Comments by "Nick Danger" (@nickdanger3802) on "WW2 American, British, Soviet and German Rifle Squad FIREPOWER Comparison" video.

  1.  @nicholasconder4703  Thanks. "Yet the invaders were supported by such a vast logistical "tail" that even when they reached their maximum strength in 1945, they could deploy only sixty American and twenty British and Canadian combat divisions. Air power, together with massive armoured and artillery strength, was called upon to compensate for inadequate infantry numbers." page 533 All Hell Let Loose Hastings
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  2. In the United Kingdom, the word spiv is slang for a type of petty criminal who deals in illicit, typically black market, goods. The word was particularly used during the Second World War and in the post-war period when many goods were rationed due to shortages.
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  3.  @nicholasconder4703  "Still, when Churchill learned that Montgomery planned to take over 2000 officers and clerks in the early days of the cross-channel invasion simply to keep records, the prime minister decided to have it out with the commander of the armies in person, an episode not related in Churchill’s official biography or in most leading accounts of the war. Hamilton, however, had the story from Monty himself." "Churchill arrived at Montgomery’s 21st Army Group Headquarters and was received in private by the commanding officer. Monty explained that he had personally approved the logistical arrangements for the invasion following well-established procedures. To make any last-minute changes would undermine the confidence of his staff in their commander. “I could never allow it–never,” Monty pronounced." https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/churchill-bulletin/bulletin-070-apr-2014/montys-clash-with-churchill/
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  4. This is pretty funny, but actually French and not WWII. "The Vespa 150 TAP was an anti-tank scooter made in the 1950s from a Vespa scooter for use with French paratroops (troupes aéroportées, TAP)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP
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  5. IWM "At times, British formations exhibited more caution than may have been warranted. Troops were often only too ready to 'go to ground' and call in artillery support even when facing fairly limited opposition. They were never as adept at exploiting local successes as the Germans, who excelled at quickly retaking ground. Montgomery himself urged his commanders to exhibit greater drive and flexibility, and some were sacked for failing to do so." https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/tactics-and-the-cost-of-victory-in-normandy
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  6. RUSSIA (BRITISH EMPIRE WAR ASSISTANCE) 16 April 1946 In the period from 1st October, 1941, to 31st March, 1946, we supplied to the Soviet Union 5,218 tanks, of which 1,388 were from Canada. We supplied 7,411 aircraft, including 3,129 aircraft sent from the United States of America. As previously explained on the 10th May, 1944, the aircraft from the United States of America were sent on United States Lend Lease to the Soviet Union as part of the British commitment to the U.S.S.R. in exchange for the supply of British aircraft to United States Forces in the European Theatre. (One thousand aircraft per Yesterdays Air Force Reverse Lend Lease on U tube) https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1946/apr/16/russia-british-empire-war-assistance
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  7. IWM "These failed attempts to outflank Caen were an early demonstration of flaws in British tactics, as well as the debilitating effect of the confined Normandy landscape and the impressive fighting qualities of German forces." Tactics and the Cost of Victory in Normandy https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/tactics-and-the-cost-of-victory-in-normandy
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  8. AFTER ARNHEM 1944 | Q&A 9 TIK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GgokduUvQ8
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  9. Marching fire, also known as walking fire, is a military tactic; a form of suppressive fire used during an infantry assault or combined arms assault.
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