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> is being historically accurate when it comes to human wave attacks He is not. > specifically in terms of infantrymen operating in fire teams that shared one
by ethelward 8y ago
> is being historically accurate when it comes to human wave attacks
He is not.
> specifically in terms of infantrymen operating in fire teams that shared one rifle among several men attacking the enemy in enfillade
That's bullshit straight from Enemy at the Gates and CoD2.
> is described in Zhukov's memoirs
I happen to have them on my shelf, I'd like you to point me to the pages you're referring.
- gandhium 8y agoDid you reaed historian Mark Solonin? Or Eisenhower memoirs? He mentions a quote from Zhukov: > There are two kinds of mines; one is the personnel mine and the other is the vehicular mine. When we come to a mine field our infantry attacks exactly as if it were not there.
- ethelward 8y agoOK, so we go from Zhukov's memoir to Eisenhower's... Now, in the context: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6rabb3/did_the_soviets_really_send_their_infantry/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6rabb3/did_t...
- gandhium 8y agoSo, Russian historian _translates_ Eisehnower's words into his own narrative? Color me surprised.