Re: MURPHY AT WAR

At 2:53 PM -0700 5/22/02, Michael Llaneza wrote:
>That happened. The Germans pushed through the Ardennes Forest in 
>1940. The French had 2nd, 3rd and 4th rate units in line behind the 
>forest, so the Germans smashed the defensive line to flinders.

Well, there were roads and such through the forest. I'm speaking of 
an instance where the British managed to get a large number of 
Churchills (hardest Allied Tank for the Germans to crack) through a 
forest that had no roads through it and was assumed to be impassable 
to armor. (as it typically is...)

I've looked through my books to find the specific reference. I seem 
to recall that it was just after the Cobra breakout of Normandy and 
not all the way into Germany. Somewhere between those two major 
phases.

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