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Originally posted by michael kenny:
There is an interesting article in 'World War II' magazine (July/August 06, page 60/61) about the early introduction of T34/85's at Kursk. The author concludes that 'significant numbers' of both KV85's and T34/85's were available in July 1943.
Oh I almost forgot the authors name, a Murray Balascak!

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Thanks for the warning Michael, I'll be sure not to read it then, I have many more pleasurable ways of wasting my time.

Rich

From: Злобин Е.В. - view profile
Date: Thurs, Feb 8 2001 11:34 am

Просьба специалистам по танковой истории откликнуться и помочь коллеге ! Что я знал, как полк. запаса, я ему уже отправил.
Далее текст просьбы:
Sorry to trouble you but I am a computing scientist and know nothing about
how to proceed with an historical article. Please do not respond if you
are too busy.

Last year I discovered a significant error made by a large group of
historians regarding the introduction date of the T34/85 tank during WWII
(The Great Patriotic War). Letters
were written to some of the more famous authors to illustrate the mistakes
but non of them agreed that they had made any error. It was not very long
before all of them declined to respond to my increasingly difficult
questions. After that, I contacted an American journal on the subject and
was invited by their editor to rewrite the letters in article form and
submit it for publication. The article which wound up being critical of
Mr. Steven Zaloga was written and submitted to my peers (not really my
peers since I am not faculty) for review. One of my reviewers was a
Professor of Engineering (PhD Mechanical Engineering) , another was a
Professor of the History of Science (PhD History), and the last was a
Professor of History (PhD History). The reviewers agreed to my points but
the journal declined to publish the article because their referee did not
approve. The referee was Steven Zaloga.

Since then another nine PhD level advisors have helped me with the article.
One advisor, who is a published historian, has pointed out that Mr.
Zaloga's revision appears to be pro-fascist. The revised introduction date
places the introduction date in early 1944 instead of late '42/early '43.
This means that Soviet tank designs lagged behind German ones for most of
the war. This agrees with Hitler's statement that the Slavic people were
racially inferior. These 'inferior' beings could not possibly design
better weapons. The fascist undertone is obvious now that she has
explained it to me but I would never have figured it out for myself. The
revisions 'correct' Marshall Zhukov and Sir Basil Liddell Hart without the
least concern for their reputations. Unfortunately it is the revisions
that need 'correcting'. They are based on an incorrect choice for the
KV-85 prototype. When the correct prototype is chosen it is obvious that
the T34/85 was at Kursk just as Marshall Zhukov had implied in his memoirs.
This makes Slavic people just as smart, if not smarter than, the
Germans.

My advisors have now recommended that I now do two things:

1. Contact a Soviet military historian with expertise in ground warfare
during WWII. They would need to read English since I cannot read or write
Russian.
Can you think of anyone?

2. Contact an English Language journal on the subject that is not English
or American. Have you ever heard of such a journal?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Sincerely yours,
Murray Balascak, SP (Slavic Person )
Network Administrator
Department of Computing Science
Concordia University College of Alberta
E-mail 102132.1...@compuserve.com

Leave Joscha in peace. Say a big sorry and invite him back to the major forums. It would appear because of the arrogance and stupidity of some frog brained keyboard demagogues like michael kenny, obsessed with little details that any normal person, let alone a veteran, would forget, especially after 60 years, that a witness of the Second World War who shares his experience of his combat and suffering in the Second World War had been lost. So what if he is a fake? It is more dangerous to lose a veteran's accounts, than some platoon's war diary.Also check out what michael kenny's mate, an even worst troll, sid guttridge hounded another veteran, Gerhard out of Feldgrau.

HVM, your post is long on opinions and short on data or links to data.

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Originally posted by HvM:
Some people should be aware of who this michael kenny is. One should see how he was revealed on MCF back in June.

Leave Joscha in peace. Say a big sorry and invite him back to the major forums. It would appear because of the arrogance and stupidity of some frog brained keyboard demagogues like michael kenny, obsessed with little details that any normal person, let alone a veteran, would forget, especially after 60 years, that a witness of the Second World War who shares his experience of his combat and suffering in the Second World War had been lost. So what if he is a fake? It is more dangerous to lose a veteran's accounts, than some platoon's war diary.Also check out what michael kenny's mate, an even worst troll, sid guttridge hounded another veteran, Gerhard out of Feldgrau.

K

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If you have some evidence of wrongdoing, then please present it, innuendo doesn't work on this board. In any case I've got a problem folowing your logic. "So what if he is a fake"? If it is a fake then it is by definition worthless, so there would be no "danger" in losing such an account. Please explain what you mean.

"Hi Gerhard,

It is human nature to deny one's own errors and misdeeds and emphasise one's opponent's. Certainly the Western Allies didn't play up their own errors and misdeeds and it is right that this should be corrected.

However, what is not right is to equate the most extreme Western Allied misdeeds with those of Nazi Germany. This can only be done by pure invention and/or deceit of the type practiced by Bacque. By persistently quoting Bacque, without ever giving any reference to the overwhelming doubts about his work (and there are several places on Feldgrau where you were informed of these, along with sources) you are acting as an accessory to his deceit or inventions.

Cheers,

Sid."

p.s, Joscha was in the Heer. I have as much interest in the Heer as the Waffen-SS.

As the phrase you used on the MCF thread where you were revealed 'Infamy, Infamy, it's all in there' by Kenneth Williams. Oh, the irony.