War in the East was unlike anything that the Western Allies experienced. Had hostilities with Russia broken out, Western casualties would have been horrific.
It was different ... a clash of cultures. The West's reaction would have been different, but the West DID experience fighting against the Japanese that was as horrific as the Eastern Front and on many locations on the Western Front as well.
103 posted on 04/14/2005 7:29:37 AM PDT by Yasotay