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To: combjelly who wrote (379658)	4/22/2008 1:02:19 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576880

CJ, pretty long post with both good and bad points, but I'll just respond to a few: > The economy was controlled in the sense the government gave general directions. And severely punished those who didn't follow said "guidelines." > I don't know if you ever played Call of Duty. A few times. Don't remember which one. Never played it from the Russian perspective, though that sounds interesting. I already saw the movie "Enemy At The Gates," which is the first time I learned of the way resource-poor Russia had to wage war in WWII. Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (379658)	4/23/2008 11:42:18 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1576880

The Wehrmacht fielded the most effective fighting force since the Romans. Man for man, they outfought everyone. Until things broke down near the end they had well trained enlisted men, and they had a number of very good senior officers, however initiative was not encouraged for junior officers and NCOs and that had a negative impact on them. Which doesn't mean that they where not a very effective fighting force (again until things broke down in the later states of the war) Also their intel, weather prediction, and similar force multipliers often where not as good as their opponents on the Western front (although I'm not sure if that figures in to your "man for man" calculations)