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To: ConservativeMind; Squantos; Travis McGee

The Allies kicked their asses indeed but one cannot underestimate the fighting ability of crack Wermacht units throughout that war.

man for man, they were a very adept fighting force...maybe the best in modern warfare.

Thank God, their numbers were limited....doped or otherwise.


84 posted on 05/07/2005 7:28:06 PM PDT by wardaddy ( Lucchese Belt Raised)
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To: wardaddy

To some degree that's true, especially on the Eastern Front.

However, the 44 Wehrmacht Divisions in Normandy fared rather poorly against the 6 U.S. divisions that landed there on 6/6/44.

85 posted on 05/07/2005 7:32:11 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: wardaddy

Agree with ya on that....had the generals fought that war versus that paper hangin son of a bitch, and the weapons they knew would win such as the Sturmgewehr 44 etc etc. It would have been a long hard road to win....longer and worse than it was for our folks.


86 posted on 05/07/2005 7:36:02 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: wardaddy

Amen.


87 posted on 05/07/2005 7:36:23 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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