I recommend the MgFa (the book of the German Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt) books on that: Germany and the Second World War, the Volume...
for maps see my presentation (sorry it is Hungarian, but maps are universal :lol: ): http://nemedilaszlo.freeweb.hu
Some data shows Red Army lost 320,082 (80,026 KIA) but it is the whole 108 days of battle of Budapest. I doubt on number of Waffen-SS loss as...
Hmmm, just in the Hungarian region 1944 december (Armegruppe Sud): 1st pz div 3rd pz div 6th pz div 8th pz div 23rd pz div 13th pz div 24th...
See my presentation: http://nemedilaszlo.freeweb.hu/ Slide 3 (It is only tanks, no stugs, based on Jentz) '44 December Western front: 806...
I have the scriptbook... 8-)
agree
As I remember in 1943 in a official comittee of the US goverment made a recommendation for the after-war strategy on the spreading of the...
Sorry, but intelligence does not mean anything. Intelligence sometimes good for making argument in the bad side. :bang:
I think the spreading of communism cannot be handled as direct threat. The WWII was very unique as Stalin could make direct attack without world...
You are right, they more easily look for better position, but usually it will threaten neighboring units, which is in attack usually not problem...
If we are speaking of the high level commanders, then nothing. The German success was not in the generals but in the whole style of leadership...
Seeing the German military intelligence maps on Soviet forces, it is very obvious they cannot recon many tank units mostly in the South (I will...
I am a little bit tired to read it all, but I found the good old preemptive strike. The funny side, there is no evidence in the German Archives...
your sources? I made some statistic and in the last years the Soviets(!) lost (only) 30% more than an American or Brit (or Canadian) forces...
this is the third day
21st of December 1944 (the second day) and the third day (22th December)
Sorry everyone, but I have a presentation at our Military Archive in May 28th, that is the reason I cannot read forums very often :oops: My...
then try: Alan S. Milward: War, Economy and Society 1939-1945 (Penguin 1987) He writes: The whole lend-lease to GB was 13,842 million USD...
yeah, we are alone :-? Harckocsi means: harc=fight, kocsi=car so something like fighting car