Anonymous.....taken to heart....
I accept your criticism and after further analysis have changed my mind. I do ask ,if you have time, to read my last reply to wotan before this one, I do not think it will be a waste of time.
You said he knew more than a little, and you are right, as a matter of fact he knows a lot more than that. I ask that you dont judge me until you have read this post and his.
I dont remember the number of men on each front. Perhaps your numbers are right. I know the land battles in russia were massive, I just became angry at how, history was being revised.I felt an even handed approach to russias part was warranted. If you have read my other post, you will see how slanted most of what he says is. It is right out of the cold war, soviet union, hand book of misdirection, with solid truth,and revisionist history thrown in. ....Example...
His thesis on strategic bombing ,was well written. But look closely, what did it really say.1. Richard overys book was wrong,which of course means genl Le Mays book, along with others are wrong. Dont get me wrong all books contain mistakes or wrong deductions.
In a nut shell wotan was saying the bombing effert was misguided, accomplished little, and the resources would have been better used else where..Why?Well wotan says... because that period was when the survival of russia hung in the balance...after reading my reply to wotan, reading what he said, can you see the pattern? We should have given the resources to russia.....russia would have defeated hitler sooner blah blah.
common sense time...
The bombing succeed at least in this way.
1. it tied up many fighter squadrens,that other wise would have been used against the allies and russia. I am sure russia would have liked that.
2.because of this bombing factories were converted to fighter production only, no bombers..I am sure you know what that meant.
3. thousands up on thousands of anti-aircraft guns of all calibers with crews, would have been released for use at the front. How do you think the avg. foot soldiers on both fronts would have liked that?
4 the bombing interrupted ,oil...ballbearing..aircraft production...to what degree ,who cares?
Ok he did say england was in danger in the middle east.
That is what is called misdirection. Also he said.....the bombing campaign did not cause the defeat of germany....the honor of germanys defeat goes to the land campaigns fought by the allies.
Look closely...both he and skull have said the war was won by russia on the ground.... you know he has said that, youve read it..this time he says allies, but that is misdirection, and because they have said it was russia every other time, most people, me included just pass over it, but russia is in our minds. Many people here will say the same about me they always do but I ask, which one is it russia or allies. It does make a difference.
Now here is the kicker, this post is not about bombing or fighting on the ground. It is about how bad America is and how good russia is. America made the wrong decisions, costing the lives of many russians and others. Remember the quotes from my post to wotan.? Add those to this ,what do you have.?.
1.Russia won the war
2Russia didnt need America would have beat hitler on her own.
3Lend lease blah....a few trucks and some spam.
4 America should thank russia for winning the war.
Now if the bombing campaign was so wrong ,ask wotan why stalin sent several letters to roosevelt demanding more bombing runs on german production. Better yet ask him why stalin never asked but always demanded?
The letters written to FDR. was part of a series on [You Were There] Narreated by Walter Cronkite. The original letter was made availible by the library of the congress of the united states of america.
Yes wotan is good, does he sound like a sub officer? As far as I know , those that ship out on subs are totally checked out. But maybe.
