Subdeacon Joe Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 they have us surrounded. poor bas*#$^$ CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 They have us right where we want ‘em!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Give good people a job, keep the staff and government away from them. No surprises here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 One of the major flaws of the Russian and Soviet armies is that groups are not trained to function without leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Deadliest units of WWII? I think the crews of Enola Gay and Bock's Car would dispute that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 NUTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Bless General McAuliffe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 A problem for the Japanese forces, both army and navy, was lack of flexibility even WITH leadership. If it became obvious a battle plan was being thwarted by circumstances, it made no difference..... they stuck to the original plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Army historian Gen. S.L.A. "Slam" Marshall said that the biggest asset of the American Army was the ability of lower-ranking troops to "go into business for themselves!" Meaning, that when colonels became casualties, majors took over. When majors, captains and even lieutenants went down, sergeants took over, leading sometimes companies. When the sergeants were taken out of the fight, corporals and even PFC's became leaders. Even in the air, there were instances where navigators, bombardiers, and sometimes even gunners aboard bombers, some of whom had acquired some flight training, took over for wounded pilots, in at least one instance, even landing the plane! At Bastogne, where there were mixed units, a terrified "leg" is supposed to have said to a paratrooper that they were surrounded! To which the trooper replied, "Of course were surrounded, were paratroopers!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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