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H. G. W. Davie Profile picture
H. G. W. Davie
@HGWDavie
@Wlv MA Second World War Studies: Conflict & Holocaust - writes about Supply, Transport & Logistics, The Rear of the Red Army, Railways, Horse-drawn Transport.
Jun 5 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Why is a paper about warehouses important?
The usual tale of the Soviet economy during SWW was of production of weapons that in many cases outstripped the Germans production.
What is remarkable is that after 1941 the Soviet economy was smaller than that of the Germans and was Image even smaller that the Soviet economy had been in 1940.
The situation did not look so rosy in other categories, as @mark4harrison has shown Munitions production was restricted by the small size of the industry and the Soviet produced less munitions that the British despite having Image
Oct 5, 2018 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
@dupuyinstitute I had a look at this a few years ago via the 6 Pz Div War Diary and again recently following the Soviet side in Valeriy Zamulin book The forgotten battle of the Kursk salient. Firstly you have issues surrounding III Panzer Corps reporting of losses on a daily basis, they seem to @dupuyinstitute Lumped several days losses into One report especially as the heavy fighting occurs on the 6th to 8th.
Secondly there seems little doubt that Kampfgruppe Unrien walked into a trap at Melikovo. Driving forward from Postnikov, being delayed by the anti tank ditch and then driving