Well, do you know that you are quite an idiot? I have assembled a quite collection of numbers plus citation with famous historian with proves how...
What I meant was that depending on the price index that you use, them you can cook the index the way you like.
Well, the Russian army was the most powerful in the world by 1944. Second to Glantz, in his handbook of the Eastern front.
Sure, they were in the same situation as in late 1918. Hitler insisted in fighting because he knew that if the allies captured him, he would be...
The Balance of Economic Power in Europe in 1942: 1- In 1942 the axis countries in Europe controlled a GDP of pre war level of 1,034 billion...
In reality you can make consumption increase or decrease depending on the set of prices that you use to compute consumption.
Second to the book, The Economics of WW2: United States real personal consumption: estimates based on alternative deflators: Friedman, Schwartz:...
My point is that without the 10 million soldiers lost or put in the Eastern front, much more resources would be available to Germany. Yes, It...
Well, in that book, cited in The Economics of WW2, they calculate that consumer spending dropped by 10% between 1940 and 1945.
What about the Brazilian soldiers? Well, second to the wikipedia page on the Brazilian soldiers that fought in WW2: "The Brazilian Army and Air...
Sure. The fact that the Red Army had 6.5 million front line soldiers and 14.000 tanks including IS-2 tanks while the Allies had 2 million front...
Great photos! However, I think that the British exaggerated on the bombing of cities (that bomber Harris...): [IMG] The Americans that made the...
My opinion on the American army: The American army was a fine and fairly competent army during WW2. During the course of the war the American...
I am sorry for my pollution. I have only responded to the posts of others.
Actually, I said that the allies could win without the USSR. I just said it would not be the walk in the park that was historically, the odds...
Sure. So the US bombed Vietnam to pieces, killed a million of them and they retreated... Well, sure, they could have killed the entire population...
All right. However, you should note that I cited him because he in turn cited a statistic that he didn't make. So your criticism is not warranted.
Sure, money contributions are important. Without lend-lease the USSR would be in a even more difficult situation. I would say that after the...
Sure. I would want a HBO series about the Eastern front! That could happen?
"SIXTY-FIVE years ago, in November 1944, the war in Europe was at a stalemate." The western front was at a stalemate. But the real front was...