Pavlov's House

ooooooooopppssssss :shock: but history say 30 kill hundreds german soldiers and destroyd many tanks. :wink:

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Yes i said that so in my earlyer posts.

No there were ‘Anti-Tank Riflemen’ sent there to aid the defenders, meaning they were armed with PTRD-41 Rifles.

Well yes Pavlov’s House was used for propaganda, but I doubt the number of Germans killed by the defenders were too far off, otherwise the Germans would’ve announced the report fallcious, which they didn’t.

Most if not all the German tanks sent to shell the house were destroyed because the Anti-Tank Riflemen shot from either the holes from the basement, or from the forth floor, both places where the German tank turrets cannot elevate at the angle.

AT in bassement very possible ,i first time heard about it ,if they not have any panzerfaust they for sure have AT gun somewhere.

Chuikov later liked to make the point that Pavlov’s men killed more enemy soldiers than the
Germans lost in the capture of Paris!

Hahahahaha !

Q. How many frenchmen does it take to defend Paris ?

A. Don’t know, it’s never happened.

Gremans walk into Paris just like they walk in berlin :lol: :lol: :lol:

What he meant was that Pavlov’s House cost the Germans more men than they lost in the French campaign, not the march into Paris. :slight_smile:

No, mate - they do just mean Paris:

Again, that’s propaganda - they could boast that, but the Russian people wouldn’t have known that Paris had been declared an open city.

Agian propaganda ,its always about it . :lol:

Welcome aboard mate, excellent post and something to think about as well.

Very good summation, the analogy between a house and a city. I think you hit the nail on the head, the Russians were prepared to die for a house while the Parisians would die if thier beloved city was harmed.

Sometimes beauty has to be sacrificed to fight the beast…