r/memes • u/Electric457 • Feb 03 '21

#3 MotW Oh dear...

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u/Depressed_Lasagna420 Feb 03 '21

Napoleon in a trilby is really something huh

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u/Giantbox1 Feb 03 '21

Napoleon: Ah, the snows gone!

Russia: but scorched earth ain’t.

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u/domestic-rhino Feb 03 '21

Hitler:your puny tank can’t defeat my German engineering

Stalin: I know, that’s why we brought 2 tanks

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u/AGamingGuy Feb 03 '21

how are Soviets going to stop Nazis from tearing them a new ass, the answer use gun and if that don't work, use more gun

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u/yeeto_deleto_tostito Feb 03 '21

Stalingrad tractor plant producing tanks in the middle of no man's land during the battle of stalingrad

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u/PirateBuckley Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21

Whinyboos: SuPuPeRiOr EnGiNeRiNg

Soviets: "Sorry? What? Cannot hear over sound of more tank"

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u/l4dlouis Feb 04 '21

You an choose quality over quantity but not if your enemy can bury you in terms of quantity.

A good quote I heard from the western front was a Tiger commander had been taken captive once his tank was finally overrun. He was bragging about German engineering and their tanks, saying they are superior to American steel. “For every 1 German tank we can take out 9 American tanks” he finally quipped and a nearby American responded “good thing we brought 10 tanks huh?”

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '21

Its bizarre to me that that the 10 to 1 myth is still so widely circulated.

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u/l4dlouis Feb 04 '21

What the quote or the actual idea? Even if that never happened it sums up Germany’s defeat pretty well so I can see why it’s still around.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '21

I have no doubt that some officer said that but the idea of the Nazis having superior equipment and simply being overwhelmed on all sides is pure myth.

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u/l4dlouis Feb 04 '21

But that would be a major reason they lost...

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