Hakan, you are not well informed. World War II killed and missing ...............armed forces K&M....... total population of country
Australia............26,976.................6 million New Zealand..........11,625.................2 million Canada...............42,042................11 million Britain.............357,116................45 million France..............210,000................45 million USA.................405,399...............125 million USSR..low est.....6,115,000...............170 million? Germany...........3,500,000................65 million Japan.............1,270,000................80 million Finland..............80,000.................3 million The initial landings of the Normandy invasion comprised Infantry divisions 2 USA, 2 British, 1 Canadian Airborne divisions 2 USA, 1 British By the end of the war in Europe the Americans had about 2.5 million men on the continent, the British about 850,000. In the Pacific, the way from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa was a hard bloody slog. The U.S. Navy and Marines alone had about 60,000 killed and missing, almost all in the Pacific. The U.S. navy had 5 fleet carriers sunk, at least one other was never returned to service after being damaged, and lost many other lesser warships. In August 1945 Japan was incapable of doing anything except resisting am invasion with existing stockpiles; it could acquire or make no fuel and little in the way of weapons or ammunition. It could not threaten its enemies seriously. The atomic bombs were a political weapon useful in persuading the insane Japanese army-controlled government to surrender, as well as in intimidating the USSR. The Allies could have blockaded the Japanese home islands until the Japanese surrendered, but the American people and politicians weren't willing to wait. The USA, once the Japanese and Germans insisted that it join the war, made a tremendous military and naval effort. In addition the Soviet war effort was heavily dependent on American supplies for everything from food to aluminum. The mobility of the Red Army depended largely on tens of thousands of American trucks. The British war effort also depended heavily on supplies and equipment provided free by the U.S. - after the British had bankrupted themselves carrying on the war almost single-handed. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Hakan Falk wrote: > > Dear Henri and Rick, > > I only like to put this "we took out Hitler" to rest. That the Americans > single handed took out Hitler, is a myth that only exists in Hollywood movies. > > The crucial material support from US in WWII was the deliveries of war > material. The US infantry troop participation in Europe was on a low level > and not crucial. By only look at the loss of soldiers, you understand > clearly who was doing the major fighting. > > Russia 6,000,000 troop causalities > Europe Alliance 600,000 > USA 60,000 > > Germany was very advanced and introduced for the first time the modern > warfare and materials, with a massive air support. They tested much of it > in the Spanish civil war. > > US took out Japan, not on the ground, but with Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This > at a time when the European part of WWII was at its end. > > I do agree that the US propaganda methods was/is superior. Something that > Hitler and his administration several times acknowledged and copied. This > superiority is maintained even today. > > Hakan > > > > At 05:13 PM 4/2/2005, you wrote: > >Dear Henri, > > > >We took out Hitler because Germany declared war on us after Japan attacked > >us at Pearl Harbor. Sadam did not declare war on us and presented no > >immediate threat. [snip] _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
