Comments by "bakters" (@bakters) on "Советская оборонительная тактика - Курск 1943" video.
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@ДмитрийТрудов-х7к "Italians, along with the Romanians, helped us a lot under Stalingrad in December of '42))"
Germans were short on men. Women did not work in German factories, so every big campaign required removing part of the important workforce and sending those guys East. That weakened German economy and allowed for the USSR to significantly outproduce them.
Italians and Romanians were badly equipped, so their fighting qualities were limited. But it could be changed. And even if not, they were still useful fighting force, suitable for many tasks.
"Japan remembered the Khalkhin goal.
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Sure they did, and that's why they would attack if USA did not oppose them. Not because they wanted those lands so badly, but because they were afraid of USSR.
And if they won in the East, it would be really hard to kick them back out, simply because of logistics.
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@ДмитрийТрудов-х7к "millions hijacked for forced labor from the ussr
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Low skill workforce most of them, partially because Germans simply didn't trust them (rightfully so). My uncle was taken too, and he worked on a farm, not in a factory.
Female workforce of USSR or USA could be trusted to work in the industry, so young men were free to be drafted into the army. Germany couldn't do it. Their industry was severely hampered by every big military campaign due to shortage of men.
"distributing valuable weapons to low-skilled troops is inefficient.
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You guys "distributed valuable weapons" to two of my uncles (who worked as slaves in USSR), when you created Polish army. They had no more skills than Italians, I'm sure of it. How come you guys decided it was worth it?
Actually it kinda wasn't, because they all defected to the British, but then the British did exactly what you have done and "distributed valuable weapons" to them once again. ;-)
"but in August '45, logistics didn’t stop defeating the Japanese in just over three weeks."
You guys could use your Transiberian Railway to ferry the troops into more civilized areas, which you still kept. If Japan attacked, there would be no place to unload them and create the whole offensive.
With that said, the invasion of Manchuria was a masterpiece. Highly underrated!
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@ДмитрийТрудов-х7к "Well, the Anders army was "badly equipped" and what does this prove in the combat value"
They were not badly equipped. Soviets equipped them with Lend-Lease weapons, which fitted well with British supply chain, so they proved themselves exceedingly well in combat.
"being a slave in the USSR is ... yes ... how much better to be a pan in Poland ... "
Both of them were peasants and they ended up chopping trees while being starved to death in Siberia.
The "pans" were shot to death.
"what kind of "slaves"? "
Forced labor with starvation level food rations. People went blind because of malnutrition, so they held hands in the column, while those who could still see were leading them to the place they were supposed to go. Fun times...
"I would know Kaczynski, you see you would have survived"
I recently voted for people who heavily criticize Kaczyński for his anti-Russian bias. The guy is mad, because his twin brother ended up dead on Russian soil. Give him some slack, if you will.
Though, I will not! I will vote against him again and again. We have no business annoying Russians for no good reason.
"very conditional combat value."
Not true. Anders' army was kept in reserve just like all the other Western forces were, then they were sent into heavy combat, against German paratroopers in heavily reinforced position. And they won! At a heavy cost of blood (including one of my uncles), but they won where many others have failed before. Read on Monte Casino.
Then they participated in the whole Italian campaign and acquitted themselves very well. Everybody loved them, until the day of victory parade, when the British suddenly didn't need them anymore, and did not invite them to participate. Soviets recognized Polish blood contribution toward victory, just for comparison.
Sad story.
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@ДмитрийТрудов-х7к "strange ... fasting above, they managed to survive and train in the Anders army"
Well, they were emaciated but still alive. Uncle Mieczysław mentioned some woman in Siberia with whom he stayed for a while and she fattened him up a little. Apparently she wanted him to stay, but he wanted to go back to Poland. He never did (apart from a few visits, when I've met him).
"and now they, who died of starvation, were also shot"
You think I'm joking, or what? Several thousands of Polish officers were shot to death by NKVD. That's only during WWII, but before WWII there was a huge anti-Polish NKVD purge, with a number of victims at least ten times higher. Up to 100K, people say. It's a recent discovery, so hard to tell.
"yes, the times are funny ... starved to death, shot and sent Anders into the army."
It's not my fault, that you were never told about all of that. USSR was almost as bad as the Reich. Them's the facts.
"yes, with Poland in general, the story is sad ... with Kiev, Vilnius, Teschin ... flirting with Adolf ... very sad ...
but also instructive"
Kiev? I guess you mean 1919, don't you? Poles did not take it to keep it, but to give it to the Ukrainians under Semen Petlura. I think it's okay to do it.
Vilnius was also fine. Sure enough, Lithuanians were annoyed, but there were all of 2000 of them in Wilno. Germans made a census earlier, so the numbers are more or less legit. Later confirmed too, but whatever. Wilno was a Polish town, despite being historically Lithuanian. When Polish civilians take arms and liberate the place, what were we supposed to do? Tell them to screw off and become Bolsheviks?
Teshin was a border dispute. The Czechs shafted us in 1920, when we could not respond and we paid them back in 1938. I think it was stupid, but not unwarranted. Tit for tat. Anyway, it's not like Czechs and Poles hate each other over it, is it? If we both don't care, why you guys do?
Finally, "flirting with Adolf"? What do you mean by that? There was no flirting with Adolf in Poland. No puppet government was ever created. While you guys on the other hand, did "flirt with Adolf". You've made a Ribbentrop-Molotov pact to partition Poland and you have supplied Germans when they were taking over Europe. Plenty of much needed oil and other stuff was being sent to Germany.
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