Re: russia vs. japan in 1941 [WAS: Re: 50% of NAZI oil..]

E. Barry Bruyea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:42:58 +0100, "John Mullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >"Mikhail Medved" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >(snip)
> >
> >> > OTOH they alsoguaranteed a fight with the UK, then still (just!) the
>  world's
> >> > leading military power.
> >>
> >> Any proof to that opinion? The "leading military power" was removed
> >> from the continent in a few weeks of actual fighting. The biggest
> >> battle was the battle of Alamein, in which they fiught a small German
> >> corps.
> >
> >That battle was actually on the continent of Africa. The real biggest land
> >battle didn't come until 1944 when we teamed up with the US to invade
> >German-occupied France. Meantime we were fighting in the air, at sea, and in
> >the minor theatres like N Africa. Would have become important had we lost
> >though, doubt it not.
> 
> North Africa was hardly a minor theatre, in that given a German win,
> the loss of mid-east oil & Suez would have been critical to the war
> effort.

Agreed. That was why I said 'Would have become important had we lost
though, doubt it not.'

John