Actually, as someone on the list commented, "...we would all be wearing
lederhosen..." if with Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, they had
maintained the attitude of true liberators from Communism, this would be the
case! The Germans were welcomed with open arms, with Soviet soldiers coming
over in the multiple thousands, and eagerly pointing out the "commissars" and
helping shoot them. Even at the end of the war, there were over 250,000
Soviet troops and generals in Berlin, begging to be armed to fight. It was
only because of Hitler's notions of "untermenchen" and "Aryans" that finally
the Soviet forces still in the USSR stood and fought.
Cheers...
Matt Ritter wrote:
> With over 6 million combat deaths and 14 million wounded, the Soviet
> Union perhaps gave the most to World War 2. It was deffinatly drained
> the resources of Nazi Germany.
>
> Sorry just had to add that, The Soviet Union never seemed to get enough
> credit
>
> Matt Ritter
>
> David Massey wrote:
> >
> > Message text written by "Michael Marr"
> > >your statements about the US saving Britain and France are an
> > over-simplification of what really happened.<
> >
> > Additionally, do not discount the contribution of the Soviet Union. If
> > Hitler had not double-crossed Stalin we may very well be wearing
> > liederhosen today.
> >
> > Dave
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