I think, like the U.S.S.R., Great Britain's the importance of the British stand when they were alone is so underplayed and not given enough credit...
While many documentaries are written by scholars/academicians, most are written by TV writers who look up academic material and base their program...
I realize you're taking that stance because of your nationality. OK. But this is a forum about a war. And there will always be posters who...
If you're so tired saying the same things over and over again, then don't. Don't blame me for your problems.
I would hardly classify the Charlemagne and the Nordland divisions of the SS as a bunch of "Children, Elderly, and sick men" Besides the others...
Thanks, I was planning on buying one copy I already read and enjoyed his previous two books Stalingrad and Berlin.
That could very well be true. But the fact is they also were invaded and slaughtered by the German army in a policy of extermination. And they...
You're talking about David Glantz. But how many people really have been able to read his books? Most reading public would have probably read...
Sadly, due to the Cold War, Western (especially American) military historians conveniently try to forget that fact and over-emphasize the U.S....
^ Good post. But that only explains the military factor. France not only surrendered immediately as an army, it surrendered as a country, as a...
Considering how the Russians, Ukrainians and Belorussians, fought like rabid animals against the Germans on both the occupied and unoccupied...
- Hitler had it in his mind that HE was the greatest military leader in history, simply because of the German army's performance against...
The fight in the Caucasus at the same time of Stalingrad The fight in Murmansk (above the Arctic Circle)
Does anyone have a record as to where the 13th Guards were attached and where they fought after Stalingrad. I find it ironic and sad that they...
I'd go for the heroes of Stalingrad: Chuikov, Rodimtsev, Zaitsev, Pavlov, Dragan..., etc. and the whole 62nd Army, later the 8th Guards Army. I...
You can't be considered the "world's strongest military machine" if you have an idiot-pretending-to-be-soldier as the commander-in-chief. At...
Contrary to popular belief, there is one major reason why the German Army should not be considered the best military organization of World War 2:...
I'm interested in knowing if there are any units or individual soldiers who were able to serve from Khalkhin Gol to Moscow to Stalingrad and...
Hi, Does anyone know which units did Pavlov serve after Stalingrad? I seem to have the impression that he served outside of the 13th Guards by...
