[lbo-talk] Oliver Stone's first episode

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The Soviets defeated the Nazis with very substantial Western aid. The importance of the Western Allied contribution to the war was acknowledged in a negative way by Stalin, who spend three years hammering on about a Second Front. The Battle of Britain and the US and British Battle of the Atlantic not only absorbed a lot of Nazi energy and resources but also kept Britain as a forward post for the ultimate invasion of the continent. Meanwhile the British in North Africa performed a vital role in keeping Rommel's armies tied down and Mideast oil out of Nazis hands, while the American's tied up large numbers if Nazis in Italy. Nor can the importance of Normandy and the ultimate opening of the Second Friend be dismissed. The forces that fought the Battle of the Bulge were unavailable for stopping the Soviet advance from the East. The one Western contribution that seems to have played little or no role was strategic bombing. So if the Soviets won the war, they did not and could not have done it alone.

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On Dec 4, 2012, at 12:11 AM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> No. It was the Soviets who defeated the Nazis. No doubt about it. 
> 
> Joanna 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> At 4:27 PM -0500 3/12/12, c b wrote: 
> 
>> The Soviets inflicted 90% of the Nazis casualties. So, clearly it was 
>> the Red Army that defeated the Nazis. The Western front was tiny 
>> compared to the Eastern front.
> 
> Surely what ultimately defeated the nazis was the relative productive 
> capacity of the US compared to the Germans and the Japanese. 
> 
> I imagine the Nazis coming to realise, with horror, that the US could 
> replace ships faster than the nazis could replace the torpedoes they 
> were sinking American ships with. But maybe they never did realise 
> that? 
> 
> Bill Bartlett 
> Bracknell Tas 
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