force stalemate on the Eastern Front or exhaust Soviet army by counter attacking? If they can't, how much longer (if at all) do they last?
Top Comment: Awareness of the shortages was exactly what motivated Case Blue in the first place. Hitler rightly recognized that under the circumstances Germany was in and the Allies had created a war of attrition was one they were bound to lose. The 1941-42 winter counteroffensives had been a clear demonstrated of Soviet potential, and without a change and with no pressure on the Soviet lines the Red Army would simple be free to build up from an imdustry ready to gorge on American material largess and attack with concentrated power wherever the German lines looked weak. The size of the front means defense in depth and built up fortifications are not possible everywhere, and with internal lines and superior intelleligence the Red Army will be able to pick good spots to strike. Without even trying to secure more fuel output for themselves and deny it to the USSR, the Axis oil reserves drain and the Soviets are still able to prepare offensives at scale. Attempts at attrition fail as the Soviets are able to concentrate and achieve local superiority at thier leisure while the Western Allies start putting pressure on the Axis from the south and west. Gains in the Axis lifespan are minimal, though it might buy a handful of months (which has knock on effects in delaying the Soviet entry into the war with Japan)
Why wasn't the objective of Fall Blau (Case Blue), focused on cutting off the Caucasus from the USSR? More generally, why didn't the Germans prioritize reaching the Caspian Sea? (More detail in description)
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I've struggled to find many sources on the matter, but from my elementary understanding of strategy whenever I look at this map it seems obvious that the Germans should have headed straight towards the Caspian. It seems that the priority should have been ensuring that the USSR couldn't resupply troops or increase their numbers in the Caucasus, so I'm confused why they didn't focus their attention as such.
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, so if anyone could point it out that would be great.
Top Comment: You are not exactly right, but you're also as far from being wrong as it's possible to be. Hitler, notably, was obsessed with gaining access to the oil of Chechnya, Dagestan and Azerbaijan, and in this (as in almost no other cases), he was reasonably correct. The Germans, by the summer of 1942, were heavily pressed for fuel, and they had exhausted almost all of their stockpile, and their sources (synthetics and Romanian oil) were substantial, but insufficient. The German summer offensive of 1942 is nevertheless regarded as something of a strategic failure, for basically abandoning the Moscow and Leningrad objectives, and because the infrastructure (or rather the lack thereof) in the region made the logistics (including, ironically, the delivery of automotive fuel) of mechanized operations difficult over the long term. And so, Chechnya, Dagestan, and Azerbaijan were indeed major objectives of the 1942 offensive. The short answer to why the Germans didn't capture those oil sources (they did take Maikop, an important oil center, but the infrastructure had been destroyed beforehand by the Soviets) was simply that they failed to overcome Soviet resistance. The 1942 offensive, in addition to being imperfectly strategically conceived, was operationally a failure. If you look at the map you linked, you'll see a little hashed arrow pointing towards Kizlyar and the Caspian coast. That indicates the Germans' attempt and failure to do exactly what you (and they) said should be done. The Soviets won in 1942, and they kept winning, until they were in Berlin. Additionally, during the 1942 summer offensive, Battle of Stalingrad began. The Battle of Stalingrad had many unfavorable antecedents for the Germans. At one point, you, the German High Command, and Hitler would reasonably have been in agreement about the priority of the Caucasian objectives. Originally, the entire Army Group South was tasked with, indeed, running straight to the Caspian shore. However, Hitler intervened and split that spearhead force literally in half, tasking one (Army Group A) with the Caucasus objectives, and one (Army Group B) with, you guessed it, taking Stalingrad. The half that remained for the Caucasus, as I stated above, was insufficient to the task set for it. On the way to Stalingrad, the Germans encountered heavier-than-expected resistance, and were slowed, which bought time for the city's defenders. When the Germans arrived and began the battle for the city on August 23, 1942, taking the city became a slog that took all the rest of the summer, and it quickly escalated into both a titanic military clash and a contest of wills, prestige, and propaganda between Hitler and Stalin. As a result of that, some mechanized and mobile forces of the already-half-strength Army Group A were diverted to Stalingrad, at the same the Soviets were pouring new forces into the Caucasus from outside and bringing up local troops with better morale (especially Georgian mountain infantry).
