The Russian army was a cavalry in the beginning of the war, as I recall...
Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary P. McNeel, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:08 PM Subject: RE: Ouch > To be sure, we came on the scene late Will. But keep in mind what lead to > the horrible death toll for the Russians. Extremely appalling conditions, no > food, very cold, no weapons, no ammunition, no defensive network, no > leadership (1936 purges), no plans, no nothing. The men in the earlier part > of the war went into battle with no weapons. The Russian armies in the > beginning were encircled, the men captured and later starved or killed by > the elements in prison camps. Stalin had those men driven forward into > battle to make the Germans expend their ammunition faster than it could be > resupplied. He needed time to move his industry behind the Ural Mountains > and gear up for war. > > When America entered the war, we lost a lot of men quickly (Bataan, etc.). > Britain too at that point (Singapore, Burma, etc.) They were poorly armed > and equipped. Very quickly the war machine geared up and that began to > change. They were much better armed later in the war. > > I guess I am saying that that death counts may not be a true reflection of > 'involvement' as I understand it here. By that reasoning, each side would > have lost equal numbers of people if both started fighting at the same time > (i.e. Germany and Russia). Only, Germany kicked Russia's ass before the > T-34s came along and helped turn the tide. On some Pacific Islands the ratio > of Japanese dead vs. American was very lopsided. 25,000 dead vs. 3,000 dead > AND wounded. > > The cost of war on the human psyche I can only imagine, having seen a little > of it, albeit briefly, in Mali. Mainly the vestiges of it. It horribly > disrupts families and the infrastructure of life. > > -Gary > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
