Was he the all-time master of defense?
>>65222081That's the most "are we the baddies?" picture I've ever seen. Taking a step back to account for my bias though I wonder if it's because Hollywood modeled bad guys after the nazis?
>>65222088>I wonder if it's because Hollywood modeled bad guys after the nazis?yes. Since WW1.
>>65222081>"Totally just a diversion; not in any way a horribly botched offensive."- every Russian historian ever
Anyone who could stabilize the German lines during and after Operation Bagration is a pretty fucking talented general.So yes, he was damn good at stopping breakthroughs and stabilizing lines
>>65222088He was an interesting mix of hardcore old-school Prussian style officer, and hardcore Nazi. Usually the two didn't mix well
>>65222088YesPost-WW2 cinema had massive cultural impactA New Hope for example is often compared to Seven Samurai, but is actually Guns Of Navarone / Dam Busters IN SPAAACE>>65222081>all-time master of defenceHard to say but he's definitely in the top 3 or soDid any other general inflict as many casualties in a fighting withdrawal?
>>65222081Why is Baldrick dressed as a nahtzi?
>>65222241Looks nothing like Tony Robinson. He was in a really good series about medieval jobs, I recommend that
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>>65222241>Why is Baldrick dressed as a nahtzi?It's part of a cunning plan.
>>65222088>Hollywood modeled bad guys after the nazis?Not so bad now are you melty face.
>>65222481Was on last night.
>>65222081monocle-wearing bitch
>>65222234>A New Hope for example is often compared to Seven SamuraiCloser to 'The Fortress', which John Millius took Steven and George to watch. Even George admits that he denies the similarities:>well, there IS a pricessLying fat fuck.
>>65222081>Have to defend >Loose>Wearaboos 90 years later call you the greatest Kek wHis opposites in the red army are automaticly better then him, since you know they actually succeed in defending.>B-but muh Number spam zerg rush The Germans outnumbered the Soviets in Moscow and Zhukov beat them. He utilized the resources he had at hand for an efective defense
>>65222877It's on every night you dinkus, MeTV only plays that and MASH.
>>65222936minor spelling mistake.also it didn't help that hitler constantly spazzed out and forced most of his army to die in pointless final stands in various campaignsanyways the gothic line probably ranks higher given the circumstances
>>65222936What makes Slavic Bolshevism so insanely powerful in military sense?
>>65222936>The Germans outnumbered the Soviets in Moscow accurate numbers are hard to come by - Glantz stating that by mid November parity was reached and that Soviet claims regarding the german strenght in December '41 are vastly exageratedalso Zhukov was playing on easy-mode>throws away five armies to buy time for the defense of moscow>"lol lmao">it ends up working
>>65223327lend-lease, and chronically terrible standards of living such that the living aren't afraid of death
>>65223468>also Zhukov was playing on easy-modeNah, living through purges and KGB paranoia is the military officer equivalent of playing on Nightmare Survival mode
>>65223481>such that the living aren't afraid of deathI thought about this recentlynot about "modern war" but about ancient warlike i heard that romans made the first soldier to climb an enemy fortress (and survive) a Patrician (or some kind of higher-class citizen)imagine it's the year 100 BC, you have to march miles and miles, all day-every day until you are in your mid 40s with the occasional fighting inbetween while being full of tapeworms and suffering from god knows what else ...WTF do you even have to lose?even nowadays with all this free-healthcare there are many people that feel like they have got nothing that is holding them back
>>65223327mongolian descent
>>65223496that's any russian smart enough to be a threst to the kremlin since ivan the terrible, by that logic the ww1 escape from being trapped in the dead marshes in belarus is an super achievement for the russian commanders
>>65222902>monocle-wearing bitchHey Mr peanut wears a monocle, is he a bitch? I think not.
>>65222081>Stephen Newton biographySort of bore out Austrian Painter's insistence on retarding the space-for-time trades further out front for longer, to develop internal logistics lines where they could conceivably manage rope-a-dope war of maneuver later on-- and/or gas out the Soviets (Lend Lease notwithstanding). He basically succeeded in bleeding out Operation Mars and all those mongoloid ski troops from the East, where Stalingrad got bamboozled world-historically. But if we're talking the most rat bastard defensive general of the Germans, it's usually given to Heinrici "The Poison Dwarf".
>>65223327ZERO value of life. Communism is a fundamentally Asiatic ideology, and Asiatic cultures display the exact same flagrant disregard for human life. Plus, it can be argued that Russian culture hasn't changed since the days of the Mongols
>>65222081It gets said that it's easier to defend than attack. What I've also heard said is that turning disintegrated demoralized units into a coherent and effective frontline, is more difficult than attacking or defending.>>65224016Heinrici was also very based.
>>65222081>>65222481monocles are kino af
>>65222081No.
>>65224220Overrated
As a result of repeated attrition and replenishment, the lack of training, morale, and equipment among the troops proved to be an insurmountable obstacle, even with skillful tactics.
