Will try to find the link, but apparently a handful of the 1943 variants (MP43) made it into the hands of some German troops in France, like 60 of...
I consider this example sufficient enough to prove my comment while exempting me from digging through my books and spending my time trying to find...
No I have read this number in other books as well. It was 30,000 executions, a pretty brutal number when you consider that number vs that of many...
The Russians without a doubt shouldered the burden during WWII, though part of that blame rests on Stalin and his little non-agression pact with...
The nazi's really stepped up the indoctrination of their solders as the war turned against them, including introducing their own nazi version of...
Mostly good on hard points, bad on soft. The modern ones had good armor, adequate guns for the day, and in the case of the S35 good speed....
Lol 30,000 is at least a divisions worth of men, hell its more men than many smaller combatants lost in the war, only 9,000 less than my own...
I don't think Nazi ideology ever preached aloud the need to put people in extermination camps, nor were such notions instilled in propaganda. Its...
Personally I think too few people give enough appreciation to the role of government supported indoctrination of the masses in that era. Hitler...
Anyone else get a big grin when they read the name of the plane?
Lets not forget another big problem, the west was "at war" with russia, and any anti-communist was a friend. The West German government actually...
True and my very first line I certainly didnt claim that quality issues could be fully compensated for with indirect fire, but it certainly could...
Quality of the German soldier doesn't apply as much when you consider the roll of indirect fire in the battle. British reports credited german...
British tanks not having strong armor plus having the onus of being the attacker. Pretty obviously conclusion except for those who need to wank...
Also it ignores the fact German armor quality had declined by 1944 because of the loss of Molybdenumand in their armor and its replacement by...
I do think the MG42 was probably the best designed MG of WWII, but I think the big thing about the MG42 is the fact that since most of the time...
I have to agree that Hastings conclusions dont seem to be supported by facts. The Germans showed no greater ability to launch successful attacks...
Re: Canadian Report on losses of 75mm Shermans from June to No again the problem is that is only the tanks that are destroyed. The other...
Re: Canadian Report on losses of 75mm Shermans from June to Well I guess my answer is the numbers are a bit skewed with the fact these are all...
Re: Canadian Report on losses of 75mm Shermans from June to While that is no doubt true, the Canadians were facing the almost all the Waffen SS...
