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Not sure that the statement about him getting little support in Britain is correct. The British Army was fully mechanized in 1939, even infantry regiments had p
by rjsw 7y ago
Not sure that the statement about him getting little support in Britain is correct. The British Army was fully mechanized in 1939, even infantry regiments had plenty of Universal Carriers [1] to help move supplies around. The German Army was still using horses in 1945.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Carrier
- blaser-waffle 7y agoEveryone was using horses in 1945. Only the US, who got into the war late, and who had a massive industrial base, showed up heavily motorized. The Brits ended up motorized mostly because of 1) the US supplying them, and 2) they left many of their horses on the continent when they pulled back from Dunkirk. The US sent tons of jeeps to the USSR too.
- rjsw 7y agoThe British Army wasn't using horses in 1940 so didn't leave them at Dunkirk.