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WinkyDink

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11. If there had been no Soviet Union, would the U.S. have saved & imported so many Nazi war criminals?
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:24 PM
Mar 2012
Definitely, at least in the medium-term. hifiguy Mar 2012 #1
Zhuov was far off in the east. OPOS Mar 2012 #14
Ah, that explains a few things. hifiguy Mar 2012 #15
Kiev mackattack Mar 2012 #19
He was In Charge At Nomonhan, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #21
Stalin Planned To Break It Late In '42, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #2
Hitler was terribly naive and cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #5
Try Messers. Reed And Fisher's 'The Deadly Embrace: Hitler, Stalin, And The Nazi-Soviet Pact' The Magistrate Mar 2012 #7
The point is that "Deadly Embrace" is cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #54
So What, Sir? The Magistrate Mar 2012 #55
Whatever "much of" modern scholarship is, cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #57
Does the earlier book still parrot the belief that winter saved Moscow? ieoeja Mar 2012 #60
No, Sir, It Is Hardly A Reprise Of Carroll's 'Hitler Strikes East' The Magistrate Mar 2012 #65
That's not a correct assessment of the Polish campaign RZM Mar 2012 #23
It Also Wholly Ignores The Economic Factors, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #26
I believe the campaign was formally over by Sept. 15 RZM Mar 2012 #30
Thank You, Sir: I Am Away From My Books At Present, and Cruising On Memory The Magistrate Mar 2012 #32
It doesn't ignore them cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #44
Oddly, we are not disagreeing much cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #33
England And France Did Regard Soviet Russia as An Enemy Power Prior To Barbarossa, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #39
Yes, but they were not at war cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #46
There Were Serious Plans A-Foot To Attack Soviet Territory, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #47
Of course, sir, but would not have preferred to fight both cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #50
Indeed, Sir, Not So Much Arguing as Providing Complementary Views And Supplementary Facts The Magistrate Mar 2012 #53
All one has to do with England is neutralize the navy cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #56
Air Forces, Circa 1940s, Sir, Trump Navies, and Decisively The Magistrate Mar 2012 #58
I would have hated to mount the invasion of Sicily with air power cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #59
This Sort Of Thing Cannot Be Settled, Sir, Obviously, But Here Are a Few Further Thoughts The Magistrate Mar 2012 #64
Is that some kind of Eastern thing? Son of Gob Mar 2012 #16
Part of the reason Germany advanced so far so fast cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #3
Soviet Russia, Sir, Was In Nothing Remotely Resembling An Offensive Posture In The Summer Of '41 The Magistrate Mar 2012 #8
But it is true that Soviet military doctrine was offensive in nature RZM Mar 2012 #40
Everyone's was, Sir, and Just About Always has Been The Magistrate Mar 2012 #41
Of course 'posture' and 'doctrine' aren't the same thing RZM Mar 2012 #43
Von Moeltke The Elder, Sir, Was One Of the Few To Riddle the Matter Properly In the Modern Era The Magistrate Mar 2012 #45
I have read... cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #52
As you wish cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #51
Probably, at least until the Soviets saw an advantage in stabbing Hitler in the back. razorman Mar 2012 #4
probably not, based on what I've read DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #6
Nazi Germany would have won the war and conquered Europe hifiguy Mar 2012 #9
Stalin wasn't surprised that Hitler invaded, he was surprised that he did so in 1941 RZM Mar 2012 #17
Well Put, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #20
Yes cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #48
I remember reading once RZM Mar 2012 #49
The great battle was always going to be between Facism and Communism FarCenter Mar 2012 #10
If there had been no Soviet Union, would the U.S. have saved & imported so many Nazi war criminals? WinkyDink Mar 2012 #11
Never. The OSS scooped up so many top Nazis hifiguy Mar 2012 #18
Stalin knew that the pact wouldn't last forever RZM Mar 2012 #12
Stalin did indeed trust Hitler brentspeak Mar 2012 #22
That is completely false RZM Mar 2012 #25
With all due respect, I think you are mistaken brentspeak Mar 2012 #29
Actually RZM Mar 2012 #35
Are we so sure that Stalin expected to be fighting Nazi Germany? brentspeak Mar 2012 #38
He did envision a possible confrontation with the West RZM Mar 2012 #42
Trust Is Not Quite The Right Word, Sir, Certainly Not In the Sense Of having Faith In His Word The Magistrate Mar 2012 #34
Probably. However, was the alliance really secret? Cleita Mar 2012 #13
Michael Parenti said USSR was forced into the non-aggression pact with Germany... Octafish Mar 2012 #24
Just A Friendly Note, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #27
Stalin offered to join the Axis in November 1940 RZM Mar 2012 #28
What if Britain and France had not declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland? FarCenter Mar 2012 #31
It was Hitler's annexation of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939 RZM Mar 2012 #37
The Tsar abdicated in March 1917, so the Eastern Front was pretty much over by then FarCenter Mar 2012 #61
Russian troops were still fighting when the February Revolution happened RZM Mar 2012 #63
I've truly enjoyed reading this thread. Thank you!! Solly Mack Mar 2012 #36
Hitler needed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to stab Stalin in the back MrScorpio Mar 2012 #62
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