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To: DIRTYSECRET; BenLurkin
There were about 4.7 million German military deaths in WWII and about 3.5 million of those were killed by the Russians. Of course the Russians were using a lot of equipment and weapons supplied by America and other allies, specifically the Brits.

Without Russia in the War Hitler would have controlled the European continent for many more years.

Without America, Russia would not have been able to sustain a War with Germany.

With America and Russia fighting the same foe, Germany was doomed.

18 posted on 06/08/2019 8:06:02 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: Michael.SF.
"There were about 4.7 million German military deaths in WWII and about 3.5 million of those were killed by the Russians.”

This is where Hitler's obsession with race bit him in the ass... bigly.

Viewing the Slavic people as less than human but little better than Jews, he set his Einsatzgruppen goon squads to eliminate the "trash" for his "pure race". Which is tragic because as the Wehrmacht marched into these territories they were seen as liberators from the oppressive Stalinist regime

Had the SS enlisted and trained these oppressed anti-Bolsheviks people who already had a raging hatred for all thing Communist and Stalin in particular, these newly assembled divisions would have been more fanatical than the SS itself and would throw themselves into battle with such fever to avenge their fathers and brothers that Stalin, clowering in his bunker, would ponder whether cyanide or the rope would be the best options.

Britain wouldn't have lasted long and even if FDR developed THE BOMB, without England's airstripes to reach Berlin, the "Enola Gay" would be meet with a ring of ant- hostile anti-aircraft platforms, aided with a vastly improved radar detection, and waves of Messerschmitt 109's and Fluckwolf 190s and the new Messerschmitt 262 jet, Hitler would have effective control of the world.
35 posted on 06/08/2019 9:25:41 AM PDT by RedMonqey (Welcome to Thunderdome... America 2019)
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To: Michael.SF.

With America and Russia fighting the same foe, Germany was doomed.
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You’ve made a great point. Russia and the US were a team. We both ought to be congratulating each other for what we did, not playing juvenile games of oneupmanship.


37 posted on 06/08/2019 9:28:55 AM PDT by libstripper (q)
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