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Old 02-27-2011, 08:54 PM   #30
Ettiominiw

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I admire your fervor but I think it was the Russians who basically beat the Germans. The casualty figures don't substantiate this but it's true nevertheless. The German army, once it started it's retreat from Russia, never stopped. 5.5 million Russian soldiers died while 10.7 million Russians soldiers bit the dust. It was a gross waste of human life.
It was unbelievable that the Germans had the audacity to open a two front war. Stupid too.
They beat themselves. The Russians were prone to the suprise of the attack. Their only comeback to it was a pincer movement, but it was vunerable to the central position. Not only that, but their attempt to seize the initiative was stopped at Kharkov by a feigned retreat that left them vunerable to encirclement. Hitler stopped them, in his growing demands for more living space and oil resources, which he could've got from the North Africa theatre.
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