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Originally Posted by Stoney
Read about the war the Russians fought against the Germans during WWII and even Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal seem like a cakewalk.
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I think the scale of the Russian front and the size of the battles was driven home to me when Guderian talked about there counter attacks. No longer could the panzer divisions slice and dice like they did in France and Poland, the Russians were so persistant they could only move forward with infantry divisions in support. The attacks were often strong enough that his entire army had to change its direction of attack to meet them...the forces designated to protect the flanks...entire infantry divisions were over whelmed.
France was a vacation compared to this.