German Grenadiers Winter Clothing Varnish While blockading Tripoli

While blockading Tripoli

the Germans used the same machine gun both as a squad weapon and as a tripod mounted support weapon

These were not really meant to participate in large battles – that was the domain of the ships of the line

Scenario 9: Withdrawal Across the Danube

and twice she reduced them to matchsticks

German Grenadiers Winter Clothing Varnish While blockading TripoliGermany's aggressive campaigns of conquest ensured that her armies would fight in many countries far from the fatherland and in starkly contrasting terrain and weather conditions. German soldiers were well equipped for their venture into Europe, and later North Africa, but found themselves ill prepared for the bleak, freezing and unforgiving Eastern Front. When the Russian armies failed to collapse, the Wehrmacht found itself caught out on the Russian