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The tank destroyer was in some ways too weak, yet when used properly it could still take on Axis armor.

5 GREATEST Red Army victories in WWII RBTH 08 May 2021, 16:54 GMT+10 The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point in the conflict between the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, and WWII as a whole. Thereafter, it was clear that Nazi Germany was doomed. 1. The Battle of Moscow Soviet artillery near Moscow in November of 1941. Sputnik In October 1941, the USSR was on the brink of disaster. At Vyazma, just 200 km east of Moscow, the Red Army lost up to one million men killed, wounded or taken prisoner. The road to the Soviet capital lay open to the Wehrmacht. Until the arrival of fresh divisio...

Maps of the Battle of Alam el Halfa feature - Attack at Dawn: North Africa Attack at Dawn: North Africa is an operational level wargame set in WW2 North African theatre. It features 3 campaigns, and 15 scenarios which can be played in solo or multiplayer modes. It begins with the German troops probing into the Libyan region of Cyrenaica, and finishes either with the total defeat of German-Italian Panzer Armee, or with the British loss of Egypt and their retreat across the Suez Canal. In this article I will explore the last Rommel's offensive in the Western Desert campaign. Since I've started ...

Dunkirk was the climactic moment of one of the greatest military disasters in history. Here's What You Need to Remember: With France gone, Britain, and its Commonwealth partners such as Australia and Canada, stood alone. Had Britain capitulated to Hitler, or signed a compromise peace that left the Nazis in control of Europe, many Americans would have been dismayed—but not surprised. War movies tend to depict the battles a nation wins—not the ones it loses. So with a blockbuster Hollywood movie on Dunkirk hitting the silver screen this July, one would think that Dunkirk was a British vict...

Old School: Yes the Nazis Had Cavalry Who Fought In World War II Berlin was not fully mechanized when it unleashed a world war and so it used horses for combat and patrol in addition to tanks and trucks. Key point: Germany had excellent cavalry. However, they were used for terrible ends and eventually did not make sense on a modern battlefield. By 1939 the German Reich possessed 3,800,000 horses while 885,000 were initially called to the Wehrmacht as saddle, draft, and pack animals. Of these, 435,000 horses were captured from the USSR, France, and Poland. Additional horses were purchased fro...