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If this is the case, how does one achieve a 'breakthrough' on a level of say, 800m to 1600m gap that substantial numbers of vehicles can push through?

Except Mr Hunka looks to be born in Urman Poland and was a citizen of Poland - as were quite a few of the SS Galicia Division. Fighting against Communism is well and good - but being a citizen in an Allied Country and taking up arms for the conqueror of the country of your birth is an entirely...

There are reports that this fellow, Hunka, was born in Urman, Poland in 1925 - making him a Polish citizen, not a Soviet Citizen - so, this guy was not fighting against a communist government that he was living under - but against his own elected government and by extension - us, the Allies...

There are reports that this fellow, Hunka, was born in Urman, Poland in 1925 - making him a Polish citizen, not a Soviet Citizen - so, this guy was not fighting against a communist government that he was living under - but against his own elected government and by extension - us, the Allies...

Karina Gould is publicly saying that he was not introduced to the PM at the private meeting.

That does not matter in the least - In Latvia and other East European countries occupied by the Nazis, hundreds of SS veterans recruited by the Nazis continue to receive several hundred dollars a month from the German government...

Here’s a fun fact - there’s a good chance this 98yr old former SS member collects a pension from the German government…. Here’s snippet from a 1987 article from the Washington Post. The compensation furor erupted early this year when a German television documentary revealed that among more than...

Coming from Wikipedia- so take with some grain of salt - From the end of September 1944, the division was used against the Slovak National Uprising. Units of the 14th SS Division Galizien were sent to help quash the Slovakian rebellion. Various divisional battle groups (Kampfgruppen) were...

I’m well aware of the goings on in this part of the world during the years before, during and after WW II. I have talked about before the excellent work done in a book discussing the book titled ‘Galicia Division’ by Michael Logusz. I would not compare this to the Confederate issue in any...

Not sure what to say about this if it’s true. I mean, you’ve got a Jewish-Ukrainian President clapping for a Ukrainian Canadian former member of an SS Division, along with having meetings with a Ukrainian Canadian Minister of Finance who’s grandfather was a Ukrainian collaborator for the Nazi’s...

I’m going to put this out there now, when it becomes very apparent that Russia is pushed out of Crimea and the Donbass is falling from their grasp, that Moldova makes a push to take back Transnistria. The Russian troops and their supporters will have no where to go and it will be impossible for...

Spot on.

This is the best quote - “During the Great Patriotic War, no one asked questions. Women, children and old people worked.” That’s because if you asked questions you got a knock on the door at 3am and found yourself in a boxcar to Kolyma digging gold in -30c weather or standing at the edge of a...

I’d be the first tankie to name my tank ‘Uncle Fester’

Seems alot like, 'hopes and dreams' and not concrete reality. https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/canadas-submarines-have-had-limited-availability-in-recent-years-but-a-transition-to-a-new-operation/ Can a new operational profile fix Canada's submarine problem? The four...

Of course it is. Its Canada, why expect anything less?

Waiting reports of Ukkies capturing a bunch of North Koreans from the front lines, give it another week or 10 days I expect.

Canadian frigate AEGIS capability to be tested at US site The ants continue to push the peanut up the hill it seems. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a near $64m (C$85m) contract for the establishment of the AEGIS Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) land-based test site in New Jersey, USA, funded...

HMCS Windsor forced to return to Halifax after trouble during training exercise; minor injuries reported The Canadian Navy says three sailors aboard one of its submarines received minor injuries after their vessel ran into trouble at sea. HMCS Windsor(opens in a new tab) was forced to return...

I've been watching/reviewing this map daily for a while now and what I've noticed for the last 4-6 days is that the amount of Ukrainian shelling of the area west of Melitopol to the coastline south of Kherson has dramatically increased and the amount of shelling east/north of Melitopol to...