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Old 06-09-2002, 08:02 AM   #8
johnny
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Originally posted by Scholarcs:
Yorick you should remember also how the Battle of Stalingrad is called the "Turning Point" in WW2. Germany lost something like half a million men on the eastern front (at least, perhaps more, i havent looked it up). Had hitler not turned against the Soviet Union, then he would have had alot more men and equipment to use against Britain.

I do not deny that the British fought strongly and valiantly, but I do think that they are just a little over-rated in their influence on the overall success of the war.
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