I have read it was Jochen Peiper who organised the killing of American prisoners at Malmedy. From what sources I have seen, it seems there is...
Re: post subject Hi Merlin Im not sure if your comment about a slur was aimed at myself, but if so please be assured that my comment was not...
Sorry Wolf - I thought it was about Infantry of any description! Hi Roel, By Ardenne offensive, are you highlighting the failure of this part...
Yes, I bet Hohenstauffen and Frundsberg divisions were appalled to see the sky full of British paras, dropping in to disrupt their rest/refitting...
Hi all I didnt see this "intro" thred when I joined the other day (d'oh!), so I will introduce myself now: I am 27, male and live in Glasgow,...
In the latest Gulf War, I read newpaper reports of a tank battle at night between British Armoured Forces (The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, I...
Thanks Roel :) (Sorry I didnt find these myself!!)
This is an interesting topic, given the many variations of the vehicles. I always thought the Sherman and PIV would be roughly on a par...
Thats a good point Scaramouche. I have seen many picutres of caputred T-34s being pressed into German service (after a new paint job lol)....
Hi Dan Just for the reasons quoted really; I have read in several sources that the Crusader was very poor in a lot (most?!) aspects, but the...
Yep I fully agree KBO - some Sherman specs would shame any T-34, and yet you only ever read glowing German reports/praise for the T-34 and never...
Can anyone please enlighten me as to the effectiveness of modern anti-tank weapons? I would have thought that with shoulder launched anti-tank...
Yep, well put. :)
On the point of tank reliability above (Sherman V T-34), it should be remembered that the Sherman was *mostly* employed in moderate European...
Of course, old Mr Stalin was something of a worrier huh? :lol: Im not surprised he wouldnt have allowed any of his "allies" to benefit from...
Any of Liebstandarte, Das Reich, Totenkopf, Wiking, Nordland, Hilter Jungend or Charlemagne. All equally impressive. Perhaps even Frundsberg...
Elite Wehrmact units (eg Grossdeutshland) and the principal Waffen SS units were unquestionably the best troops of the war. Wasnt uncommon of...
I have read from a few sources, (including, if memoery servers, "enemy at the gates", by william craig), that soon after the start of Barbarossa,...
To the best of my knowledge no-one used chem/bio weapons in WW2. I think the Germans considered using them late-war, to stem the Soviet tide,...
I think having a tank with such basic excellence as the T-34 would have some difference. Surely having a tank which was better than at least some...
