Cavalry in WW2 was more useful than we think
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Recently I received an email from someone that stated that in WW2 cavalry was far more useful than often stated and particularly that scholars heavily neglected the research about it. So, I looked at what Glantz and Zaloga wrote and added my 2 cents as well. Furthermore, I also talk about subjects, which I consider far more relevant in WW2 research that are extremely neglected. Cover(s): Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-090-3947-16 / Etzhold / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons, Rußland.- Panzer VI "Tiger I" (Nummer 312, mit aufgemaltem Ritter mit Lanze auf Pferd auf Turm) neben Soldat auf Pferd US Alien Property Custodian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Soviet light infantry tank T-26 captured by German Wehrmacht, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soviet_light_infantry_tank_T-26_captured_by_German_Wehrmacht.jpg »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Glantz, David M.: Colossus Reborn. The Red Army at War, 1941-1943. University Kansas Press: Kansas, US, 2005. Zaloga, Steven: Armored Trains. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2008. Zaloga, Steve; Ness, Leland S.: Companion to the Red Army, 1939-45, History: Stroud, 2009. Coox, Alvin D.; Naisawald, L. Van Loan: Technical Memorandum ORO-T-117 – Survey of Allied Tank Casualties in World War II, March 1951. Schabel, Ralf: Die Illusion der Wunderwaffen: die Rolle der Düsenflugzeuge und Flugabwehrraketen in der Rüstungspolitik des Dritten Reiches, R. Oldenbourg: München, Germany, 1994 (Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte, Bd. 35). https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/ueber-die-bundeswehr/geschichte-bundeswehr/geschichte-heer https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliederung_des_Heeres_(Bundeswehr,_Heeresstruktur_5)#Umfang_des_Heeres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Special_Forces_Group_(United_States) 00:00 Intro 01:59 Eastern vs Western Front 03:13 Cavalry suffers heavy losses 04:27 Limits & Armored Trains 08:43 Tanks vs. Cavalry 09:38 Academics focus ... 12:28 Conclusion: Cavalry neglected in Research? #cavalry #ww2 #tanks
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