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- Thu Nov 07, 2002 8:45 am
- Forum: Books and Reviews
- Topic: Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6174
I think it is just as well that the side that won has given us the freedom to publish self critical stories in work such as Band of Brothers. I doubt we would see the exposure of such dubious conduct by its own armed forces in the equivalent book published by a victorious Germany. Indeed, have we ev...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 8:27 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Rostov
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12130
I would agree that Romanian forces were not involved in the capture of Rostov itself in 1942. However, the Romanian Cavalry Corps entered the line immediately after the fall of Rostov and cleared the eastern shore of the Sea of Azov and the Kuban Peninsula over the following month. One unit as yet u...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 7:51 am
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: The Hitlergruess in the German Armed Forces
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4724
I still think uniform, insigna and weapons errors in films are insignificant, however glaring to those of us in the know. Does it really matter if the wrong mark of T34 is used in a film? Would it make any difference on the field of battle if two divisions swapped insignia (The Screaming One and the...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 5:10 am
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: General Remer - July 20th 1944
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5681
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 5:05 am
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: The Hitlergruess in the German Armed Forces
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4724
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 4:46 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: 28 october 1940
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7261
Of course you are right that the buck stops with Mussolini. My point was that almost the entire Italian war machine was flawed, not just Mussolini. Greece stands out as the first insurmountable set back in Mussolini's military adventures since the British forced him out of Corfu in 1923. Since then,...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:30 am
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: Germans = Nazis?!?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 34382
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:20 am
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: The Hitlergruess in the German Armed Forces
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4724
I think you are confusing two issues, one important and one not. In the greater scheme of things it really doesn't matter much if shoddy film researchers get uniform or weaponry details wrong. It is irritating to those of us who have invested time investigating these subjects and know better, but no...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 2:47 am
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: Reaction of rank and file to July 1944 plot?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1999
I have never seen a specific investigation into the reaction of ordinary German servicemen to the July Bomb Plot, but books referring obliquely to the issue all assume that they were generally appalled by the attempt. Given the fact that Goebbel's propaganda had successfully sustained German faith i...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 2:09 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: German casualties in the Warsaw Uprising exaggerated?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16534
German casualties in the Warsaw Uprising exaggerated?
According to sources I have seen referred to (i.e. H. von Krannhals, "Der Warschauer Aufstand, 1944", pp.214-215. J. Matecki in "Zeszyty Historyczne", No.15, p.28) German casualties during the Warsaw Uprising were 10,000 dead, 7,000 missing and 9,000 wounded. I have three reasons...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 1:30 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: 28 october 1940
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7261
I think the Italians had more problems than just Mussolini's miscalculation on the strategic level. My point about the Italians fhting stubbornly was abit vague. I was referring to the endurance and stoicism of the Italian soldier. Almost everything else seems to have been at fault. Italian intellig...
- Wed Nov 06, 2002 5:41 am
- Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
- Topic: Number of soldiers killed by partisans
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13495
Hi Gorbag. In general I agree with you about the Allied military aims in supporting guerrilla forces behind German lines. The problem is that the claims made for these guerrillas after the war were grossly inflated, particularly by advocates of the communist partisans, but also by the French and Ita...
- Wed Nov 06, 2002 5:28 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Did Germans defeat any sea invasion or major river crossing?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10686
I agree that the fact that seaborne invasions and major river crossings are usually well prepared by the side with momentum behind it means that they are more likely to succeed than fail. However, it remains remarkable that the Germans never once seem to have pushed an established beachhead into the...
- Tue Nov 05, 2002 9:06 am
- Forum: Campaigns and Battles
- Topic: Did Germans defeat any sea invasion or major river crossing?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10686
This was probably not as effective as the Bf109, which had its main armament firing through its spinner, as well as wing mounted MGs. This made the Bf109 effectively a flying cannon. One must also wonder if it would have been possible to up-gun the He112, (as happened with other wartime fighters), i...