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<div class="indent">{{a|opcoboone|}}===Interview===
===Interview===


“Look, I’m not ''proud'' of it, but everyone was doing it. Tough times, man.”   
“Look, I’m not ''proud'' of it, but everyone was doing it. Tough times, man.”   
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“Jerries?”
“Jerries?”


“Germans. Landesbanken units. Sparkassen units. The odd Handelsbanken division. They weren’t that sophisticated, but they were well organised and they fought like tomcats. I mean, it wasn’t just the Jerries. The Dutch, the Belgians, the French — they were all at it, too. But the Germans were the best organised: the BvB drilled their units well, and kept the liquidity supply lines strong and well-defended.   
“Germans. Landesbanken units. Sparkassen units. Girozentralen. The odd Handelsbanken. They weren’t that sophisticated, but they were well organised and they fought like tomcats. I mean, it wasn’t just the Jerries. The Dutch, the Belgians, the French — they were all at it, too. But the Germans were the best organised: the BvB drilled their units well, and kept the liquidity supply lines strong and well-defended.   


“But I have to think the mud was just as bad for them. Given how much we sent over with our howitzers. A lot of the time, they just took it. We laid waste to their ECP emplacements up and down the front, but they just sucked it up. We ran low on ammo, started putting anything we could find in those cannons. Cheap credits.  
“But I have to think the mud was just as bad for them. Given how much we sent over with our howitzers. A lot of the time, they just took it. We laid waste to their ECP emplacements up and down the front, but they just sucked it up. We ran low on ammo, started putting anything we could find in those cannons. Cheap credits.