I just bought the Battlefield series DVD on this Soviet operation. What a impressive strategic, tactical, and logistic display by the USSR. I...
Yet, those same grounded down units still held off the Red Army for another year.
I believe they initially were up until 44. By then they were grinded down. I think the FSSF were the best trained men of the entire war along with...
I think the best overall infantry of the war was the 1st Fallschirmjager division and it was not even close.
I've read other places where people think it was. It seems to have superior fire control based on what I researched.
Buy him a keychain with the emblem of the unit he went to war with.
Soviet 13th Guards Rifle.
The last several minutes of the video you can see our armor moving in and destroying Iraqi armor from 3,000 meters away. The 125mm gun on the T-72...
There is a very good chance this is my unit destroying the Iraqi armor as the 3rdID was in our sector and we were in front of them. Desert Storm...
Interesting video. Also, interesting that they encouraged church. This is mentioned at the 3:34 mark. Women during the Nazi Era - YouTube
The point is it took the combined might of the USA, USSR, Britian, and France to defeat the German war machine and it took six years to do it....
My father was a combat engineer in the Marine Corps in Vietnam. Thanks.
Yeah, they were renamed the 8th Guards. Their experience in Stalingrad prepared them for what they would encounter in Berlin.
Some outstanding footage of the Red Army fighting in the ruins of Berlin. It was interesting that they had German civilians help clear out the...
And this is a sad thing.
urgh do you need a hug?
She is a rare exception and not the norm. Some of you can keep grabbing all you want. This is a rare exception. Just like the half of dozen...
Anyone who has served knows the answer to this question. There are a few women who would make good combat soldiers but they are very few. Women...
I just bought a nice book called German armor and Special units of WW2. It covers a very interesting unit called the Kustenjager which were...
Many are not strong enough to hold a M-16 firm and steady. That is why they can not shoot. The only women who could were a few Soviet snipers...
