Todays history lesson. Setting the record straight. Students of history, you may produce your erasers and open your history books to w.w.2. Americas Govt. and academia have drilled it into everyones head that the Germans had the best armor [tanks] and air force [Luftwaffe] than all the allies. BS!! INCORRECT!! At the outbreak of war the French possessed the thickly armored and formidable Char B tank. German anti-tank shells bounced off. The British had the almost indestructible yet slow moving Matilda tank, also with armor so thick German shells bounced off. The Russians had 3. The monstrous KV1 and KV2 AND the best overall mass produced tank in the world, the terrifying T34. The best and most produced tank at the outbreak of war for the Wehrmacht was the obsolete Panzer IV, a German medium tank. The Panther and Tiger tanks were produced after the outcome was a forgone conclusion. As for the Luftwaffe, they had the Messerschmidt 109 and Focke- Wulf 190 Würger a.k.a. butcher-bird. The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka dive bomber was outdated even before the war started. They were shot down in the hundreds over Britain. The British had Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes [accounting for 60% of the RAFs air victories] which BOTH were more than a match for the Luftwaffe fighters. The French, Polish, and Russian air-forces were the only 3 major combatants outclassed by the Luftwaffe. And by 1941 the Russians began deploying the Ilyushin Il-2, which was eventually produced in such vast quantities it became the single most widely produced military aircraft in aviation history, The Wehrmacht was successful due to superior tactics, NOT equipment. Also each Wehrmacht private was cross trained to the rank of Lt. Unheard of in the western democracies and Russia. I will now post pictures of the machines in question. Feel free to Google. ~~~~Professor Wayne Kay~~~~
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 05:49:31 +0000