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    Re: OT - Remembering D-Day, 6 June 1944.

    Stalingrad was the most important battle of the War and turning point of the
    war. Like mentioned above, our guys never make it to the beach because
    there would have been many more troops there although Hitler had the bulk
    of his troops in Northern France where he expected the invasion to come.

    Stalingrad was also important to the N. AFrican campaign. While Hitler's
    army was bogged down in house to house fighting there, Rommel was going
    thru Africa to get Libya's oil. MOntgomery defeated him only because he
    got more supplies and fuel in a week than Rommel got in a month because
    of Stalingrad.

    Hitler wrote that Napolean should have never invaded Russia and then he
    makes the same mistake but he could have won if he listened to his
    generals who wanted to go straight into MOscow and cut the head off first
    and then go back to Stalingrad.

    That's what U.S. did in the Iraqi war. They went straight into Bagdad
    and then went back to take the other towns after their army was cut off,
    but no Stalingrad, no victory at Normandy.

    Ike had no backup plan if Normandy failed. The Germans killed or
    maimed over 1/3 of Russia's population and they still defeated GErmany,
    thanks to Hitler's stupidity.

    Hitler was our best ally and the Allies certainly didn't want him dead when
    his own officers tried to kill him - twice.

    Check out Tom Cruise's movie - Valkyrie. Chilling, very chilling.


    http://www.imdb.com/media/rm22985472...9?ref_=tt_ov_i
    Last edited by AirFlacco; 06-07-2013 at 12:33 AM.





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