The battle that broke Hitler's back.
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Kursk July 1943
In July of 1943 The Soviets and Germans engaged for 2 weeks in one of the biggest battles of WW11. This one was huge and when it concluded Germany was forever broken. Germany won the battle but in strategic terms lost. Commanders: German - the wily Manstein, Model the criminal Soviets - Zhukov the butcher, Vatutin and the great Rokossovsky http://www.2worldwar2.com/kursk.htm |
Zhukov is one of my favorites. Brutal bastard.
"If it has a heartbeat, shoot it.........even the children. Remember, little Nazis grow up to become big Nazis." Dave |
It was really over when he invaded Russia in Operation Barbarossa. Just took awhile.
Barney |
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Hitler was going to starve them all anyway.
I've heard tell that if he would've stuck to his original invasion plan he might well have beat them. There was a delay that moved the start out a couple weeks and put it too close to winter. Even still it looked bad enough to make the coward Stalin run like the rat he was. Hitler was already at the point of madness where he was irrational. And thank God for it. Pete |
There is a very fun module for this battle in the old Avalon Hills "PanzerBlitz" game.
I loved playing the old Avalon Hills war strategy board games. Wish there was someone around that still enjoyed playing them. |
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Hitler was only good at one thing, manipulating the masses. As a military "Commander-in-Chief" he was horribly incompetent. Much like Stalin, in that regard. Dave |
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Prior to WW11 Stalin decimated his officer corp with purges. The war with the Finns exposed the effects of these purges. To find competent officers the Soviets had to go to the gulags. :D |
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