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Help in 1944 is all well and fine, but the war was all over bar the shouting by then. The Wehrmacht had substantially ceased to exist as a fighting force, and the German capacity to rebuild it is decidedly questionable.

'41 is a different story. Still, Russia is a big place, and there were plenty of divisions in Siberia.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 08:59:30 AM EST
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While the outcome in the East was probably inevitable after Kursk, the Wehrmacht was still a fighting force as late as April 1945. It's really quite astounding how long the troops hung in there, especially considering the total lack of resistance activities after the capitualtion.

And speaking of the armaments, the greatest German production of armaments was during 1944, partly because of Speer's organizational genius and partly because it took years and years until Germany adopted the total mobilization of society for war, as the Allies and Soviets had been doing from the beginning.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:15:11 AM EST
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I'd also add that the US sent aid began arriving as early as 1941, before Pearl Harbour even IIRC.

After Pearl Harbour the US hulls stopped  using the star banner and instead started flying the hammer and sickle to avoid attacks from the Japanese, whick is kinda LOL.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sat May 23rd, 2009 at 09:23:41 AM EST
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