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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Sep-26-07 05:56 AM Original message |
WW ll Question |
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Postman
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Wed Sep-26-07 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hitler lost because he invaded Russia. |
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tnlurker
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. He was delayed several months in starting the Russian campaign |
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Toots
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. IF the rabbit hadn't stopped to snooze he would have beaten the turtle.. |
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dipsydoodle
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Wed Sep-26-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Yes |
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Stella_Artois
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Industry |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I think the 'ordinary' Italians also have more sense than the peoples of the |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. We Have A Winner |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Thank You |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. The performance of their navy was astonishingly bad. |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I Was Reading An Account Of WW 2 By A Marine |
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PDenton
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I believe that is true |
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Stella_Artois
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Wed Sep-26-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. "In terms of naval warfare the Japanese were way behind the other powers too" |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Yes, I believe that is true also. I can't think of a losing campaign. nt |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I thought they dealt a heavy blow to the British navy on at least one occasion. |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yes. Very early. I think that might have been when Dickie Mountbatten's Kelly was sunk... |
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Stella_Artois
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Wed Sep-26-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. A few times i think |
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slackmaster
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. Italian forces were (in general) poorly organized, lacked training |
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tech3149
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. You should be watching Ken Burns The War |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I Have Seen About Seventy Five Percent Of It |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It Didn't Seem Like Their Hearts Were Ever In It... |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. A veteran British war correspondent, called Alan Wicker, was a young war photographer in Italy |
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Aristus
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Wed Sep-26-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. I agree with that assessment. The Italians can be a tough fighting people |
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PDenton
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. poor quality weapons, weak leadership |
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taterguy
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. Fiat vs Mercedes |
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JVS
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yeah but Fiat vs. Yugo says something else and the Yugoslavs were kicking Italian ass. |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Fix It Again, Tony! nt |
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cobalt1999
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Wed Sep-26-07 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
20. Germany would have been better off without any allies in WWII |
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dipsydoodle
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Wed Sep-26-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. In amongst the world's thinest books |
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Xithras
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Wed Sep-26-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. Motivation. |
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cobalt1999
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Some Italian cities even welcomed the allied troops. n/t. |
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