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Posted by Timbo in Oz on June 16, 2004 at 21:41:20:
No, but I have heard Beavor being interviewed about his book on Berlin. Stalin really did let Zhukov and Koniev compete, more than I ever thought. Amazing really that Zhukov survived later on, under a raving looney paranoid like Uncle Joe!
waiting for a copy at the library.
Have you read "Bright Shing Lie", it's about 'Nam.
Another book I can recommend is McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom".
A striking thing for me about the whole area of Western writing about the Russian war effort, was that for a long time, there was little mention of the level of technological development and quality in Russian weapons at wars end. Fitness for the purpose, I mean.
I have always been impressed with the DP / M despite the drum, the Goryunov M42 MG, the PPsh, the SKS, and the DShKa (12.7mm). The Browning 0.5"M2HB is a mere toy beside one of those.
My Dad told me that many Allied pilots were quiet struck by the Yaks they encountered towards the end. 3 Squadron RAAF flew in the Med from 1940 to wars end and was in Yugoslavia by then, they had P51Ds from 1943/4 on.
The Yak's climb rate was just one worry. What they'd heard, from distilled Luftwaffe POW interrogations added to that.
The P51D was one of the slower climb Allied jobs to boot. Quite a bit slower than a MK IX Spit. You would probably have need a Bearcat to deal with one!
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Timbo in Oz
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