Refighting World War II

The current situation brings to mind the disinformation campaign used by the Allies to fool the Germans into where they would be landing or not landing. In other words, if the Coronavirus is a disinformation campaign, then who is waging it?  The Chinese would certainly be a suspect.  The Russians? Possibly, since they are not reporting any cases.  On other hand, would the Russians leave such an obvious clue to their involvement. Seems unlikely, More likely either the closing of their borders worked or they are lying about the virus.  Although, the Russians were an ally in World War II, their long embrace in the cold war as always made me distrusting of them ever since that time. So it is hard for me to eliminate them as a suspect.  Still, if this is a disinformation campaign, this doesn't seem like their style. No this seems like a move by a party that was a former World War II Allied power or is based in one of those countries.  For what purpose? ...

By June 1944, the Germans window of opportunity to win the war was over.  Setting aside the material advantages possessed by the Allies and focusing strictly on strategy, I argue that the Germans had already lost the strategic war.  This was due to the Germans losing the initiative and always remaining on the defensive after the surrender in North Africa.  A war can be won, if a combatant maintains the initiative, even against superior forces this because the one with the initiative can dictate the time and place of battle. By time the of the invasion of Normandy, the Germans not only did not have the initiative, but mentally were ready to lose. If not for the hedgerows of Normandy, the Germans would have not been able to hold up the Allies in Normandy for as long as they did.  This is not to disparage the German soldier who was on the whole much better than his counterpart in the Allied or Russian army. The initiative to the leaders and not the soldiers. The Germa...