Sequoia Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I don't mean to stir up a hornet's nest as apparently this has elsewhere. I've not heard of this new analysis by British historian Ben Wheatley and German historian Karl Heinz Frieser, but it has been received with much contention in Russia where understandably there is still a lot of hostility towards the Germans about the war. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48963295 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Opps I'm sorry I didn't see there was a locked thread on this already. Please ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Link to a thread regarding the actual research. http://community.battlefront.com/topic/135109-visual-examination-of-the-battle-of-prokhorovka/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 This is also interesting. '28 Russian soldiers destroyed 18 German tanks'. Never happened. Russian state archive director was fired, because he confirmed that the whole story was made up by some Red Army journalist. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37595972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMS Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 In the article was rude enough statement: that "victory monument" (chapel is a "victory monument") has no foundations. Some Russian journalist translated that monument should be destroyed, for hype, I think. Everyone reposted... And that revisionists attempts to find a victory in any defeat are amazing. It's fun that Germans so much like to talk about shooting dozens of T-34 year after year. It is anniversary of "Bagration" offensive, when thousands German soldiers died because of militaristic madness of their country. But who cares? Victims are boring, stories about crushing 50 T-34s are fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Which article? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMS Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Frenchy56 said: Which article? https://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article196544633/Rote-Armee-1943-Fotos-beweisen-Kamikaze-Angriff-russischer-Panzer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 This is a war game forum not a political forum. The politics of this can be debated elsewhere if that’s your bag. FWIW the actual research - objective and fact based is well worth reading rather than various media interpretations. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Probably better to lock this up. Links are there for people to explore if they have an interest. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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