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Originally Posted by MVS
I know, but saying that Afghanistan defeat Russia's "wonder-army" isn't true, guerilla warfare or not I'd like to see them take on 50,000 T-72's and T-80's.
Afghanistan and Vietnam were both plagued with political bull-shit, politics and war don't mix, politics lead up to the war but after that I think it's time to let the soldiers do what they're sent to do, not have them sacrifice their loves for almost complete meaningless things.
You send your 3rd string and lose, fuck you, you lost. Learn from it, then don't repeat the mistakes next war.
I think most Americans know we got pwned by the man in the black pajamas.
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Originally Posted by MechDeus
http://www.morticom.com/jokeshitler.htmQuote:
Also, more jokes!
Actually, they're not very good jokes...
Actually I think insanity, not stupidity was his biggest problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
Yes, if he was stupid, he wouldn't have gotten as far as he did. Clearly, he was insane, but brilliant.
King Tigers were sluggish and form what I read had problems because they were introduced so late in the war that many of the crews didn't know how to properly keep them. It's really a moot point to bring up vehcles and weapons that were introduced in the last 4 to 8 months of the war, consiidering that isn't even a quarter of the total war, which leads me to the point that the T-34 was definitely the best tank of the war.Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
Anpother weapon that didn't play a major role on the battlefield until the dying days of Germany.Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
In ten years its a good possibility peiople will ask the same question about why the US couldn't take over Iraq with their wonder army, either. Guriella warfare isn't something you can win or lose, the enemy is everywhere and nowhere at once, and their objective is moreso to hit you where it hurts than to take and hold land.Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
Actually, the evidence available suggests that what caused Hitler to make his mistakes was terminal Parkinson's disease. Back in the '40s, Parkinson's was untreatable and was considered a death sentence. A documentary I saw on the History Channel discussed this and chronicled the effects of the disease in Hitler from about 1932 until his death in '45.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
Hitler's defeat in Russia was due to two things: His unpreparedness for the coming winter and the Soviet's use of the scorched earth tactic. Had Hitler pressed the attack and supplied his troops with the equipment and winter clothes they required, he could have probably forced the Soviets to surrender. I doubt he would have taken over the whole country though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gohron
Hitler's problem was ego. He fancied himself a master strategist, and his unwavering belief in the strategic importance of Russia's breadbasket and oil fields was how he dicked himself. The farmland was not worth the casualties and materiel. And if he had given Rommel a tiny fraction of what was squandered in Russia, Germany would have taken all of Northern Africa, sewing up the Middle East for easy conquest.Quote:
Originally Posted by shitty jokes need love, too
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Originally Posted by Violently Happy
We did? :\Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS