I love history & the most interesting point for me is the Prussian-German Army 1657-1945
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I love history & the most interesting point for me is the Prussian-German Army 1657-1945
IIRC Russia also got info that Japan was not going to attack on the east, allowing them to pull troops from that area over to the west to help fight back the Germans.
Napoleon was the best military commander of all time, IMO.
His win-loss record was something like 56-4 and he only really lost twice invading Russia and at Waterloo.
CSB.
His win-loss record was something like 56-4 and he only really lost twice invading Russia and at Waterloo.
CSB.
Well the Brits brought a whole bunch of German Hessian mercenaries over the fight the colonial army but they got taken care of, not sure which battle that was, I would expect that even if French regular forces did not come into the fight, that a lot of French men might have come over on their own 1) to get out of France because their King was a madman and 2) for the excitement and chance to make a new life, get money, adventure
“The engine of the tank is a weapon just as the main-gun." ~ Heinz Guderian
The German Army (at least a significant enough portion of it) had made a doctrinal leap that the Allies hadn’t yet.
German commanders kept beating their counterparts in the OODA loop.
you were probably thinking of the Mark III series. The Germans made significant efforts to up-gun the Mark IIIs from 37 mm to 50 mm between the end of the French campaign & the beginning of the invasion of the Soviet Union. While there were 50 mm versions during the French campaign {the Gs} the overall ratio significantly increased away from the 37 mm {mainly Fs} to the 50 mm version {mainly Gs & Hs}. After the French campaign the Germans concluded the 37 mm were no longer viable against modern armor. Just as after the invasion of the Soviet Union the Germans beloved longer barreled 75 mm were required. However many 37 mm & shorter 75 mm remained in service due to necessity.
don't even get me started on the saga of the higher velocity 50 mm Mark III J LoL
Merci, ça me fait plaisir.
Guderian was actually commissioned as a signals officer and one of his major contributions to the German panzer force before the war was ensuring every panzer had a radio. This was not the case in either the French or Soviet armies. Overall during the French campaign & the early stage of the Eastern Front the primary method of communication in the German Army was the radio while the telephone was the primary form of communication in the French & Soviet Armies. Subsequently the Germans had an enormous communications advantage.
Mais, pourquoi les gens dirait que je suis une femme Tribe.
Thanks.
Mark III was great all around tank…until it ran into Russian heavies. I’ll have to look up the J
There’s a great Bundeswehr museum in Koblenz Germany. Basically every German tank is there from WW2. You’d love it.
Good point.
By the way, the Marquis de Lafayette is buried in Tallahassee.
How do you think us boomers feel?🤣I've gotten more dumb as the years past. Dead serious, I blame technology. Plus, it is a message board. I exude random thoughts on here.
Did I get that grammatically correct?
We would not have won the Revolutionary War without the French assistance.
Definitely. The other cool thing about LaFayette is that he gave ideas for our capital.
Alexander the Great was undefeated--he never lost a single battle. And he personally fought aside his soldiers in every battle.
Of all historical figures with "the Great" after their names, Alexander was the greatest.
Alexander is my #2.
He died pretty young...32 years old.
He was undefeated in battle but didn't lead troops in 60 battles like Napoleon did.
I think Alexander fought and won at least 20 battles.
Of course, this is like comparing Wilt Chamberlain to Kobe Bryant. You can't compare eras.
Alexander was definitely great but I give the edge to Napoleon based on win-loss record.
No one has a win-loss record like Napoleon.
70-10 according to Wikipedia and he only lost at the end mostly.
I don't think W-L should be the main criteria
Actually a good point. Napolean's losses speak more than his wins. He was smart person, but an utter idiot in some things
I was thinking more the disparity of forces. I don't think any commander was leading the Confederacy 1864-65 or Germany 1944-45 to victory. Gen. Schwartzkopf may have been one of the greatest battlefield minds the United States Army ever produced but when you look at the disparity of forces between the Coalition & Iraq the victory wasn't that surprising.
In a football sense going 9-3 at Iowa is a lot more impressive than 9-3 at Ohio State.
Napoleon won 17 battles in which he was outnumbered and had other disadvantages.
That's one reason he was the best ever IMO.
That is my Dad’s crew. They hit Maryland shores approx. 1609.
My Mom’s ancestry is part of that group too. They wound up in eastern North Carolina.
So did some of mine. Are you related to the Calvert? Porter, Howson, many others b
We mostly moved South… NC and big into Georgia, Alabama, and eventually Mississippi, Florida, and Texas.
One guy was an ambassador to France, another a President of Texas. Lots of educators, Physicians and Pharmacists, amongst plenty of slave owners, ne’er de wells and scalliwogs.,
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Well, I could go on for hours about genealogy. Mine crossed the river, then went from Virginia to Tennessee, Smith county.
They stayed in VA until about 1830, before going through the gap. Another family name was Settle of that particular branch.
While I was living in NY, I figured I’d focus on VA research because cousins lived in VA and MD. I knew I’d get back here, and then I could work on the VA to AL, and SC to GA parts of the family.
My ole man was a big genealogy guy who spent many hours, with us, walking cemeteries and quizzing folks in courthouses.
He was proud of our folks, while not so happy knowing that some were slavers and killers of the first people.
Same was mostly true on my mom’s side. Scot-Irish who produced several US presidents and again mostly moved South along the great road from Pennsylvania.m
Many educators, and business folks, along with native killers. I once visited a home in which we aided the Underground Railroad Northbound.
What goes around… I have cousins and siblings who have been/are active military folks and they are near equally split politically today.
One niece who has recently been named to lead a ballistic missile command….
Much to talk about. Another time because I also have that Scots Irish thing on both sides, going up the valley from PA to NC and VA.
