Not necessarily. It would have taken longer, and the Soviet Union would have probably eventually conquered all of Germany. To a large extent the Eastern Front was where the European part of the Second World War was won and lost. Western Europe and Italy/North Africa were much more like secondary operations.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: France? > > > You can't deny that if we hadn't been involved in the WWII that there > wouldn't be a german flag flying atop the Eifel Tower today. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:29 AM > Subject: Re: France? > > > > The English-French hatred goes way back.... Thousands of > years of war (and > > still continuing)... long before the US of A was even a twinkle in > anyone's > > eyes, so we'll be having none of this "we saved the French from the > German's > > and they don't respect us" rubbish, particularly from an > expat German, > Herr > > Schmidt! ;oD > > > > Stephen > > PS. Generally I don't dislike the French (or Germans) > myself, but I have > > found that some of the French are a touch arrogant, but > then I'm sure the > > same could be said for every other nation in the world! :o) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:05 PM > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > > They didn't provide much help in the Rev War, although > they did provide > > some > > > (mostly Naval). However, I didn't see piles of French > Soldiers piled up > > on > > > the beaches of the east coast like the bodies of US Soldiers at > Normandy. > > > Their contribution was much less than that of ours. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jochem van Dieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 7:58 AM > > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Schmidt wrote: > > > > > Here it is in a nutshell: > > > > > > > > > > We saved their ass twice from the Germans > > > > > > > > If you want to dig out history, I would say that the US > was merely > > > > returning the favour for the support during the US war for > > > independence.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > and now they don't respect us. > > > > > > > > Can you give some examples of that? And I don't mean examples of > > > > specific special interest groups not respecting the US > (that is what > you > > > > mean by us, right?), but the mainstream French. > > > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
