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To: BroJoeK; Homer_J_Simpson
Without Russia tying up 200 German divisions, we and the Brits would have had one hell of a time trying to defeat the Nazis.

Of course, as we learned in an exchange a few weeks ago, there really aren't any scenarios where the Germans and Russians would never have fought during the war.

8 posted on 07/18/2013 12:39:37 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Not only are there not many scenarios where the Germans don’t fight the Soviets, I don’t know if there are that many scenarios where the Germans beat the Soviets. The only one I can think of is that the Germans go into the campaign with the idea of fighting a two-year campaign instead of six months, do a better job of organizing Western Europe’s resources and industry to support the campaign, and somehow manage to up-gun their panzers very quickly in response to the T-34.

But in a few months from now, after the Soviets crack the German line on the Dnepr River, Stalin will tell his generals he doesn’t need a second front to beat the Germans; he can do it alone. By then, he was probably right.


9 posted on 07/18/2013 12:53:36 PM PDT by henkster (The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
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