From: Adam 

Phil Payne wrote:
>>> The Red Army destroyed the Wehrmacht. Look at the loss rates
(people &
>>> kit) for the Wehrmacht wrt to the different fronts.
>> Sorry, no, that doesn't fit history.
>
> Wikipedia, this time using good sources - try some of the links - just
> baldly states that the land battles of the Eastern Front were greater in
> number and ferocity than all other fronts of WWII combined.
>
> You mustn't believe Hollywood - John Wayne didn't take Berlin single-handed.
>
>
Yeah but the Eastern front only occurs in German & Russian literature
(with the exception of the Sven Hassel books & the "Cross of
Iron" Film).


Other than that it was John Wayne wot won the War.

BTW as a side issue......the funniest thing like this was Errol Flynn in
"Objective Burma" where (A) Again it woz the yanks wot fought in
Burma all by themselves & (B) Flynn was effectively a deserter who
though being UK/Australian refused to leave the US & serve....the film
was banned for years in Britain as a result.

http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=25882&mainArticleId=133198

"When Objective, Burma! was distributed in England, the British public
protested angrily, claiming that the Raoul Walsh-directed film completely
ignored the efforts of the British in Burma, a theater of operations the
Brits always claimed as their own. The slight resulted in a ferocious
attack on the film by the British press, resulting in a total ban before a
general release. The ban was also coupled with an effort to demonize the
film's star, after some newsprint illustrations of Errol Flynn holding a
machine gun over the grave of a British officer were distributed throughout
England. When the movie was finally shown in England in 1952, Warner
Brothers placed a conciliatory prologue of newsreel footage of the British
in combat at Burma, thus acknowledging American and Allied indebtedness to
British bravery in Burma."


Adam

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