Hungarian Air Force Me 109 F ... Russian front, winter 1942.
One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
- George Orwell, Homage To Catalonia
Royal Hungarian Army machine-gun crew in a field position on the Eastern Front — smaller Axis armies often fought just as hard under brutal conditions.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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Turan tank ... time and location unknown.
@nort - I remember using those in CM1.
Taking on T-34's not much fun in that. 😆
One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
- George Orwell, Homage To Catalonia
(Colorized) This is show a section of Budapest looked at the end of the war. Bleak. 1945
Haha, Russians taking destroyed wheels and tires. Guess there were not too many washing machines in Budapest at that time.
German and Hungarian soldiers on a Tiger II tank, Budapest, Hungary, Oct 1944
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here: