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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse 24 may 1940. Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse 29 may 1940. Ritterkreuz 29 september 1940. Eichenlaub 31 december 1941.Schwerter 6 august 1943. Brillianten 14 december 1943.

ljadw wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:47 am Keitel was de facto minister of war, a function he exercised not incompetentedly.There were several officers who could replace him,but not Guderian and Manstein who were prima donnas without administrative competence .

Which is ridiculous. Manstein and Guderian were extremely competent

It was a tough fight. The former mayor of Leipzig, Goerdeler, also tried to promote the overthrow through Generaloberst Guderian and Field Marshal von Manstein. But it failed. Guderian received a 947-hectare estate worth 1,230,011 Reichsmarks as a gift from Hitler. One could not expect anything fro...

24 hours only or something more.

Excerpt from manuscript B 789 by Oberst Brandstaedter 'The characteristics of the defensive battle Defensive battle is a feature of position warfare and thus of strategic defense. In general, it is perforce fought with inferior means. Higher combat morale and better training are the best compensatio...

An excerpt from the instructions for the combat of the Panzerbrigade dd 26.07.1944 by Guderian (Panzerbrigade 106 unit history (pp 45-47) "Combat method 1. The strength of the Panzer brigade is its mobility, firepower and armor. Decisive prerequisite for success is the closed , boldly conducted...

A quote from Vitebsk, Otto Heidkämpfer Vowinckel Verlag 1954 pp 177-178 "Anyway, the 3rd Panzer Army had to look forward to confronting the enemy pincer attack with the available forces, of which half were fixed unwantedly in the Vitebsk bend. According to the opinion of the Panzer AOK from thi...

Thanks, it was only 24 Euro from Amazon.de (not too bad). I'm curious how this book compares to the facts/opinions expressed in: Logistik im Russlandfeldzug. Die Rolle der Eisenbahn bei Planung, Vorbereitung und Durchführung des deutschen... von Klaus A Schüler (Dezember 1987). Schüler was very cle...

Der Munitionsverbrauch im Zweiten Weltkieg im operativen und taktischen Rahmen by Gerhard Donat , Biblio 1992is available on amazon and some other sites. Cheap it is not but very interesting.
The foreign military studies 1945-1954 manuscripts can be downloaded image by image on fold3.com.

At least I presented data while you simply assembled quotes which suited you. ??? So when you present it it's "data" but whe In present it it's just "quotes which suited" me? We have both presented quotes that support our position. It's pretty clear however that there are a lot ...

?? Just because you don't like a truth doesn't mean that it isn't true. If the above is how you support a postion it's clear that that position is seriously challenged. It's also clear at this point that you aren't really interested in discussing this you simply wish to parrot your beliefs. So be i...

lwd wrote: But it does. The fact that you don't like doesn't mean that it doesn't it just indicates your inability or lack of desire to confront itmes that don't support your positon.

At least I presented data while you simply assembled quotes which suited you.

. The real mistake the Axis made was pursuing Operation Typhoon after early November. They should have accepted that they had done as much damage to the Soviets as they could have and the culmination point of their offensive had been reached. Pulling back to favorable defensive ground, digging in, ...

The point was destruction of the Red Army, thus OKH pushing for Moscow as the target, no? My point is that the Kiev operation delivered up one million Red Army Soldiers to the Wehrmacht, something that an early Moscow operation isn't likely to do. Without the help from AGC to AGS there can be no en...

] I agree in principle, however in practicality the intent could not be met successfully and at the time the intent was better met by the Kiev operation. Retreat? :? Why?..... You continue to batter away with the same old tired argument that has been demolished by unavoidable facts every time it ap...