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![]() "DSK" wrote in message ... Ashland Henderson wrote: Pretty funny, actually. We helped, no question about it but the real heavy lifting was done by our old enemies, the USSR. I'd suggest reading some real histories of WWII. thunder wrote: And with 20 million dead, the heavy dying. You might want to take a second look at the numbers. Undoubtedly the USSR played a huge role in WW2, or as they call it, The Great Patriotic War, but the oft quoted figures of ~20 million casualties (I've seen it put at 23+M) include a heck of a lot of civilians that were deliberately starved or worked to death by Papa Joe Stalin. Regards Doug King Exactly. One cannot diminish the contributions of the USSR but those casualty numbers are inflated. Joe Stalin may even eclipse Hitler as Europe's biggest mass murderer. Our critical contribution was typical American cowboyism. While the English were bombing at night at to save losses, they also weren't hitting much. We got over there with our B17's and B24's and commenced daylight precision raids on Hitlers infrastructure, despite him having the best air defence system known to man. Our boys signed up for 25 missions when the average survival expectency was 15 missions. If you're in Memphis stop off and visit the Belle, she sits peacefully by the water now, forever on her 26th mission - to make sure we never forget. If Col. Bob Morgan is ever speaking near you, go see him - and look in the eyes of a real hero. -W |