July 27th, 2003, 02:49 AM
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Re: OT:US don\'t qualify for EU membership, don\'t spank children, WW2 history.
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Originally posted by Thermodyne:
...Sorry my friend, but the Soviets were putting out feelers for a negotiated settlement prior to Stalingrad. Had 7th Army wheeled east and crossed the river, the war in Russia would probably have ended that fall. West of the Urals would have been Germany’s and the Soviets would have kept everything to the east. Stalin would have gotten a new neck tie, and history would have been different.
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This is nonsense. Stalin would never capitulate in 1942. Fall of 41 - may be. And it was 6th Army.
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