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nyhuskyfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 07:54 PM Original message |
Somewhat simplistic question for World War II historians... |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not most the credit but the Germans stymied on the Front |
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Braden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. about equal with the Allies |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No, I would give them a bit more credit |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. The German Army Was Destroyed By the Soviets |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes, the Soviets took out the Germans |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Hell, they would have been happy to take all of Germany probably. |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Brits and US stopped at the Elbe |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Russians were attacked by Germany in June 1941 |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. yes, their loss of lives was exhorbitant |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. D-Day was 6 June 1944. |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. typo.....but thanks for the correction |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Id say definately the most credit of any single country. |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have seen various estimates |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Russia (the Soviets) lost some 25 million dead in WWII at the hands of the |
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reprehensor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Plenty of credit, not all. |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've argued the point that |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. dupe on me |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. A lot. It was a "team effort" of course |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. 80% of German Military Casulties were on the Eastern front. |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'd say about 85% of the credit... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 09:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. The Brits had pretty much beaten the Afrika Korps ... |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I can't disagree to a point.... |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Russia was vital |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. A lot..... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've dealt with this question before... here's a source and some figures |
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nyhuskyfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks All |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Russian sacrifice - it can only be called that - kept the oil supplies in |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Siege of Leningrad lasted 900 days. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. Russians carried the brunt of the war |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-30-04 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Read The Unknown War by Harrison Salisbury |
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