What if Fall Blau(Case Blue) had been a massive success and achieved and successfully defended all of its objectives up to the summer of 1943?
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I know this is probably asked a lot, but what would have happened if Fall Blau was a massive success. What I mean by this is Stalingrad is secured, the 6th army is not encircled, Operation Uranus still happens, however the Soviet forces fail to complete the encirclement and fierce German counterattacks catch the Soviets by complete surprise and destroy the salients and capture <500,000 prisoners. This results in a total collapse in Soviet forces west of the volga, the caucasus is secured, all Soviet forces in the caucasus are eliminated, the Germans miraculously supply their troops properly despite overstretching their supply lines, the Baku oil fields are secured, Grozny oil refineries are not destroyed due to Chechen cooperation, and the Germans successfully defend and hold their objectives until the summer of 1943. How does this change the war? What happens in 1943, 1944, 1945? How does the world end up? Does Britain sue for peace? Does the United States give up on Europe and instead focus the on the Japanese due to the lack of a foothold in Europe and a potential collapse of the African front?
Top Comment: The next logical objective here for Germany has to be Moscow, or else a strategic plan that deprives the Soviets of all northern ports (Murmansk, Archangelsk, Leningrad) in order to weaken their ability to fight over time from lack of lend-lease. Figure that if Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic, the Caucasus, and Stalingrad are out of the war, Germany must clear the way to the capital and force submission in 1943. Leningrad was still encircled and offering resistance at the time, but not offensively. These gains won’t be without cost for Germany, although they will be in a better situation than historically from not losing the Sixth Army. This all being said, the USSR was not finished. Two years of defeats on home soil would not endear the Russian population to the Soviet government, and the total failure to rescue Stalingrad at such a high cost would begin seeing rumblings of discontent, both at the Stavka/Kremlin level and in the ranks. This won’t mean a halt to manufacturing in the USSR or a lack of lend-lease through the ports still under their control, but with a disastrous 1942 behind them, the path to an army revolt along the lines of France in 1917 will be visible. For Germany, this would be an ideal time to begin setting up collaborator governments. To some extent this was done with the Vlasov army historically, but with a growing anti-Soviet sentiment in the USSR, the six or seven figures worth of Russian, Ukrainian, and Byelorussian POWs might be rearmed with captured weapons and employed in quieter sectors to free up Germans to go fight the real battles. Whether the Germans would actually do this is another matter, but it would make excellent military sense. I would not predict a result given that the campaign would in no way be decisively complete from this standpoint, but if Germany were to win in Russia, this is a realistic point of divergence.
Why Case Blue failed
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As from the title, I'm wondering why Case Blue, the German offensive that primarly targeted the oil fields at Baku, ultimately did not succeed, even if it was of paramount importance for Germany, that was facing a severe oil famine. Was its failure due to lack of military forces? Or was it due to logistical problems? Or was it due only to the failure at Stalingrad?
Top Comment: This is a good introduction as to why Germany failed in the east . They did some excellent logistics preparation, then ignored it, completely underestimated Russia's ability to resist shock, overestimated their own ability and underestimated the Russians. After the initial offensives of Barbarossa petered out, the Germans became obsessed with single objectives (Moscow, oilfields, Leningrad, Stalingrad) and were out thought by the Russians who siezed on opportunities to isolate German formations. The thrust to the Caucasus was particularly isolated at the operational level and vulnerable to being cut off by Russian counter attacks. The stopping action at Stalingrad may actually have prolonged the German offensive as it prevented an isolated force from extending itself even further.
How much potential did Hoth’s Panzer Army have during Case Blue?
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If, during Case Blue, Hoth’s 4th Panzer Army had been released southwards by Von Bock, as it was supposed to, instead of being held back to defend Voronezh from the Soviet counter-attack would this have had any major impact on Case Blue, additionally would anything have had a major impact on Case Blue?
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Blue owners - what’s your case?
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I’m rocking blue Torras case, but looking for something new that color matches with the 15 Pro in blue. Any recommendations?
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Otter box clear with sparkles ✨!