Originally published at: http://timeghost.tv/the-wehrmacht-an-army-on-horseback-ww2-100-july-25-1941/
Although we may picture panzers when we think of the German Army in WW2, it was very much an army that relied on horses- especially in the east- for a large part of its supplies and logistics, and the horse situation in the has grown dire. Japan’s economic situation has also grown dire and they…
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Hope some movie script writer or History channel documentary sees this. It might cure there supervillain in tanks obsession.
And thnx for another excellent topic TG is exceeding my already high expectations.
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Did the video upload botch? The post you made, its not showing up.
Nevermind Chrome is useless. You think with a monopoly they would be able to code a decent mobile browser.
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SIDES AT PRESENT:
World War Two
Allies: Albanian resistance, Andorra’, Australia+, Bahrain-, Belgium*+, Canada, China’’, Costa Rica’, Czechoslovakia*, Danish resistance, Ethiopia, Free France+’’’, Greece*, Luxembourg*, Nepal, Netherlands*+, New Zealand+, Norway*+, Oman-, Poland*, South Africa, Transjordan-, United Kingdom+, Yugoslavia*’’’’
Axis: Bulgaria, Chechnya-Ingushetia<, Croatia~’”’’, Estonian resistance<<, Finland<<< Germany+, Hungary, Italy +, Japan+^, Latvian resistance<<, Lithuanian resistance<<, Manchukuo~, Mengkukuo~, Ngolok Tibetans^^, Reorganized ROC~, Romania, Slovakia~, Ukrainian nationalists^^^, Vichy France+’’’
3rd Parties: Denmark], Tannu Tuva~]], USSR]]
War of ‘41!
Ecuadorian: Ecuador
Peruvian: Peru
Under United States occupation: Greenland]]], Iceland]]]]
Italics: Non-state forces
~puppet
*occupied with a government-in-exile & resistance movement.
+Includes forces from the country’s colonies, overseas territories, or reichskommissariats
-self-governing protectorate or territory
!The War of '41 was a conflict fought between Ecuador & Peru over which country owned the land between the Andes Mountains & the lower part of the Marañón River, a dispute the dated back to both nation’s independence. The war started on July 5, 1941 SPOILER WARNING: & fighting would continue until July 31 when a cease-fire was put in place. The Rio Protocol signed on January 29, 1942 gave the disputed territory to Peru, but the border would not be fully settled until 1998.
‘Because both Andorra & Costa Rica were not present at the Treaty of Versailles, they were still technically at war with Germany. SPOILER WARNING: While Andorra will act as & be treated as a neutral country for the duration of the war, Costa Rica takes a more active role after Pearl Harbor by declaring war Italy & Japan.
‘’The Kuomintang & Communist Parties have signed a truce to fight the Japanese as part of the Second United Front lead by Chiang Kai-shek, but coordination is minimal & both deeply mistrust the other.
‘’’When newly appointed Prime Minister Philippe Pétain announced his intentions to seek an armistice with the Axis powers, General Charles de Gaulle established a government-in-exile that would continue the war on the Allied side. French colonies had to decide whether to remain loyal to the Vichy Regime or join the Free French. Chad under Governor Félix Éboué was the first to join De Gaulle & soon all of French Equatorial Africa was in Free French hands, with its capital Brazzaville serving as headquarters for the movement. SPOILER WARNING: By late 1943, all French oversea possessions except in Indochina were controlled by Free France. Although the French government in Vichy is officially neutral, I have placed them with the Axis. The main reason being that Allied forces would continue to attack & occupy the territory it claimed throughout the war. At the same time, the Vichy government collaborated with Germany by providing war materials, allowing them use of their territory for strategic operations, & in implementing the Holocaust.
’’’’After Yugoslavia was invaded by the Axis, the “Independent State of Croatia” was established as a puppet state made up of Croatians separatists opposed to the government’s centralization programs. In opposition to the invasion, SPOILER WARNING: resistance movements such as the Communist “National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia” & the Royalist “Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army” formed. Later, these movements would fight each other as well.
<While many Chechens would serve in the Red Army during the war, the Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechnya-Ingushetia is currently engaged in a guerrilla war against the USSR for independence. Since I have the Soviets in the 3rd Parties list for reasons stated above & SPOILER WARNING: will soon join the Allies, I‘m placing Chechnya-Ingushetia with the Axis.
<<The official governments of the Baltic States reluctantly accepted the USSR’s ultimatums, resulting in their occupation & the installation of new Soviet friendly regimes. This led to the creation of irregular national resistance movements. As Germany & all three resistance movements are currently fighting the USSR, I have placed them in the Axis. SPOILER WARNING: Later, I will move the Baltic resistance movements to the 3rd Parties List after they start fighting the Germans.
<<<Although the Finish Government did not sign the Tripartite Pact, they did cooperate with the Germans in the Invasion of the USSR. SPOILER WARNING: With the end of the Continuation War & the beginning of the Lapland War in September 1944, I’ll move Finland back to the Allies.
