Comments by "alex smith" (@alexsmith-ob3lu) on "Mark Felton Productions" channel.

  1. That’s good to hear, because this conventional war in Ukraine is terrible for everyone and a waste of lives.
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  2. Not too sure why so many people think it’s surreal to see WW2 military equipment on the battlefield today. 1) The Scientific-Technical concepts hasn’t changed that much since 1945. Missiles, rockets, main battle tanks, automatic rifles, micro electronics, and jet engines are a product of WW2 and pre-WW2. 2) The newer tanks and artillery are only slightly better than their WW2 counterparts, but are terribly expensive. So for poor countries like Ukraine and Russia, it makes no sense to keep buying new stuff when you can use large numbers of old, but still good equipment. 3) Since the end of WW2, the West has seen a massive decline in skilled labor of technicians, engineers, research scientists, and tradesmen. Since the 1980s, the USA has been struggling to improve and maintain its vast military arsenal and weapons because they can only hire but a fraction of the engineers and technicians they so badly need to implement new technology. To conclude, if you understand basic history of a several subjects, it shouldn’t be any surprise to you.
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  3. The Dieppe Raid really showed how excellent of a military Hitler had and how the Canadian government basically threw away its own young men. If it had not been for the betrayal and treason of Hitler generals and other high ranking military staff, the D-Day Invasion in June 1944 would have been more bloody and costly than the Dieppe Raid. I’ve read that most of the German commanders defending Normandy, France in June 1944 were active conspirators of Hitler. Only a handful were loyal to Hitler, like Infantry Commander Dietrich. That can explain why the 352nd Infantry Division inflicted heavy losses on U.S forces at Omaha beach, for example.
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  4. We usually talk about the two sides of the story: USA and USSR... When people begin understand the third side, you'll see things from a whole new level that would be disliked by certain persons.
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