Fwd: Truth is the First Casualty of War

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Jun 26 11:41:40 PDT 2000


Brad De Long wrote:


> "American trucks gave mobility to the Russian army in the last year
> or so of the war."

I've often wondered just how great a proportion of Russian equipment came from the U.S. -- given the high degree of success the Germans had in destroying convoys to Murmansk. I once spoke to a person who had been an "enemy alien" during the war and give the choice of detention camp or shipping out in the Merchant Marine. He was on a convoy of 95 ships -- 5 of which made it back to New York. He switched his choice to detention.

Carrol



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