Marches & mobility
H.G.W. Davie
Mechanized Corps – a study in mobility and ...

Mechanised Corps were the elite of Soviet armoured forces, kept fully up to strength, more tanks than a Tank Corps, twice the size of a Rifle Division. So what does the word 'Mechanised' mean, how many vehicles did they have, how mobile were these units in reailty?

Mechanized Corps – a study in mobility and transport

Holocaust

Why did the Germany’s Total War against the Soviet Union cause such suffering to the civilian population

Why did the Germany’s Total War against the Soviet Union cause such suffering to the civilian population

The German-Soviet War was a Total War, with the German state seeking the total destruction of the Soviet state, and the killing or enslavement its inhabitants. Which leads to the question of why was this war so destructive towards the indigenous population when Germany was seeking to gain the maximum resources from the region?