Saw a short Stalingrad documentary about two huge . . .

Posted by Billy Wonka (A) on December 13, 2014 at 22:16:57

In Reply to: RE: They got into trouble during the Russian winter though. posted by Eldragon on December 12, 2014 at 08:36:55:

disadvantages Germans had during winter. 1) Not a lot of layered clothing but the actual killer was the requirement to wear a steel pot at all times. The steel pot acted as a radiator and kept German body heat much lower that Russians who wore a lot of woolen headgear instead of steel. 2) Germans were just dropping dead where they stood or sat. They sent special teams to autopsy hundreds of deceased and found nearly ZERO body fat. They could not retain heat or feed their hearts. In Germany they hustled out a "paste" (think potted meat) to help offset the demands of their metabolisms. When the paste was issued even more troops died. Their stomachs and systems couldn't handle the dosage of new fats. Bad time to be a German ground pounder.

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Topic - "Fury" - entertaining but unrealistic - Eldragon 08:26:49 12/11/14 (16)

Did you notice how long it stayed in theaters? - Billy Wonka 14:32:15 12/12/14 (4)

RE: yeah maybe, after watching the Band of Brothers and Pacific - Eldragon 15:19:11 12/12/14 (3)

Pacific was inferior to Band . . . - Billy Wonka 17:48:43 12/12/14 (2)

+1 for BoB. Pacific had its moments, but BoB solid all the way thru^ - Road Warrior 20:05:22 12/12/14 (0)

RE: ...my homeland reputation? Hyped up... - Eldragon 18:11:12 12/12/14 (0)

Tanks of Fury...on the Smithsonian Channel... - Mark Man 16:43:24 12/11/14 (3)

M4A1 - Mossback 11:14:51 12/12/14 (0)

RE: They got into trouble during the Russian winter though. - Eldragon 08:36:55 12/12/14 (1)

Saw a short Stalingrad documentary about two huge . . . - Billy Wonka 22:16:57 12/13/14 (0)

I thought it was worth the couple of hours I spent watching it - Road Warrior 16:02:47 12/11/14 (3)

RE: I thought it was worth the couple of hours I spent watching it - Eldragon 11:53:39 12/12/14 (1)

Yes! Saw the BoB again durng the Marathon over Veterans Day. Also saw the Pacific - Road Warrior 20:09:34 12/12/14 (0)

Agreed. I liked it too. (nt) - reelsmith. 17:18:26 12/11/14 (0)

Might it be a take on Sgt. Fury? - free.ranger 15:02:40 12/11/14 (0)

Haven't seen it yet... - mkuller 11:15:07 12/11/14 (0)

Supposedly an "A-line" film. How many tanks, 3? What a miserly producer. nt - tinear 08:54:12 12/11/14 (0)

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