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Old January 15th, 2008, 01:37 PM
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Default Re: Should Hitler have resolved the British problem at the beginning ?

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Originally Posted by john1761 View Post
Kai-Petri, I think Model and Von Manstien would have a thing to say that the Wehrmacht was not trained in defensive warfare.and the soviet's tried their idea of offensive war i.e. preplanned mass infantry attacks in 41-42 and failed miserable.

Later on yes, they showed how to defend, but I would not call December 1941 " not a step back" method a very developed version of defensive action. Also the Red Army´s attack method was a huge waste of man and material. Walking targets for MG´s and 88´s schrapnels....
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