I saw an interesting documentary about the Soviet Union and WW2. The casualties were something like over 25 or 30 million deaths.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:03 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > All the Allies won the war...would have been difficult or impossible without > the contribution of most of them. America and Russia certainly....Britain's > holding out through the German onslaught, the French battling from within > even after being overrun..... > > I would argue that the turning point of the war was Hitler's decision to > open an eastern front and break his non aggression pact with Russia. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I could argue that but I don't want to hear the mass temper tantrum >> that would result. >> >> that said, it was the Russians. >> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Well, we were responsible for winning the war. >> > >> > >> > >> > *runs and hides* >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> No I am referring to the automatic assumption that the US was the only >> >> one involved or that there is such an American-centric viewpoint. If >> >> you look at the histories produced by the BBC for instance there is a >> >> much more global and balanced perspective. Unfortunately the Russian >> >> produced stuff is even worse than the American propaganda loosely >> >> disguised as histories. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:28 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Question did was it typical American historical hype - ie it began on >> >>>> Dec. 7 1941 and only focused on the American contribution? Or is it at >> >>>> least going to touch on the other countries involved, such as England >> >>>> and the Commonwealth, Poland and the Soviet Union? >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> It was very much focused on America....but that's because it was >> centered >> >>> around the newly found video footage, which was American >> >>> video...sooo.....what'd you expect? >> >>> >> >>> I was hoping for more of an all encompassing documentary...but the >> stories >> >>> were pretty focused around the video....which in retrospect, makes >> sense. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>> I've given up on most American histories of that time period because >> >>>> of the underlying attitude that only the US was involved. It really >> >>>> gets tiresome. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> You mean American produced historical pieces meant for American >> consumption >> >>> focused on America? Outrageous! >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> You can get killed just for living in >> >>> Your American skin >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308279 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
