tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post352657621884089324..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: Operation Citadel.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68972653472394113382008-07-11T23:25:00.000-04:002008-07-11T23:25:00.000-04:00You don't have to like commies to be glad for what...You don't have to like commies to be glad for what they did. 7/8 of all German fighting was done on the Eastern front. The USSR broke the back of the German army, and lost 27 million of their own (about 1/2 civilians) in the process.<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine a Normandy landing against the full force of Germany? After Kursk the Germans could only delay the inevitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1280629226813537932008-07-05T21:47:00.000-04:002008-07-05T21:47:00.000-04:00"Funny you'd think afte rthat the Iraqi's would ha..."Funny you'd think afte rthat the Iraqi's would have seen the benefit in "preparing the battle field" better."<BR/><BR/>I seem to recall seeing the results of a great amount of wasted effort on my swing North and then Northeast. Lots of minefields, trenches, bunkers, dug in artillery and tanks, and those nifty triangular sand forts they used to concentrate their people so we could kill a whole bunch of them with a minimum expenditure of artillery rounds......<BR/><BR/>The Iraqi Army of 1991 seemed to think it was fighting the Iranians again, and was prepared to repel human wave assaults..... I guess it never occurred to them that well directed air and artillery fire is cheaper than highly trained soldiers.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66902841223808419432008-07-05T17:26:00.000-04:002008-07-05T17:26:00.000-04:00I was referring to the numbers of tanks on both si...I was referring to the numbers of tanks on both sides.<BR/><BR/>Is it my fault that Generalissimo Hussein preferred to use his as targets for our boys in some giant, sandy Grafenwöhr?Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73957413042547224492008-07-05T16:52:00.000-04:002008-07-05T16:52:00.000-04:00Tam, I'm forced into deducting all your points for...Tam, I'm forced into deducting all your points for comparing Kursk to the Gulf War turkey shoots. Kursk was proper warfare with real armies on both sides. There's never going to be tank battle that could hold a candle to Kursk.<BR/><BR/>And, in fact, festivities actually kicked off on the afternoon of the 4th of July with a bit of Stuka action preceding Hoth's 3rd Panzer Korps making a move on the Soviet positions around Savidovka, Alekseyevka and Luchanino.<BR/><BR/>That's my kind of fireworks display.Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671875907666342941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66828634256786500392008-07-05T15:49:00.000-04:002008-07-05T15:49:00.000-04:00Funny you'd think afte rthat the Iraqi's would hav...Funny you'd think afte rthat the Iraqi's would have seen the benefit in "preparing the battle field" better.<BR/><BR/>I mean it's not like it wasn't deathly obvious.<BR/><BR/>Of course the whole "we don't have air superiority, heck, we don;t have an airforce anymore" does put a serious crimp in setting traps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62784130776107716272008-07-05T13:58:00.000-04:002008-07-05T13:58:00.000-04:00That was the great thing about the Eastern Front: ...That was the great thing about the Eastern Front: No matter who lost, you feel like a winner!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48796031874629980902008-07-05T13:40:00.000-04:002008-07-05T13:40:00.000-04:00Nazis vs. Commies. Which side do you root for? T...Nazis vs. Commies. Which side do you root for? Too bad they both couldn't have lost.<BR/><BR/>Well, I guess they both did, eventually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39872649370786858912008-07-05T11:16:00.000-04:002008-07-05T11:16:00.000-04:00And the clouds of dust raised on the eastern front...And the clouds of dust raised on the eastern front, whipped into the stratosphere by the steppe winds, gave the world orange sunsets for the next three years. Those boys thought big.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com