In Reply to: Germany should still be split posted by Tom Brennan on June 25, 2007 at 14:49:36:
...is difficult for some, I realize.)
It began with a movie. Then it moved to a partially-false allegation, which I countered. Then along came Tom Brennan.
The fact remains, Eastern Europe was carved up by an agreement at Yalta among the Big Three Allies. It had nothing to do with the heroism of the Red Army. Not only that, Germany's Western front at that time was less well-defended; nor would the battle have been down to the Americans.
As for the gruesome math you wish me to do, let's toss in the thirty or forty million East Germans and Ukrainians that Stalin murdered and see how the equation balances.
clark
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Follow Ups
- The question was not whether Germany *should* have been split. (Sticking to the question... - clarkjohnsen 08:04:14 06/26/07 (4)
- RE: The question was not whether Germany *should* have been split. (Sticking to the question... - Tom Brennan 11:42:23 06/26/07 (3)
- "The whole of Germany would [not] be worth the life of one American grenadier." One word: - clarkjohnsen 09:32:14 06/27/07 (0)
- but how many lives was it worth to lose to gain... - dave c 15:25:57 06/26/07 (1)
- RE: but how many lives was it worth to lose to gain... - Tom Brennan 18:16:05 06/26/07 (0)