Oh, it was certainly designed. But it wasn't built. And that's why Czech armor invaded Poland.
-Adam Bob Sullivan wrote: > Adam, > Based on the "Arms of Krupp" book, Hitler had the war machine designed > and under construction long before overtaking any Chechoslovak > stockpiles. By the end of the war, the German tanks (pre '40's > designs) were outmatched by the Russian tanks (newer, better armored > designs). Whether or not some resistance early on would have derailed > Hitler is pretty speculative. > Regards, Bob S. > > On 10/18/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> frank theriault wrote: >>> On 10/18/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Bob, >>>> >>>> It's an all too common opinion in post-Trudeau Canada. >>>> >>>> It's also not shared by all Canadians. >>> The sad thing is that war ~isn't~ a "last resort" these days >>> (competent actors or no)... >>> >>> cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> ps: what's Trudeau got to do with it? >>> >>> -f >>> >>> >> As an aside, the history of WW2 would be a lot different if the British and >> French governments hadn't used violence as a last resort. There's a lot of >> evidence to indicate that a robust response to either the Remilitarization >> of the Rhineland or the Occupation of the Sudetenland would have resulted in >> a quick coup removing Hitler. >> >> It's certain that most of the tanks that rolled into Poland in September >> 1939 were Czech, the Weremacht was in many ways an empty shell until the >> takeover of Czechoslovakia gave the Germans access to the Czech's stockpiles >> of armor and equipment. >> >> Violence is the last resort of the incompetent only because the competent >> resort to it sooner. Of course, it is far too often used as a first or >> second resort, which is tragic. >> >> -Adam >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
