> > 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. 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
