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To: the scotsman

This was posted a few days ago...with a YouTube link. When I followed the YT link, it also led to a ret’d general’s discussion & slideshow of the Russian-German portion of WW2.

Frankly, the casualties and expenditure of war effort of all but the very largest US-Cana-UK allies were almost nothing compared to the tribulations of the Russian-German conflict. I only bring this up as a point of reference, not to denigrate any country’s contribution.

The Russians lost the entire casualty count of the US in a good number of 1-2-3-10 day battles-—about 35-40 times.


9 posted on 08/20/2012 11:11:18 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

In the battle of Smolensk in early July, 1941 the German Army captured some 600,000 Russians in a three-day period.


15 posted on 08/20/2012 11:34:59 AM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

That happens when soldiers are considered expendable. Half the Russian machine guns were pointed at their own soldiers.


16 posted on 08/20/2012 11:42:26 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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