I would agree the training of new crews would take years and assembly given the dispersion is impossible but in theory its the only way they could...
If the Germans could have added the Italian navy and the French navy to their strength they might have assembled a force theoretically capable of...
The British still had 14 divisions seperate from the the BEF with these were very light on Armour, some what better on artillery and motorized...
I find the idea that he destroyed 200+ German tanks a little unlikely I think we would have heard more about this guy if he had. Though to be fare...
I tend to agree. The US simply didn't have the man power or air power available in early 1942 Torch was less than 80,000 troops. There were four...
That figure seems very low since a lot more were available though I have no figures of my own even so there were a lot of other 17 pounder armed...
Yes If I remember correctly the mauser can be fired even from a 303 lee enfield just dont try British ammunition in a German Mauser its just too...
The elite special force units like the SAS etc were superior on the Allied side. General line infantry your often comparing apples and oranges...
Hmm I got the irony but what the hell it opened a possible line for an enjoyable subject area if a Russians were rubbish posting can be provoked...
I was just reading Alexander Werths Russia at war an old sixties book he states a number of figures on supplies sent Page 567 Alexander Werth...
No the Russian army had a number of very strong points and weak points like any other army. It is difficult to generalise since units perofrmed...
The Russains were feared because they would sacrifice any number of troops to win and then execute surviving german troops. Just like the Vietcong...
There were a lot of executions at the end of the war with numerous accounts of field executions but the propaganda about the dreadful punishment...
They dont shoot you in the ear if you dont show enough loyalty and ruthlessness . The NVDK were replaced by the KGB but from begining to end from...
Remember that combat experience is critical the russians had a lot by later in the war the russians had made every mistake possible and lost...
That may have been simply that they were available locally from the Dutch army in the case of the film but the evidence from other poster seems...
