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		<title>Hitler Was a Control-Freak</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/08/hitler-was-a-control-freak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The German army had a proud history of giving only high-level orders and allowing its junior officers to exercise their creativity — but Hitler was a control-freak, as von Mellenthin (Panzer Battles) explains: Hitler&#8217;s method of direct command hastened Germany&#8217;s defeat. Orders to &#8220;fight for every foot&#8221; had disastrous effects. But apart from strategy, his [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Dazzled by Earlier Successes</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/dazzled-by-earlier-successes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To glorify Hitler as an infallible genius, whose gigantic designs were frustrated by treachery, or to condemn him as the greatest criminal of all time, would be equally irresponsible and superficial, von Mellenthin (Panzer Battles) says: It is an undeniable fact that Hitler was an incredibly clever man, with a memory far beyond the average. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Army without Baggage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Russians were, from a German perspective, an army without baggage: It is characteristic of the Russians that even their armored divisions have far fewer vehicles than those of Western Powers. It would be wrong to attribute this to lack of productivity in the Russian motor industry, for even infantry division with horse-drawn transport have [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Extraordinary Development of the Russian Tank Arm</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/the-extraordinary-development-of-the-russian-tank-arm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The extraordinary development of the Russian tank arm, von Mellenthin says, deserves the very careful attention of students of war: Nobody doubts that Russia can produce a Seidlitz, a Murat, or a Rommel — several of their generals in 1941–45 were certainly on that level. But this was more than the development of a few [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>So Close to Nature</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/so-close-to-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite their uninspired tactics, von Mellenthin says, the Russian infantry fully maintained the great traditions of Suworov and Skobeleff: In spite of tremendous technical changes in warfare the Russian infantryman is still one of the most important military factors in the world; he is so formidable because he is so close to nature. Natural obstacles [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Tactics</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/russian-tactics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Panzer Battles, von Mellenthin describes the Russian tactics he faced on the Eastern Front: The Russian form of fighting — particularly in the attack — is characterized by the employment of masses of men and material, often thrown in unintelligently and without variations, but been so frequently effective. Russians have always been renowned for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychology of the Russian Soldier</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/psychology-of-the-russian-soldier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Panzer Battles, von Mellenthin has plenty to say about the psychology of the Russian soldier: No one belonging to the cultural circle of the West is ever likely to fathom the character and soul of these Asiatics, born and bred on the other side of the European frontiers. (I am of course aware that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Placating Stalin</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/placating-stalin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany&#8217;s only real hope in WWII was for a rift to form between the Soviets and the Anglo-Americans, von Mellenthin (Panzer Battles) notes — which they more-or-less expected, because it was perfectly obvious that annihilating Germany would destroy the balance of power in Europe: In his way, however, Roosevelt was as single-minded as Hitler, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>One of the Great Problems of Defensive Warfare</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/one-of-the-great-problems-of-defensive-warfare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great problems of defensive warfare, von Mellenthin notes, is traffic congestion: The difficulty was that the rear services of all front-line formations congregated at  the road junctions. During a Russian offensive these places became centers for people who were not keen to fight, and of masses of vehicles impossible to disentangle. If the Russians [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Problems of Withdrawal</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/problems-of-withdrawal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all operations of war, von Mellenthin notes, a withdrawal under heavy enemy pressure is probably the most difficult and perilous: Indeed it is recorded of the great Moltke, that when he was being praised for his generalship in the Franco-Prussian War, and was told by an admirer that his reputation would rank with such great captains [&#8230;]]]></description>
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