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Originally Posted by Victor
its a well known trope that the Germans made a mistake reducing the city to rubble before progressing as it gave the Russians infinite hiding spots and hurt German maneuverability.
maybe its bs and false I dunno. its just what the history channel has told us the last 30 years.
I just wondered if there was anything unique about this guy that made him more of a villain than the rest. I dont know anything about him.
the question is why are you putting words into my mouth?
Germans made several mistakes in Stalingrad because of Hitler delusions, even against the counsel of his best military advisors.
I am not sure creating ruins gave Russians more hiding spots; urban warfare is stacked full of hiding spots and preferred terrain for local defendants infighting even if untouched by bombs.
Knowing every street, every building, side entrances, street sizes and so on can be invaluable in door to door fighting.
As for the Iranian guy I just thought you knew he was Iranian as I am kinda a newcomer here (just a couple of months) and I knew that from other threads (btw if it matters to you: he deeply despises me and is close to your politics on most other issues).