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@ spokesperson point taken,  but you have not defended the view that the USA deliberatly delayed a front in Europe. Also you should concider that Russia was not alone is mass suffering,  concider the civilian casulties of China, which suffered perhaps even more sencless brutality of an invading force than Russia  (eg, 300,000 civilian casulties at the Battle of Changde alone, 17,530,000 in all) Perhaps you have also taken me wrongly, i am in no way doubting the large impact Russia had on the outcome of the war, and without it victory would have been much harder.  However i do not feel Russia alone won the war and the US, Canadian, Australian, British, Indian and countless others participation should be so casually criticised,  with these nations troops facing similar ferocious fighting and appaling conditions.

i couldnt agree more baddo.

the cold war was never the start of russias tension with the west, that should also be remembered. Â The distrust goes back before even communism. Â Russia has always been percieved as backwards by western europe.

If the Polish would have Granted the Russians an Coridor (Land/Air) to now Czech rep/Slovak Rep. Â to help Fight the Germans my Grand father wouldent have had to retreat from Cesky tesin, As the Czech's & Russians had a mutual Defence pact, which could have stunted the Germans Advance towords the Oil in the Balkans/Middle east, & cut the War Short, although im aware there were more factors involved this, could have shortend it. Thats pretty easy to say, but remember until recently Poland had been part of the Russian Empire. Â Theres no way in hell Poland would have accepted that sort of deal. Â A wise choice anyway concidering Russia invaded Poland alongside Germany in 1939. Â Russia concidered Poland there own territory, that would be like czechslovakia opening its doors freely to Nazi Germany. Â Its a what if scenario which realisticly wasnt an option, and i think any pole then and now would agree.

particulrly genuine accidents like flipping tanks Â

The first day of the war in the east. The luftwaffe blew huge parts of the Soviet airforce while being on the ground. Sure the US might have sent the USSR some vehicles in the lend and lease agreement. But one has to remember that these things weren't more than a few percent of the total armaments. The US sent poor tanks and similar things of limited use to the USSR. Besides, it can't make the intentional delay of the opening of western front undone. The USSR annihilated more than 70% of the nazi troops that were killed during the war. Btw. Churchill admired fascism and Mussolini. im sorry but this is simply not true. Â Russia hates to admit it but during the war it used thousands of tonnes of US and UK supplies. Â Not only did this include tanks, aircraft and weapons but also food, medical equipment and gasoline. Â As for the equipment being second rate, also not true, concidering the US was shipping brand new M4 Sherman tanks. Â These tanks were so much better quality than the Russian equivalent they bagan to mount russian t-30 turrets for a fear of being unable to stockpile enough US tank shells. Â Ofcourse there never was a shortage due to the vast amount the USA supplied to Russia. Russia paid in human casulties true enough, but without the US industrial might, and UK and Polish inteligence the war could not have been won. Â Imagine if Germany didnt have to divert millions of troops to defending Norway, Â France, Â North Africa and Italy, Â not to mention the thousands used to guard Allied aircrew and Combat troops in POW camps. Â I would imagine they would have sucesfully taken Moscow if they hadnt. Â As for the western powers deliberatly delaying the second front, firstly there was a war in the east against Japan (which Stalin took little notice of until the opertunity to grab some of Manchuria appeared), Â Secondly a second front in europe already existed in Italy AND lastly and perhaps most importantly the planning for D-Day had to be complete and rigorous following the disaster at Dieppe which you have probably never heard of.

distrust. I wonder how many US spy planes regularly penertrate russian borders.

hey all, know a few people in the RAF and MOD. These sort of interceptions have been happening for years and are nothing new. RAF fighters have been scrambling to russian reconacanse planes venturing near british airspace frequently and is concidered a routine operation by pilots. Recently it was brought to the public becuase the media wants to create an image of a new cold war.

i think theres going to be alot more about the recenet shootings. (as in the gunmans past). I think he was obviously bullied, and thats being kept quiet still. Not sure why i think this, just watching his vidio makes me feel theres more than just "he was unstable".

