21 January 2013

Panzer division destroyed??



I happened to look absent-mindedly at a CD of Budgie, and I happened to read the song title "Panzer Division Destroyed", and suddenly it occurred to me how ludicrous those words sound.

Now, I understand perfectly that it's just a song, and songs don't need to have anything to do with reality, and Budgie is still a great band, and I don't respect them any less because of that song title. It's just that I began to wonder how many German tanks did the Western allies actually destroy during WW2. Was it more than 100 or less? I wouldn't risk a bet either way. I tried to find the information but couldn't. In any case, the idea of the Western allies destroying a whole panzer division sounds ridiculous.

It was the Russians who defeated Nazi Germany. The contribution of other nations was too small to make a difference. Nonwithstanding the stupidity of the Soviet military tactics and the genocide in conquered areas and the American weapons and equipment supplies, it was still the Russians who actually faced the German soldiers and shot at them, year after year, while the British and American cowards' participation in the war in Europe was essentially limited to terror bombardments of German civilians.






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