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To: Elsewhere who wrote (68435)1/24/2003 4:05:34 PM
From: Rollcast...  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
By the way: 0.04% of German oil imports are from Iraq.

SO? Any links for pharmaceutical, technology, and weapons sales?

In that city alone Germany lost nearly as many soldiers as the USA in the whole of WW II.

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Germany does have a vivid memory what urban warfare is like.

Germany's vivid memory of urban warfare is why it is against action in Iraq?



To: Elsewhere who wrote (68435)2/2/2003 11:05:52 PM
From: Elsewhere  Respond to of 281500
 
Stalingrad - more than a million people died in the battle for one city

Russia marks Battle of Stalingrad
By Nikolai Gorshkov, BBC correspondent in Volgograd

BBC NEWS Sunday, 2 February, 2003, 15:44 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk

Russia has been marking the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad which is believed to have been the turning point in the course of World War II.

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Related to this story:
Reviving Stalingrad (14 Aug 01)
news.bbc.co.uk
The new battle for 'Stalingrad' (03 Jan 02)
news.bbc.co.uk
Stalingrad meets Hollywood (11 Feb 00)
news.bbc.co.uk
Russian city honours Queen Mother (12 Apr 00)
news.bbc.co.uk

Internet links:
Battle for Stalingrad
stalingrad.com.ru
Volgograd Online
volgograd.ru

Recalling a Fight to the Death. What's Its Name?
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
The New York Times February 3, 2003
nytimes.com

The Battle for Stalingrad
stalingrad.net