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exboyfil

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4. Churchill and Roosevelt's plan

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:32 AM

Apr 2017

Fight the Germans to the last Russian. Keep Stalin on the line as long as possible before opening the second front in western Europe. No telling how many British Empire and US soldiers were saved by that approach. North Africa and Western Europe was like the JV compared to what was going on in Eastern Europe. Compare Kursk to the Battle of the Bulge, and we have nothing to compare to the battle for Stalingrad, and the Russians had at least three more of those nearly as bad.

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Did you know that Russia suffered more than anybody else in WW2? [View all] snooper2 Apr 2017 OP

Russia did suffer more than any other country in that war Kentonio Apr 2017 #1

And how many soviet deaths were due to Stalin executing officers mid-war? DetlefK Apr 2017 #6

They also recalled some from exile like Rokossovsky BSdetect Apr 2017 #12

Are you... making excuses for a guy famous for killing people on a whim? DetlefK Apr 2017 #14

The officer purges were pre-war... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #13

The civilian casualties for both Russia TheDebbieDee Apr 2017 #8

Let's not cry for Russian losses ExciteBike66 Apr 2017 #9

Russia did take the worst of it from the German's, partly Stalin's doing though. Won the brewens Apr 2017 #2

Is she that humanitarian worker reporting on the war from the safety of Damascus? DetlefK Apr 2017 #3

Churchill and Roosevelt's plan exboyfil Apr 2017 #4

And it was a fine plan ExciteBike66 Apr 2017 #10

No argument from me exboyfil Apr 2017 #11

They couldn't have won without help from the U.S. dalton99a Apr 2017 #5

True but.... NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #7

so, we just give them a pass? DiverDave Apr 2017 #15

the estimate for russia's dead for WWII varies between 15 and 40 million dead. Javaman Apr 2017 #16