> > From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/28 Thu AM 08:10:57 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya. > > > > > > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/04/28 Thu AM 06:54:38 GMT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya. > > > > Part of the reason that Russia lost so many troops was that they, (not > > really they, Stalin) was willing to spend lives for propaganda victorys > > that the western allies' people wouldn't have stood for. The fact was > > that the West was not prepared to start a second front until 1943. The > > invasion of Italy in '42 was supposed to knock that power out of the > > war, and turned out to be much more difficult and costly than expected. > > There was also simple logistics to consider. Pulling back the majority of > the war machine industry to east of the Urals and setting up the factories to > start building again took time. Remarkably little of it in fact but, because > of that, armaments were in short supply at the beginning of hostilities. All > the generals could do was send unarmed men into combat in the hope of slowing > the advance down. The film "Piper at the gate" (?) shows this to extremely > disturbing effect.
"Enemy at the Gate" > > m > > > > > frank theriault wrote: > > > > >On 4/27/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>No the USA sent the Russians tons of SPAM to keep their troops alive, as > > >>they were starving on the German front during the winter. Just a little > > >>history. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I know that The West sent supplies to Russia. Canada sent tanks (I > > >believe a smallish light tank called the Valentine, made in the Angus > > >Railway Shops in Montreal was sent over to Russia by the hundreds). > > >Other countries no doubt sent food and military supplies. > > > > > >Russia needed troops. And, she needed a second front to open. My > > >point was simply that Russia was alone in it's fight against Germany > > >on the Eastern front. Russia paid a higher price (in lives) for WWII > > >than any other country. > > > > > >cheers, > > >frank > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
