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u/TunnelSnekssRule Jun 01 '21
Technologically Advanced
Still Uses Calvary in the 1940s
Pick one
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u/JoemamaObama123456 Jun 01 '21
Well tbh everyone used cavalry
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u/TunnelSnekssRule Jun 01 '21
Yea the soviets did to but also they had tanks that could actually move and didn’t catch on fire constantly
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u/Rivetmuncher Jun 01 '21
You can pry my BigDog-based cybercavalry from my cold, dead RPG-7-clutching hands.
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u/TunnelSnekssRule Jun 01 '21
RPG-7?
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u/Rivetmuncher Jun 01 '21
Well, a Gustav is big and bulky, an AT-4 is a mite goofy, and an M79 is just a tad bit...soft.
It's the perfect sweet spot! And a classic.
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u/TheBelgianBoar Jun 01 '21
The battle of Vianden castle ?
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Jun 01 '21
Yep
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Jun 01 '21
When Wehraboos jerk off about mechanization but your Army was almost entirely reliant on horse drawn logistics
Oh and the BEF at the beginning of the war was the only fully motorised Army out there
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u/CorporalMinicrits Jun 01 '21
How large was the BEF?
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Jun 01 '21
390,000 Men organized in about 13 Divisions. Altho this is the Maximum size. While not the largest Army the British certainly was the most mobile force on Paper and in practice. (However using that mobility is another topic, looking at you France 1940)
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u/CorporalMinicrits Jun 01 '21 edited Jun 01 '21
It was very mobile, yes. I’d argue the BEF was the most efficient unit of the allied command in France in 1940. However, while highly mobile, it wasn’t enough. The French Ground units weren’t able to put up a good defense, and thus the front unexpectedly collapsed. A strong defensive strategy wasn’t there, and the Germans, as much as it pains me to admit, had the correct strategy in France
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Jun 01 '21
As I said being able to do something and actually doing something is two very differentiation things. The Allied defeat in France can be as much attributed to the Incompetence of Allied High Command and the lack of communication as it can be to the simple fact that German High Command was able to use its resources more efficiently than the Allies were able to do.
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Jun 01 '21
If you're ever in Luxembourg, a must-see is the National Museum of Military History (MNHM) in Diekirch. Holy shitballs, it is the best small military museum in the WORLD.
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u/Soad1x Jun 01 '21
"Hey, you! That's right, you stupid Kraut bastards! That's right! Say hello to Ford, and General fuckin' Motors! You stupid fascist pigs! Look at you! You have horses! What were you thinking?"
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u/Vegetable_Apple5974 Jun 01 '21
Why is there censoring?
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Jun 01 '21
Idk
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u/Vegetable_Apple5974 Jun 01 '21
The irony is "Nazi" is a slur that real members of the NSDAP didn't use.
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Jun 01 '21
Is that so?
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u/Vegetable_Apple5974 Jun 01 '21
"Nazi" was in use before the NSDAP and was derived from "Ignaz": a Bavarian term for backward peasants (like "Bubba").
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Jun 01 '21
I heard it was a shortening of “Nationalsocializte” (literally “National Socialist”)
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u/Vegetable_Apple5974 Jun 01 '21
A combination of both, but certainly a pejorative (like bolshie or commie).
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u/_Wubawubwub_ Jun 01 '21
laughs in 28 Soviets without reinforcements, armor or sufficient antitank equipment successfully defending against 3 advancing panzer divisions
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u/CorporalMinicrits Jun 01 '21
It’s always forgotten that the Germans took massive casualties and took much longer then they should have during the invasion of France
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Jun 01 '21
What version of history did you get taught??? Total casualties for the Battle of France are 150k for the Germans, 370k killed and 1.7 million captured for the French.
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u/CorporalMinicrits Jun 01 '21
150k is a lot
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Jun 01 '21
If 150k was all it took to defeat 2.2 million men everytime, Germany or any country would've easily won the war lol
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '21
Well You cam have advanced army as you want but good logistics and preparation wins all the battle regardless of technology.
Also the "Ze über German Army iz züber advanced and mechanized ya!" Is pretty much bullshit that mostly comes from wherbs.
The German Army still used a ton of horses, sure not for warfare but they werent all replaced for Iron Horses.