Oops, you're right.Originally Posted by Pannonian
The 82nd had it's wings clipped.
Re: Patton pushes on (what if)
Oops, you're right.Vladimir, you forget that Stalin wasn't a butchering dictator, but Uncle Joe who led the brave Russians against the evil Germans. Unlike 1984, the Allies' population wouldn't be able to stomach fighting with the brave Germans against the evil Russians, whom we've always been at war with. Not without clearcut evidence that the Russians started it, anyway.
The 82nd had it's wings clipped.Jump school is more of a way to filter out all but the most highly motivated soldiers to create elite divisions. Witness the use of the 101st and 82nd Airborne in the toughest areas of Afghanistan. This was true in the latter part of WW2 as well, with both German and Allied paratroops going on to become some of the best light infantry available to their commanders.
Last edited by Vladimir; 01-05-2009 at 17:54.
Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
Ik hou van ferme grieten en dikke pintenHow do you motivate your employees? Waterboarding, of course.
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