We didn't. None the less, we sent our men to Europe to do the right thing -- true
Okay then, the U. S. S. R. broke the back of the Germans in Western Europe? -- as I described above, yes, the actions on the Eastern front (which, let me remind me couldn't have been done without American military supplies) is what broke the back of the Germans. The losses suffered on the Eastern front meant that they had to understaff the Western.
I guess the saturation bombing of German forces and factories across Europe into Berlin wasn't really necessary then. -- no, I didn't say that -- on the contrary it WAS necessary -- I said "the Soviets broke the back" -- if we hadn't done saturation bombing and fought in Italy, etc. then the Soviets would have been controlling all of Germany and probably France as well
Western Europe, in particular the French were horrendously slimy -- France was protected from the USSR by a mass of nations, hence they thought they could withdraw from NATO as they didn't directly face a threat.....
We didn't. None the less, we sent our men to Europe to do the right thing -- true
Okay then, the U. S. S. R. broke the back of the Germans in Western Europe? -- as I described above, yes, the actions on the Eastern front (which, let me remind me couldn't have been done without American military supplies) is what broke the back of the Germans. The losses suffered on the Eastern front meant that they had to understaff the Western. And Germany and it's allies losses from Northern Africa to Italy, to Northern Europe required Germany to expend men, munitions, and equipment there also. We had over four million (just our) men on the European continent, and yet it took eleven months to move to Berlin. Take a look at a map of Europe, look where the D-Day forces landed, and how far that was from Berlin. After you've done that, I think it's going to dawn on you that the German forces in Western Europe were no empty threat due to operations elsewhere. There was fierce fighting in Western Europe. And at the same time, the U. S. was mired in a touch and go war in the Western Pacific as well.
Russian forces were fighting on their own continent. We were moving our men and logistics about 3,000 miles in opposite directions around the planet. Please don't try to tell me how easy the U. S. S. R. made things on us. It's going to be lost on me.
I guess the saturation bombing of German forces and factories across Europe into Berlin wasn't really necessary then. -- no, I didn't say that -- on the contrary it WAS necessary -- I said "the Soviets broke the back" -- if we hadn't done saturation bombing and fought in Italy, etc. then the Soviets would have been controlling all of Germany and probably France as well
Cronos, you're losing me here. When you break someone's back, the fight is over. Was the fight over when Europe was invaded by the allies on D-Day? No.
Western Europe, in particular the French were horrendously slimy -- France was protected from the USSR by a mass of nations, hence they thought they could withdraw from NATO as they didn't directly face a threat.....
Yes, that's true. It was an inhumane way to reward people who had pulled the French's bacon out of the fire in two world wars in the 20th Century.