I agree. Also on your last point. Martin Malmkvist ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
You're welcome, and thank you for saving me all that typing. I'll just add a few notes. Firstly, as far as I can see the collapse of the Third Reich was caused by lack of resources, most especially the shortage of oil. It's almost pitiful to read how the main strategy of the Wehrmacht during the Battle of the Bulge was to capture Allied fuel dumps to allow continued fighting; or to compare the very small number of Luftwaffe aircraft still operational during the D Day landings with those deployed during the Battle of Britain. Secondly, that this known shortage of oil was behind the gigantic pincer movement stragegy that attempted to secure oil through the Caucasus or Egypt, and that this meant that the most important Allied victories were at Stalingrad and el-Alamein, which stopped this lunge for oil. (Similarly, the most important bombing campaign may have been the bombing of facilities in the Romanian oilfields by the Soviets.) Thirdly, the main US contribution to the war effort in terms of the final victory was provided by the vast flood of lend-lease goods into Britain and the Soviet Union (it's often said that the Red Army marched to Berlin in American boots), and in the Battle of the Atlantic that helped keep the supply routes to Britain and Murmansk open. Having said all that, I think it's pretty wonderful that Western Europe was finally liberated by the American, Canadian and British forces and not by the Red Army. Rich [Sponsored by:] _____________________________________________________________________________ The newest lyrics on the Net! http://lyrics.astraweb.com Click NOW!