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To: Brumar89 who wrote (728732)	7/24/2013 12:39:31 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573331

Hi Brumar89; Re USSR being saved by made in USA; The US didn't declare war against Germany until the USSR had already absorbed 6 months of fighting. From then it was some time before US goods showed up in Russian ports. But after the first two weeks, the active service Russian army got larger every week of the war. The Germans were already beaten in those first 6 months. They just didn't know it because they had optimistic estimates of Russian manpower. They were sending reports back to Berlin to the effect that there couldn't be very many forces left against them. (And they made the same mistake in their estimates of British aircraft production / destruction). Germany was a country of about 61 million. The USSR was something like 170 million. Nor was the USSR primitive compared to Germany. The first thing the German Army asked for was tanks that could equal the one fielded by the USSR, the T34: First deployed in 1940, the T-34 was a Soviet medium tank which had a profound and permanent effect on the fields of tank tactics and design. It has often been described as the most effective, efficient, and influential design of World War II. en.wikipedia.org Largest production of any combat aircraft ever, was a Soviet ground attack plane: en.wikipedia.org The west provided the majority (about 60%) of explosives used by the USSR. On the other hand, if that hadn't been available, the Soviets would have directed more of their production in that direction. The reason for the disparity in that particular area, I recall, is that their explosives factories were overrun in the first few weeks of the war. When the French decided to conquer the world the conflict started in 1793 and lasted to 1815 about 23 years almost all of which were conflict. The Germans only lasted 4 years in 1914 and 7 years in 1938 for a total of 11 years. If they'd lined up fewer massive enemies they'd have listed perhaps another decade. -- Carl