The Kasserine Pass presentation was good because it showed what happened when the United States Army made contact with the Germans for the first time. This really was a wakeup call to the U.S. in the regards that it showed them that their equipment, in particular their armor was no match for the mighty German Panzers. The battle also showed that the German Army was a tough foe with much experience on their side the the Americans were at this time in the war without.
This is a strange thing to find interesting about Herman, but I never new that he was such an accomplished pilot in the First World War. I also did not know that since that time he let his body go because of his lust for life. One final area of interest I have with Mr. Herman is that he was a large collector of art.
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I thought all of the presentations were well done. With Kassarine Pass, it was staggering to learn that over half of the soldiers who died were American. I guess it is good that the US got an early wake up call in regards to the ground forces.
I knew that Nazis stole art from people being shipped to concentration camps, but I did not realize Goring was such a major player.
The medical presentation was interesting. I knew that tropical diseases occurred frequently for people who visited the tropics, but I never thought about the impact they would have on the soldiers in the war. It is amazing that there were so many more deaths due to tropical disease than war wounds.
I thought that the presentations for this week were interesting and though provoking. The Battle of Kasserine Pass was cool because of the lessons learned on both sides. The American Army for the first time contested an highly organized combined arms foe and it proved disaterous. Even though the German's were unsupplied and lack proper manpower, they were able to take the Americans by surprise and overtook them. Due to this battle, Ike was able to replace his leadership to a highly capable force. North Africa definately was the learining curve for America. On the Herman Goring presentation, I thought that it was well presented and showed facts that not many people new of in the first place. Goring's lust was detrimental to his war planning and got in his way.
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