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**Klorissana** · 07-14-2008, 11:47 PM

I read it as implying that what happened after Hitler's decision to open the eastern front has, in some way, to be 'balanced' against "As for the Soviet Union defeating Hitler, never forget ..."

One last thing... Well obviously it has to be balanced. The way you seem to put it, it should read "the great Soviet people won the war for us". It's partially true but it's as silly as claiming the Soviets didn't do anything to get the war ended. Whatever you might want to think, the initial (and I mean only the initial) point made by Eric has to be taking into account when making a general assessment of what happened.

07-14-2008, 11:47 PM	#15
Klorissana Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	I read it as implying that what happened after Hitler's decision to open the eastern front has, in some way, to be 'balanced' against "As for the Soviet Union defeating Hitler, never forget ..." One last thing... Well obviously it has to be balanced. The way you seem to put it, it should read "the great Soviet people won the war for us". It's partially true but it's as silly as claiming the Soviets didn't do anything to get the war ended. Whatever you might want to think, the initial (and I mean only the initial) point made by Eric has to be taking into account when making a general assessment of what happened.
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