^I’ve combined the European & Asian wars at this point because Japan has now officially joined a military alliance with Germany & Italy in the form of the Tripartite Pact & is occupying Northern French Indochina, which is land the Free French government recognizes as its own. Despite the government in Vichy agreeing to the occupation after months of pressure, impatient Japanese forces rushed across the border & clashed with their Vichy French counterparts in the first few days. Since the fighting is over, Vichy France & Japan are listed together as part of the Axis.
^^The Ngolok rebellions were a brutal ethnic conflict fought in Qinghai/Amdo between Ngolok Tibetans & the Hui dominated Ma clique who were loyal to the Kuomintang government of China. Despite having a common enemy in the Kuomintang, the Ngolok Tibetans & Japan were only co-belligerents as they didn’t have a formal alliance & didn’t coordinate in military planning.
^^^Some Ukrainians such as both factions of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists(OUN) aided the Axis invasion of the USSR in the hope of securing Ukrainian Independence. SPOILER WARNING: Later, they would start to fight the Axis as well when it became apparent Hitler had no intention of granting it.
]In the 2nd week of April, both Germany & the United Kingdom invaded & occupied parts of Danish territory(Germany occupied Denmark proper & the United Kingdom occupied the Faroe Islands) to “guarantee their independence & neutrality.” Everyday life went on mostly as before with Local authorities in both areas cooperating with the occupiers. Hitler hoped that Denmark would be “a model protectorate” that would aide his larger goals. Despite this, the Danish national government resisted calls by Germany for legal discrimination against Jewish Danes, the death penalty, & German military courts to have jurisdiction over Danish citizens. The Danish colony of Greenland(being de facto independent at the time) asked the neutral USA to protect them from invasion by the warring powers. Throughout this time, Denmark remained officially neutral despite having Axis & Allied forces on its soil. SPOILER WARNING: On August 29, 1943, after refusing to submit to any further German demands, the Danish government was dissolved & the German military took direct control of the country. At that point, I’ll take Denmark off the 3rd parties list & replace the Danish resistance with Denmark(with an occupied disclaimer).
]]With the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact over after Operation Barbarossa, the USSR is at war with both the Allied country of Poland & the European Axis powers. As such, I have placed them to the 3rd parties list(See my policy on country placement below) as well as their puppet state Tannu Tuva SPOILER WARNING: I will move both to the Allies after the signing of the Sikorski–Mayski agreement in July 1941 between the Polish government-in-exile & the USSR.
]]]Under his own initiative, Danish ambassador to the Henrik Kauffmann allowed American forces to occupy Greenland to protect it from invasion by belligerents of the 2nd World War. As Denmark proper had already been invaded, its government was in no position to rule the island, so administration fell to the Sheriffs or Landsfogeder.
]]]]Although the Icelandic government issued a formal protest, the British invasion was not contested because Iceland lacked a military to fight back with & so told its people to treat the occupiers as guests. Even to this day, the “Lovely War” is controversial. Many Icelanders view the Allied occupation very negatively for the loss of their country’s sovereignty & for foreign troops fraternizing with local women. Others point to economic & infrastructural benefits the happened during the war. On July 7th, 1941, Iceland’s occupation was transferred to the Neutral United States.
MY POLICY ON COUNTRY PLACEMENT
If a country declares war on or attacks another country & at least one of them is already involved in World War II, I’ll list the other as a part of the opposing faction. That is why the events of the Winter War are included in the main World War II list & the events of the War of ‘41(Ecuador vs. Peru) will not be. The countries listed in the factions above are comprised of both official members & co-belligerents. The terms “Allies” & “Axis” are used for both kinds of belligerents as a convenient way to distill the world war & it’s adjoining conflicts, with disclaimers used to elaborate on some of the more complicated situations. If a country or resistance movement is at war with at least one country form both factions, I’ll add them to the 3rd Parties list with a disclaimer. The 3rd Parties list is not a faction, but a collection of warring parties who act independently of one another. Also, the many foreign volunteer units are not listed because they are fighting the war under the flag of a belligerent that is already involved. I have to consolidate factions along co-belligerency or else the number of factions will balloon out of control. Finally, each post only represents the factions as they were 79 years ago to the day. Many countries will join, leave, or switch sides before the war ends for various reasons & I strongly encourage you to look into the situation of each country for yourself.
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From the Italian newspaper La Domenica del Corriere: the Italian expedition corp (CSIR) departs for Russia.
Bonus pic: Fire vs Iron. The Russians set a forest on fire during their retreat towards Leningrad but that doesn’t stop the German tanks.
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Speaking as an equestrian this was a pretty tough episode to get through
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The link to YouTube doesn’t work on the new video.
I can still see it here so its no problem, but can’t comment 
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Well, the Germans at least had carts…
Finnish method of hauling material and wounded also used horses. Just that terrain was not as kind and forgiving as it was in the south. Which meant that often the Finns had to use travois instead (in Finnish known often in plural form term ‘purilaat’) https://www.finna.fi/Record/sa-kuva.sa-kuva-57323?lng=en-gb && https://www.finna.fi/Record/sa-kuva.sa-kuva-72117?lng=en-gb (plenty more images can be found - search term for finna could be for example ‘purila*’)
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