| I always feel that in this old debate about the closing of the pocket and the apportioning of 'blame' not enough credit is given to the sheer fighting ability of some of those German units that held the neck of the bag apart at the end. While I don't subscribe to the 'Nazi elite' point of view I have to concede that there were some of the most experienced soldiers in the world at that time fighting from within the pocket and despite the completely shattered state of their overall military situation they managed some surprising feats of arms with very little. |