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mitch96

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17. Seems like a common problem with a blitzkrieg.. Patton also ran farther than his supply lines

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 10:07 AM

Feb 2022

During the breakout of Normandy. Stick your neck out to far and it might get chopped off..
This does not bode well with putins invasion. Along with loosing 300 elite Spetsnaz troops
in Kyviv.
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Good God in Butter is what I'm reading this AM on DU right? Botany Feb 2022 #1

That proves only Putin wants this war. Boomerproud Feb 2022 #2

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Wow, I think you nailed it. Bluethroughu Feb 2022 #18

I'm not feeling sorry for Russian soldiers just yet. gab13by13 Feb 2022 #3

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I'll feel sorry for them BlueIdaho Feb 2022 #23

Yep, pretty close to it. MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #5

Putin brought a mobile crematorium, so there may be no body bags. panader0 Feb 2022 #7

I know, I meant that rhetorically, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #8

Yes, now would be the time for a coup, gab13by13 Feb 2022 #14

Just like in Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #16

That's the "Please God" scenario Disaffected Feb 2022 #21

And lots of the parents, family, and friends of the Russian KIAs, wounded, and or taken prisoner .. Botany Feb 2022 #9

That would be the ultimate solution to his crimes against humanity, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #11

A bit like Battle of the Bulge. honest.abe Feb 2022 #10

The perfect comparison. nt MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #12

Russian tanks VGNonly Feb 2022 #20

K&R, Vidman was mentioning this too; RA supply lines are being attacked and are now running uponit7771 Feb 2022 #13

Seems like a common problem with a blitzkrieg.. Patton also ran farther than his supply lines mitch96 Feb 2022 #17

Alert - russian hardware has large white Z painted on every side. no Z on this msongs Feb 2022 #19

Agreed. Very hard to believe any reports coming out of this war. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #24

They're saying you lost. Go home. lame54 Feb 2022 #22