Couldn't you explain the idea more plainly?
By my information, this may be said about Pershing, not Sherman. Could you give some evidence, please.
Its guality improved significantly during the war and was about 300 hours in the beginning of 1945. Also comparing hours to kilometers is not proper.
I hope he will.
"Historical reconstruction": [IMG]
Okay, that's fine. The similarity is in the neglect of the presumption of innocence.
I was interested with this battle and tried to find out some information which could clarify the situation. The only interpretation we have now is...
I have found some additional materials on the subject, and some of them go from Finnish sources. 1) Lehmus K. Op. cit, s. 179-180; Wirtanen A....
Just one note. It is probable that Stalin wouldn't object to conquer Finland, but before the Winter war only, not after. You might have heard of...
Oh, that's easy, though sad. Those people who did not want to return home, were regarded as ones who had special reasons for escape....
Loss of 300 tanks was not low at all. I'm just speaking of facts: Finnish sources say of 300 (Koskimaa, Matti, Veitsenterällä, 1993, ISBN...
Heikki Ylikangas, Heikki Ylikankaan selvitys Valtioneuvoston kanslialle, Government of Finland Laine, Antti, Suur-Suomen kahdet kasvot, 1982, ISBN...
The situations in 1941 and 1945 were absolutely different. Stalin was not a carnivorous demon; he was immoral, cruel, but absolutely practical...
I've got more exact information on Soviet and Finnish forces in the first period of the war in all areas of the front. Finland: 9 infantry...
Don't exaggerate. A little more than 300.
It did -- in February 1940. I would say it was a real failure of Soviet reconnaissance. Their knowledge of Finnish fortifications was scarce....
"Death penalty for passing the wire fence".
Finnish occupation of Karelia is an interesting topic for or me. Some people may not know, that after the annexation of Karelia in 1941, Baron...
As a matter of fact, it's a sort of a myth -- about incalculable Soviet hordes unsuccessfully attacking small groups of brave Finns. Finns were...
I would say that ideology of Nazism prevented Hitler from winning the war. German occupation policy was really unwise. In the beginning of the war...