World War II: The Battle of Kursk - II: Preparations - Extra History
Added 2016-02-29 15:38:40 +0000 UTCRichard "The Challenger" Cutland joins us for a close look at the tanks that would roll out in the Battle of Kursk!
The next episode in this bonus series will be out on March 14!
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Martin Ockovsky
2016-03-03 19:24:19 +0000 UTCInteresting fact. The Panzer 2 and 3 commanders when they came across the superior Russian tanks came up with a very interesting strategy to deal with them since they still had the numbers to counter act them. They would attempt to ram them in the side and tip them over. Once done, the panzer group (usually composed of four tanks) would then fire armor piercing rounds into the belly of the tank and destroy it. The more interesting bit is that this had success until the Russians started having similar armored groups to fight the Germans.
Sean Sarff
2016-02-29 20:47:15 +0000 UTCI love the episode, but the map at 6:11 is something for the lies episode
2016-02-29 19:56:20 +0000 UTCLoved the special guest! That was so awesome!
Amy Reynolds
2016-02-29 18:00:50 +0000 UTCGood idea to dedicate time to talking about tank design and manufacturing. It's a surprisingly interesting subject. I once watched a fascinating lecture exploring how Germany abhorred mass production and every tank was, in effect, hand crafted, crippling their ability to keep up with the allies until it was far too late. Couple of minor nitpicks: In your timeline that ends with the Allied Invastion of Italy, you start it off by saying the Warsaw Uprising ended. I saw the Star of David to help distinguish it, but that event is generally called the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. "Warsaw Uprising" in the context of WW2 generally refers to the much larger and more general revolt in August 1944. One other thing is your map of Kharkov (Now Kharkiv in Ukraine) pins it much further east than it actually is. It's actually roughly due north of the Eastern peninsula of Crimea.
RMS Oceanic
2016-02-29 17:29:53 +0000 UTCCool!
Emil
2016-02-29 15:54:53 +0000 UTC
