The Russian causalities were as high as they were because Stalin just kept throwing soldiers at the Germans, the body count meant nothing to him.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stuart LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:52 AM Subject: OT: Renaissance america > > I'm no military historian > Obviously not. > > > > but really, did the Russian accomplishment consist > > of anything besides simply absorbing the German assault > > (astounding as that may be)? > A minor thing indeed, at the cost 20,000,000.00 lives on the Russian side > alone. More than 20 times the US casualties FYI. > Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen..... > RT > <The rest of this idiocy deleted> > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >