Andrew Mohr

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World War 2

Mar 24, 2013·20 visitors

Martin Sanders

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Mar 24, 2013

Andrew Mohr · 11:00 PM

You there smith

Martin Sanders · 11:00 PM

Yes

Andrew Mohr · 11:01 PM

Lets get started on this

Martin Sanders · 11:01 PM

Alright then

Martin Sanders · 11:01 PM

So where would you like to start?

Andrew Mohr · 11:01 PM

Doesn't matter you can go ahead and start

Martin Sanders · 11:01 PM

I will start off with a question.

Andrew Mohr · 11:02 PM

Go ahead

Martin Sanders · 11:02 PM

Andrew, which front do you think was the biggest front of the war?

Andrew Mohr · 11:03 PM

The eastern front probably

Martin Sanders · 11:03 PM

You are right

Martin Sanders · 11:04 PM

For example, the battle of Kursk is considered the largest tank battle of the war.

Andrew Mohr · 11:04 PM

Kursk is in Russia

Martin Sanders · 11:04 PM

Yes.

Martin Sanders · 11:04 PM

About 10,000 tanks in total were involved.

Andrew Mohr · 11:05 PM

Weren't the german tanks less uperior than other countrie's tanks?

Martin Sanders · 11:05 PM

Depends on the model.

Martin Sanders · 11:05 PM

Panzer Mk. III were inferior, but the Germans had plenty of them.

Martin Sanders · 11:06 PM

but the Panzer Mk. IV had thicker armor and a 75mm cannon, as opposed to the 50mm cannon on the Panzer Mk. III

Andrew Mohr · 11:07 PM

But the original reason that the panxer tanks dominate was mainly becuase of excellent german strategy

Martin Sanders · 11:08 PM

Well, take a look at everyone else Germany had fought up to that point.

Martin Sanders · 11:09 PM

Countries such as Denmark, Poland and even France simply did not possess the resources to counter the blitzkrieg

Martin Sanders · 11:09 PM

as opposed to the Soviets, who had sheer numbers and a mighty industrial capacity

Martin Sanders · 11:10 PM

plus the geographic area of the Eastern Front is simply massive

Andrew Mohr · 11:11 PM

So it was less of superior strategy and more about the fact that the other countries could not oppose them

Martin Sanders · 11:12 PM

Not exactly

Andrew Mohr · 11:12 PM

then what do you say where the contributing factors

Martin Sanders · 11:13 PM

Blitzkrieg is effective for delivering quick, crushing blows at weak points in one's frontline

Martin Sanders · 11:13 PM

but for it to work, it depends on several things

Martin Sanders · 11:14 PM

1.) Your units must be able to remain mobile at all times.

Martin Sanders · 11:15 PM

2.) Ground and airforces must both be in condition to attack at the same time.

Martin Sanders · 11:15 PM

3.) Supply lines must not be strained

Martin Sanders · 11:17 PM

4.) Your enemy must be in a state were just a few crushing blows incapacitates their military.

Andrew Mohr · 11:17 PM

So it was ffective for alot of these countries but not for russia

Martin Sanders · 11:18 PM

It was effective even for Russia at first.

Martin Sanders · 11:19 PM

But then as Operation Barbarossa continued, those conditions I mentioned earlier began to break down.

Martin Sanders · 11:20 PM

German supply lines became constrained as the stretch to deliver supplies went to the hundreds of miles.

Andrew Mohr · 11:20 PM

I see and this was becuase of the enviromental conditions. If i remmber right Russia had one if it's coldest winters in yearst hat year

Martin Sanders · 11:21 PM

That and the sheer distance they had to cover as well as Russia's terrain.

Martin Sanders · 11:22 PM

Also, the Red Army, despite suffering painful defeats at the beginning of the Invasion, still managed to remain a potent force.

Martin Sanders · 11:22 PM

As evidenced by preventing the

Martin Sanders · 11:23 PM

Germans to take Moscow and holding them off at Stalingrad and Leningrad.

Andrew Mohr · 11:23 PM

I see is there anything else you want to go over before we end this discussion?

Martin Sanders · 11:24 PM

One more point

Martin Sanders · 11:25 PM

A lot of people in the West and especially in America, tend not to know just how big of a role played in bringing WW2 in Europe to an end.

Martin Sanders · 11:25 PM

They sacrificed a lot of men and equipment to get to Berlin.

Martin Sanders · 11:27 PM

Some even argue that the Soviets could have taken on the Germans and still won even if Western Allies did not launch D-Day and open up a new front.

Andrew Mohr · 11:29 PM

All good points to remember. Well thank you for your time and I think we will call the chat to an end here.

Martin Sanders · 11:30 PM

Alright then, it has been a pleasure talking to you.

Andrew Mohr · 11:30 PM

Pleasure talking to you too. I will see you later