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Courage under fire: the story of a WW2 tank regiment

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The War Between Infantry and Tanks

i think both infantry and tanks is absolutely brutal. And i think we have this sort of vague sort of impression that, because of the huge slaughter on the eastern front,. if you were in the british army or the american army or canadian or whatever, you didn't have it quite as tough. I don't think that's really true. The western allies operated a system whereby they'll have an incredibly long tail and massive support and huge amount of mechanize ation and technology. Ah, this was the kind of steel, not flesh strategy. But the bottom ripes, you still need armour, and you still needed infantry, and they're the tip of the spear.

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