berlijn 1945 (1 Viewer)

[hoogri]

3 members 3 diorama's .

time for more soldiers for berlijn .

richard

 

[Warrior]

Richard,
Thanks for posting these, they all look terrific, my favorite is the middle one, it really has that last desperate stand feel to it; are there anymore pictures of that one you could post at some point.

Thanks for sharing........

 

[nasirkasmani]

k&C really aught to address the east front as it is very obvious that there are many fans of the main theater of WW2.

excellent work everybody.

 

[Cyber Field Marshall]

Agreed. Good dioramas hoogri. Perhaps the Soviets don't sell well but clearly a small lineup of a few here and there wouldn't hurt? The Germans from our polls clearly are popular so why not make pieces that collectors can interchange between Eastern and Western front situations, just like in hoogri's dioramas, the Normandy pieces interchange well (ex. 88mm and crew). Just a thought, I know the purists may not like it.

 

[Flammenpanzer]

It is strange the Russians did not sell that well, I think they have some of the best poses in their sets compared to the U.S. or Germans.

 

[redhugh]

great scenes..like the details like the overturned tables, handcarts and the broken bath.. really like the building in the first photo (is that from a manufacturer or made from scratch)..that krupp truck looks great in the scene also..

 

[amhuff1]

Very nice display. I wish K&C would do some more Russians seems like they would sell better now.

 

[Warrior]

"really like the building in the first photo (is that from a manufacturer or made from scratch"

Colin,
That building used to be sold through K & C Uk, I was lucky enough to get a few of them several years ago, my customers loved them. They were actually kits made of resin that you had to glue together, nothing complicated at all.

I think the guy they were getting them from stopped making them, I could be wrong..............

 

[fmethorst]

Richard,
Thanks for posting these, they all look terrific, my favorite is the middle one, it really has that last desperate stand feel to it; are there anymore pictures of that one you could post at some point.

Thanks for sharing........

I was thinking exactly the same thing. Excellent scene.

 

[fmethorst]

Agreed. Good dioramas hoogri. Perhaps the Soviets don't sell well but clearly a small lineup of a few here and there wouldn't hurt? The Germans from our polls clearly are popular so why not make pieces that collectors can interchange between Eastern and Western front situations, just like in hoogri's dioramas, the Normandy pieces interchange well (ex. 88mm and crew). Just a thought, I know the purists may not like it.

Actually the Germans aren't the problem. Many of the Normandy and Bulge Germans can be transfered to eastern front scenes. It's the lack of opposition that presents the challenge.

 

[fmethorst]

I recently received this book covering the battle and so far it has been fantastic.

http://www.rzm.com/books/hel/hp3125.cfm

 

[Warrior]

Thanks for posting that link Frank, that looks like a superb book, will be ordering it on Monday.

Thanks again for sharing........

 

[nasirkasmani]

I recently received this book covering the battle and so far it has been fantastic.

http://www.rzm.com/books/hel/hp3125.cfm

frank,

have you read this book?

i'm very much interested and will value your review of this book.

sincerely.

 

[debrito]

Actually the Germans aren't the problem. Many of the Normandy and Bulge Germans can be transfered to eastern front scenes. It's the lack of opposition that presents the challenge.

Well said Frank....

 

[bromhead]

great displays and books to be read

 

[fmethorst]

frank,

have you read this book?

i'm very much interested and will value your review of this book.

sincerely.

I'm still in the first section (Prelude) but this is an impressive work providing both high level and detailed information about the final assault on Berlin and the defeat of the Nazi regime. There are maps/aeriel photgraphs of the various districts throughout the assault with unit positions along with the photos and text.

The stunning Soviet losses are a testament to the Soviet contempt of human life in conjunction with their crude tactics. I found one excerpt attributed to a conversation between Zhukov and Eisenhower particularly indicative of the Soviet mentality. Zhukov's description of the Soviet method of dealing with minefields, "There are two types of mines; one is the personnel mine and the other is the vehicular mine. When we come to a minefield our infantry attacks exactly as if it were not there. The losses we get from personnel mines we consider only equal to those we would have gotten from machine guns and artillery if the Germans had had chosen to defend that particular area with strong bodies of troops instead of with mine fields


Some interesting Soviet casualty statistics:

Berlin Operation (April 16 1945 - May 8 1945, 23 days) - The bulk of the fighting was done by May 2 so daily losses were actually higher than reported for the entire operation since these are averaged.

Total Soviet force: 2,062,100 (including 155,900 Poles)
Total Soviet casaulties (killed, sick and wounded): 361,367 (17.5%)

This works out to 15,000 soldiers or the equivalent of a WWII U.S. Infantry division per day of operation.

Total Small Arm losses: 215,900 (9,400 per day)
Total Tank and Self Propelled Gun losses: 1,997 (87 per day)
Totsl Guns and Mortar losses: 2,108 (92 per day)
Total Aircraft losses: 917 (40 per day)

Compare the armor losses with Kursk (19 day operation)

Total Tank and Self Propelled Gun losses: 1,614 (84 per day)

 

[hoogri]

first photo : made by steve attenbourgh house made buy jgm .
second photo : made buy harrie { normandy 1944 }
house made buy harrie him self { no kc . }

last photo : made buy richard house made buy kc .

richard .