--- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gautam said (in a message I haven't seen): > > > As one Soviet general said to the other in Paris, > "By > > the way, who won the air war?" (old, and bitter, > army > > joke). The "sea battle" was relevant only to the > > extent that it allowed the US to supply Great > Britain. > > And both to supply the Soviet Union! Together, the > US, the UK and Canada > supplied the USSR with something like 12,000 > aircraft, 9,000 tanks, > hundreds of thousands of other vehicles, enough food > to feed twelve > million troops for the duration of the war, and lots > of fuel too. If the > war at sea had been lost and this supply pipeline > dried up, I'm not sure > if the Soviets would've survived until the tide > turned at Stalingrad. > > Rich
Yes, absolutely true. I mentioned that obliquely in another post, but I should have been more clear in this one. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
