Members of the Texas 303rd Airborne Divison pose for the camera during the Intervention in Liberia, circa 2006
They sorta implied that Kiev was a Kursk analog.What would make a good analog to the "Battle of the Kursk" on the European Front?
Excellent.They sorta implied that Kiev was a Kursk analog.
So what would make good analogs to the Battle of Britain, The attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Doolittle Raid?
Quick question, why is this called a Sheridan tank? Sheridan was a Northern General in the OTL.Alternate Worlds, Southern Freedom Victory and Confederate States of America Army Tank.
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When [Morrell] got to the office building, his aide-de-camp, a lieutenant named Ike Horwitz, said, "Sir, there's a German officer waiting to see you. Said you saw action together during the war."
"Captain Guiderian, by God!" Morrell exclaimed in delight. "He was an observer with my unit when we were fighting over by Banff, just a couple of hundred miles from here."
"Yes, sir." Horwitz said. "Only he's a lieutenant colonel now, if I remember German rank markings straight. Oh--and he' got an orderly with him, a sergeant."
Something in Horwitz's voice changed. Morrell needed a second to realize what it was.
"You don't like the orderly?"
"No, sir," Horwitz said with more of the same stiffness.
"Why not?" Morrell asked curiously.
He figured out I was a Jew," Horwitz answered.
It probably hadn't taken much figuring; Morrell's aide-de-camp looked very Jewish indeed, with a nose of impressive proportions.
"He didn't think I spoke any German--and I don't, not really, but Yiddish is close enough to let me understand it when I hear it."
"Oh," Morrell said. "Well, to hell with him. Guderian's not like that, I can tell you for a fact. He doesn't care one way or the other."
Lieutenant Horwitz nodded. "He told his orderly to keep quiet and mind his own business. I just sat there and minded mine."
"Good for you, Ike."
"I wanted to punch the bastard right in the nose."
"Don't blame you a bit. But you didn't, and that makes you a good soldier."
Horwitz's snort said he would sooner have been a bad soldier. Morrell went into his office. Heinz Guderian bounced up from a chair to shake his hand. Sure enough, the energetic German had a single gold pip on each fancy shoulder strap--a lieutenant colonel's insignia. His orderly sprang to his feet, too, and gave Morrell a crisp salute. The fellow wore an Iron Cross, First Class. That gave Morrell pause; it hadn't been easy for a noncom to win that medal. Second Class, yes--First, no. The man might be a son of a bitch, but he'd done something special during the war.
He spoke in German: "Excuse me, sir, but I know no English."
"It's all right," Morrell replied in the same language. "I can get along in German." His voice hardened a little. "And so can my aide-de-camp."
Lieutenant Colonel Guderian grimaced. His orderly was unabashed. "So he knows what I think of his kind, does he? Well, too bad. The world would be a better place if we got rid of the lot of them."
"Nonsense," Morrell said sharply. He thought, Damn fool sounds like Jacob Featherston, except he's riding a different hobby horse.
Hey, I know this probably isn't the right place for this, but anyone can help me out here - I want to create a new thread relating to Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory/TL-191 series, but I don't know how to do that. Like, I don't know how to... make a new thread? I just got this account, but am really eager to share some ideas with you all!
Please any simple guide will help! Just please reply here.
Just go to the top of the page and click "New Thread".