Report, edit, etc...Posted by JaFF on 2006-05-11 at 12:43:54
QUOTE(CaptainWill @ May 10 2006, 11:26 PM)
Yes - some people are getting a bit worked-up about this issue. Calm down a bit or I'll have to start hitting you with the warn stick. 
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You mean me ?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CaptainWill on 2006-05-11 at 13:55:54
No - just some people in this topic in general. You've been a good participant.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2006-05-11 at 20:53:50
QUOTE(FizzleBoink @ May 10 2006, 09:32 AM)
Is it because you are white, have blond hair, blue eyes, and are a non-jew (or other minority?) I would have wanted to fight against him because of his beliefs and because of the atrocities commited.
No, he just had a certain apreciation towards blue eyed blondes. I am not a blue eyed blonde, but a dark brownish green eyed person. Hitler didn't have anything agaisnt us(People that aren't Blue eyed blondes), so I really wouldn't have anything against him. I'll ask this question: "If you see someone down the street act in a "racist" way about somebody else, and you don't know them, would you intervene thinking it was your problem?
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Your point?
That a simple conscript army wouldn't get the Nazi's out of power.
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You have to remember that the Germans developed a new kind of warfare, it completed changed the meaning of conventional warfare through the means of communication, the use of armor, and support. This "lightning" warfare was completely new to the old styled French, Polish, etc. etc. Their armies were out-dated with the mind set that spreading the defenses (linear defenses) would hold the Germans back. Also note that the US entered the war in 1941.
And that was an advantage that the Germans fully exploited, during warfare, if a country has a weakness, like the "Old Styled" armies of other European countries had, it doesn't change anything, they still had a hard time fighting Germany. If you
are in a fight with someone, and you notice his weakness, would you exploit it?
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On another note, Hitler took on Russia with the the understanding that Russia would fall from a swift attack, I have this Blitzkrieg book that quotes him saying "All you have to do is kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will crumble to the ground." Remember how Russia was considered to have a poorly trained and supplied army.
I believe I have the very same book, if not a similar one called "Wehrmacht". Russia did indeed have a poorly trained and supplied army. It took the Soviet Union about 6 months to start counter attacking and almost a year to fully assemble her army. The problem was that Hitler divided his Army group, and thus some became encircled and had almost no chance of surviving.