well horah!, thanks for the info

sounds awsome. Im playing the RegionsMod at the moment becuase i wasnt saitsfied with the amount of provinces. The british isles campaign will be fun.

they should move that money from Tridents to conventional, much more needed. Actually the Falklands war was misleading, it was mostly the Navy and Royal Marines (+ Para's), so Britian would be able to deal with a Falklands situation again. (+ most of the argentinian Navy is ex-british vessels stripped out and sold to them)

sorry my spelling is bad. Â Both Cockney and Cotney are used to mean London accent. Â Cotney is used in the South West for some reason.

its ok, most people who go to university have loaded parents despite what they tell you. Â Those who dont reviece sufficiant goverment grants and loans. Â The extra money needed is a result of the inevatable social costs.

my advice : dont. If you keep it small scale and only people you know then your fine. As soon as you get friends friends and friends friends friends your place will get wrecked and beds etc.. broken amongst other 'things'.

its just a media generalisation that americans are stupid. Personally i dont see anything wrong with it, too be fair with a presidant like Bush who cant prenounce himself properly it hardly does you any favours no? Â Besides, this isnt all one way, Â Amercians have it fixed in there head, for example, that Britian is the size of a small farm, we all have bad teeth, speak with a BBC accent or are cotney (most dont know we have hundreds of individual accents). Â I have travelled to the USA pretty extensivly, and tell the averige american you personally know Prince Charles, or you live next door to the Spice Girls (because they believe Britian is so small), they will believe you. Â In short, and its apperent from there comedy and media, they beleive were a nation of wannabie Hugh Grant, tea drinking football hooligans. Ofcourse not every american thinks this, but not every Brit thinks americans are stupid. I personally dont as my studies include the many books by Harverd and Prinston proffesors. But its just a bit of comic relief to have these friendly rivalries. Look at Americas view on australians, like in the Simpsons or movies like crocodile dundee. Americans think australians are just as stupid as vice versa.

well one must laugh because it appears to be a bad investment, with revenue still well below profit.

Russia is inherantly corrupt, you just cant ask it to change like that. Â It has a massive organised crime problem that reaches the commanding heights of Buisness and Politics. Â In the circumstance Putin has done a good job. To suggest Russia is moving backwards is a typical ignorant western view, no offence but it is, Â It was the view of the world in the Crimean War, At Tsarist end in 1917, Â During Stalin's "communism in one country", and following the second world war and beyond. Â Clearly Russia is not moving backwards. Â It has massive amounts of natural resorces, and there is nothing more valuable in the modern world as we enter energy crises in the not to distant future. Â Russias economy is stable and growing at a healthy rate, Â They also have big voice in international politics. There is nothing to suggest it is in decline at all, except perhaps a declining population, but this is a problem shared in Britian and Germany amongst other nations.

Well Rover owned MG, and it was sold to a Chinease consortium. Â Its more a sign of British weakness than Chinease power. Â Gorden Brown was desperate for anyone to take it becuae Britian couldnt afford to prop it up with subsides. teachers can hold views, it dosnt mean they need to be sacked or that there true. Â Some teachers just choose not to take an impartchial approach (not necisarily a bad thing at higher education, gets you questioning different points of view)

i guess Russias problem is NATO was set up to oppose possible USSR expansion (ha! ), so modern Russia still feels NATO holds that mindframe, the only thing thats changed is the way Russia is run. Lets face it thats a natural view to take if your Russia, which has always been pushed aside and relegated by the western European powers. Â (why else did Stalin have 'communism in one country'? etc...)

take time off at some of those exciting frat parties i hear about in the movies.

Britian joined EU in '73, late yes, but is a key player in Europe, especially following the war which is why it was a founding member of NATO. Â Alot of European countries are sceptical of Ukranian democracy, so no commitment to the EU means the majority of western european countries (the ones approval really needed) oppose there introduction to NATO. Â Ukraines commitment to the war on terror however may sway the opinion if your not French. Â There is even hostility to Ukraine joining the EU due to its alignment with Russia.