Personnally, i think the battle which destroyed the myth of the german invincibility was Moscow. Yes, the battle of britain save G-B but could the...
OK, but i still prefer the 85 mm gun of the later version of t-34 and its mobility (50 Km/h i think) or its cross-country performance. But...
The goumiers also wore US M1917 helmets, close to he british brodie helmet.
The traditions and honors of the regiments or divisions of the 1st french army are still keep by actual units. The traditions of the "regiments de...
But the FEC mainly used Adrian helmet 1926, except the goumiers. Are your sure the first helemt is not from the 1st french army?
I prefer the T-34 with the 85 mm. And the the Sherman is two big and tall and it is easy to hit it and it burns more easily than the russian tank....
No sorry, I didn't saw the mentions about the tanks in your post.
In 1940, while the country was collapsing, two sectors resisted successfully and without being defeated: - First, the Maginot line, the garrison...
They were relatively few in morocco, a bit more in Tunisia but the real land of the pieds-noirs was algeria.
And general Gamelin was quite a weak commander. He always said when saying his orders " i don't want to interfere with the command of the war...
Yes but the battle for Tunisia is an other turning point in Africa. The axis lost 275000 prisonners, The US began to fight in the West front, the...
I think it is difficult to find a theater of operation more brutal then the East front in europe.
I don't think the war in the pacific was more brutal then in east europe (except in china). But in the two case, one nation is actively talking...
For the non-divisional units, they were also 16 artillery groups, 3 regiments of T-D, 2 armored regiments (of recon), infantry units and units of...
To answer the question, i'd say Stalingrad ans leningrad, but also the battle for Ukraine and belarus were quite destructive.
well thank you very much. I am already register in French forums about the war but i thought it would be interesting to go on an anglo-saxon forum.
Yes, thank you very much. During the war (without 1940), approximatively 460,000 men were mobilized in Africa, including 168000 pieds-noirs,...
Well, my names is clement, i am 15 year old and i am french. I like history and as a French (and a patriot) i am very interested in world war II...
Petain didn'y cared very much about Africa. Only metropolitan France was important for him, he never served in the colonial wars. And he...
What do you know about the FEC of general Juin which fought around monte Cassino and Rome? I know they launched brillant attacks on monte...
