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To: prof.h.mandingo

What killed the “Battle of the Bulge” movie for me was the effort to make the battle hinge around a fuel dump - a gasoline fuel dump! German tanks used diesel! I knew that even as a kid. Also as I remember the movie it gave little mention of Bastogne.


38 posted on 01/04/2017 1:07:46 PM PST by Reily
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To: Reily
Reily: "German tanks used diesel! I knew that even as a kid.
Also as I remember the movie it gave little mention of Bastogne."

That's a common misunderstanding which I myself was surprised to learn is untrue.
In WWII, only the Soviets used diesel in their T-34 tanks.
Every other major force, including the Germans, used gasoline.

So that fuel dump was indeed a big deal.
Even more, the whole effort was Hitler's attempt to repeat what Rommel had accomplished in North Africa, when he overran British posts, capturing fuel & other supplies kept there.

42 posted on 01/05/2017 8:16:32 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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