09-05-2009, 05:24 AM
Germany atacked near winter, a drastic mistake that also doomed Napolean. They also made tactical errors in rounding up "White Russians" from Georgia an Ukrain and sending them to camps. Millions of potential soldiers would have gladly joined the Germans in fighting the Soviets, but no, Hitler was a moron. Even with the mistakes by Hitler and the natural help from Serbian winter, it took millions of dead Russians and plenty of American equipment to drive the Nazi's out.
D Day gets more attention than the Russian operation because it liberated France, all the Russian operation did for the countries involved was swap out one dictator for another. Loose Hitler, who killed millions, get Stalin, who killed tens of millions. Churchill made the moves he did, because he knew Stalin was the real enemy. Sacrificeing the old British Empire to contain the Red Tide through the cold war, was the price he was willing to pay.
What does American History have to do with it? the artical was about Britain.
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