Well, they certainly stopped the Red Army in 1943… It didn't work a year later. Just as the 'not a step back' order, it saved the Wehrmacht in 1941, but doomed it in 1942…

Remember the old movie quote: 'Life's like a baseball game: some times you win, some times you lose, some times… it rains'. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun