[Scythian]

Very interesting, and as the article says:

A system of fortifications and fortresses had been built in the mountains over many years, making passage by force a very costly proposition, perhaps even impossible. We now know from the Nuremberg trials and other sources that Hitler's generals were utterly opposed to an assault on the Czech fortifications

Your father would have kicked the Germans @#$#

[Think free or die]

"Your father would have kicked the Germans @#$# "

He was sure ready to give it his best. He was active in the resistance instead. Firearms were banned, of course, but he had one for most of the war. One night he was in particular fear of arrest and hid it in a barn. Unfortunately, by the time he dared look for it, it was gone. When he came to America, he and mom barely had two nickels to rub together. Nonetheless, his first "luxury" purchase was a rifle. He cherishes his 2nd Amendment rights to this day. Dad is 88 now, but he still hunts deer and turkey.