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See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulda_Gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulda_Gap >The Fulda Gap route was less suitable for mechanized troop movement
by minikites 7y ago
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulda_Gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulda_Gap
>The Fulda Gap route was less suitable for mechanized troop movement than was the North German Plain, but offered an avenue of advance direct to the heart of the U.S. military in West Germany, Frankfurt am Main, which as indicated in its name, is on the Main River, a tributary of the Rhine River.
(The North German Plain is where the Blue Peacock project would have been)
- smacktoward 7y agoAnd if you want to learn about the equivalent thing today's generals worry about, that would be the Suwalki Gap: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/suwalki-gap.htm https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/suwalki... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/why-suwalki-gap-keeps-top-u-s-general-europe-night-n469471 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/why-suwalki-gap-keeps-top...