What kind of vehicle is that?
Posted on 12/31/2013 10:18:46 PM PST by CougarGA7
After six years this is still an incredible project.
This year I didn't have the time to devote to this that I wish I could, but I am always glad to be able to contribute at least the end of year article.
One of the pictures I put in this thread this year has a very interesting aspect. In one picture you see evidence of something that was deliberately downplayed and even hushed up by one of the Allied partners. Lets see who notices it first. If no one even gets close, I'll provide hints on the 2nd.
What kind of vehicle is that?
“Thank you Homer for another fantastic year of war reporting”
let me second that..
It has become my favorite way to start the day checking to see the war news.
Happy New Year
what a marvelous resource!
You tell me.
I found that photo when I was preparing a lecture on the domestic events in America during the Second World War. I found it amusing that the problem with rioting in Detroit was so severe that they needed to have a Riot Information Bureau. I spent a lot of time on this riot and the Zoot Suit riot in Los Angeles.
Soviet Lend Lease Churchill Mk IV passes German SdKfz232 with “bedstead” antenna.
Homer has created a fantastic historical resource for us all to enjoy.
WINNER!!!!
Damn, I thought that would take longer. Freepers always amaze me.
The Soviets spent a great deal of time and resources to underplay the effectiveness of Lend-Lease to the success of the Soviet war effort. In fact, they may not have been able to achieve what they did without it.
There are two major things that were provided to the Soviets besides the occasional Churchill or Matilda tank that really made the difference for the Russians.
So as a follow up question I will ask what these two things were. One was large, one was not. Both were not war machines.
interesting
Large - Studebaker truck.
Small - Can o' spam.
You would think that someone would toss a brick through the big glass window of the Riot Bureau.
pinging the list which I forgot to do last night.
I’ll give you the first one. The 2-1/2 Ton Truck. Most of them were manufactured by GM, but all the motor companies pitched in on them.
The small item is machine tools.
That would be my inclination, and I’m not even a riotous type of person.
Wow! Thanks.
Thanks again, Cougar. I don’t know how you find time to do this with your schedule, but I sure do appreciate it. I will add this thread to the index on my profile later today.
It’s the least I can do. Thanks again for this fantastic resource you have created.
The occasional tank or airplane didn’t make much impact for the Soviets. Soviet weapons were pretty high quality and obviously high quantity. The trucks were a huge difference, but there were a lot of little things we provided. Food, cloth fabric for uniforms, boots, radios, and waterproof telephone cable were all things the Soviets needed but couldn’t make. It wasn’t so much a lack of know-how as much as the destruction and dislocation from the German invasion limited what the Soviets could make. They chose to make weapons, we supplied the rest. It was a sensible arrangement.
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