Gunter, holding their advance aparently consisted of rushing machineguns and artillery across potato fields.
The Russians never could have won in WW1, they were too disorganized. They had two comanding generals who weren't even on speaking terms, and they had an outdated army. One of the aforementioned generals promptly killed himself following his sound defeat.
I have heard a great deal about the type of history lessons people in Europe get and I wouldn't be very suprised if your books glossed over a few things in school.
Then again, maybe you're talking about something else, who knows.
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The Alcove
I twist the facts until they tell the truth. -Some intellectual sadist
The Bill of Rights is a document of brilliance, a document of wisdom, and it is the ultimate law, spoken or not, for the very concept of a society that holds liberty above the desire for ever greater power. -Me
The Russians never could have won in WW1, they were too disorganized. They had two comanding generals who weren't even on speaking terms, and they had an outdated army. One of the aforementioned generals promptly killed himself following his sound defeat.
I have heard a great deal about the type of history lessons people in Europe get and I wouldn't be very suprised if your books glossed over a few things in school.
Then again, maybe you're talking about something else, who knows.
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The Alcove
I twist the facts until they tell the truth. -Some intellectual sadist
The Bill of Rights is a document of brilliance, a document of wisdom, and it is the ultimate law, spoken or not, for the very concept of a society that holds liberty above the desire for ever greater power. -Me