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1 mei 2010 17:09 |
Citaat:
Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Derk de Tweede
(Bericht 4723318)
Vrachtwagens, vliegtuigen (10.000 stuks), levensmiddelen en natuurlijk het tweede front.
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Ondertussen toch eens gekeken naar die Lend-Lease operaties en blijkbaar was het een versnellende factor in de oorlog, maar geen beslissende, Althans Van Tuyll in zijn boek ' Feeding the bear'. (leuke titel trouwens)
Overigens was die hulp toch wel omvangrijker dan ik oorspronkelijk dacht.
http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Bear-A.../dp/0313266883
Citaat:
“Works concerning US aid to the Soviet Union during WW II have tended to focus more on its diplomatic repercussions rather than on its impact on the battlefield. For example, George Herring's Aid to Russia 1941-1946; Strategy Diplomacy and the Origins of the Cold War, as its subtitle implies, dealt with the aid question primarily in terms of its effect on events leading up to 1947. Van Tuyll has produced a well-written monograph attempting to measure American aid as it influenced military events. Although he claims that US aid certainly guaranteed an earlier Soviet triumph over Germany, it was not decisive in bringing about victory. This he credits to the Soviet production effort, although he concedes that Allied shipments of precious commodities such as aviation fuel and equipment such as aircraft and trucks helped fill important gaps in Russia's war effort. He concludes, `The Soviet Union most likely would have survived without Lend Lease . . . but the war would have been much longer, the alliance less firm and the victory less complete.' A good contribution to the literature. Recommended to any student of the history of WW II.”–Choice
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