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To: jmacusa

The king Tiger: Too heavy for Normandy bridges, too thirsty for in-short-supply fuel, too wide for Normandy roads.

Nice thinking, Adolf.


98 posted on 09/08/2014 3:06:25 PM PDT by Zman516 (Thought-Criminal #1)
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To: Zman516

Duh! Said Normandy, meant Belgium, as on “Watch On The Rhine”


99 posted on 09/08/2014 3:23:23 PM PDT by Zman516 (Thought-Criminal #1)
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But a main gun that could destroy any Allied tank on the battlefield from a range of almost two miles. Those things were either knocked by P-47’s, P-38s using rockets and 500lb bombs or RAF Typhoons armed the same way or artillery. That or they just ran out of gas.
124 posted on 09/08/2014 8:05:57 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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