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according to nafziger on 6/5/41 the motorized brigade began expanding into a full divsion..on 6/30/41 the leibstandarte had: 1/2/3/4/infantry regiments5 coy ea 1/2/artillery regiment heavy battalion(former 5th battalion whenLAH was a brigade) Schonberger Panzerjager Btln( 1 stug battery and 1 47mm s...

I thought the HBO movie(of all things) "When Trumpets Fade" was about the best movie for portraying both sides in a balanced manner..check it out if you get the opportunity..heroism and cowardice by the americans as well as stupidity and cunning by the americans..germans are fairly accurat...

But one thing we can't dismiss is that despite knowledge of the impending loss the Germans managed to pull off quite a fight. I believe your accusations are unfounded considering you already admit to the fighting skill of the average American GI. Just to be able to launch an offensive on the scale ...

. German soldiers weren't especially good. Their doctrine was. US tactical doctrine was terrible, and even worse in practice - Gwynne Dyer quoted a figure done by US Army researchers during WW II, that found that only 15%-25% of US soldiers in a firefight would so much as shoot their weapons, let a...