When official photographic evidence can be handwaived aside with "Rasputitsa", sure, we are running in circles. (Rasputitsa? In E/SE France?!?)
So you're stating that that
definitely, officially IS a pic of the Rhine-Rhone Canal???
P.S. I was talking about
weather...and recognised 1941 weather trends -
YOU can't even answer THIS -
WHICH French waterway with WHAT depth of water at WHAT time of year and in WHICH year?
The quality of british infantry units and british land unit commanders was mediocre with bright spots far and few. In these conditions, to state that the glorified militia that was guarding the three islands and the many (many) miles of shoreline, and the many (many) critical points, would overnight transform into the 101st Airborne is ridiculous at best. That they'd perform in any close to the ANZAC veterans in Crete is insulting to the intelligence of the posters.
1/ Before you can say THIS - "that
they'd perform in any close to the ANZAC veterans in Crete is insulting to the intelligence of the posters" you
REALLY need to take a close look at a FULL history of the Crete invasion;
2/
"The quality of british infantry units and british land unit commanders was mediocre with bright spots far and few" YOU need to
prove that the battalions on Malta WERE indeed medicore for that comment to be worth anything.
3/ five out of seven battalions were NOT "glorified militia";
4/ "that was guarding the three islands and the many (many) miles of shoreline" - Oh? Perhaps you'd care to tell us with sources
how many men were consumed guarding Gozo and Comino....
And to the thread on the Malta cripple fight (aka italians vs. malta militia 1940), that was a fine piece of work.
Oh in SO many ways
Am I correct in recalling that the idea of landing a division by two-man manned torpedoes was YOUR idea???
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