>From: Peter Gutmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 6, 2004 2:10 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: This Memorable Day
>The figure that's usually quoted is that 80% of German's military force was >directed against Russia. Of the remaining 20%, a lot had already been engaged >by France, the UK (via the BEF, the RAF, North Africa), Greece, etc etc before >the US got involved in Europe. So the Russians should get most of the credit. Yep. I think to a first approximation, the US defeated Japan and the USSR defeated Germany. My impression is that a lot of the push to do the D-Day invasion was to make sure the USSR didn't end up in possession of all of Europe at the end of the war. (Given how things developed, this was a pretty sensible concern.) >Peter. --John
