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"Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj" wrote in message
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Stuart Wilkes wrote:

Hm. One wonders how this purged Soviet Army managed to inflict over 3
times as many German KIA in the first seven weeks of Barbarossa as the
combined Franco-Anglo-Belgian-Dutch armies managed in the six-week
campaign in the West.

What were the numbers of soldiers involved in the two campaigns that
you are comparing. i.e:

Suprisingly equal, Rostyk. I'm suprised you didn't know that.

Maybe he has better things to do than spend his whole life worrying about
ancient history like you?

He had a question, and he knew who to ask for an accurate answer: Me.

He knows better than to ask you, because he knows that all he would
get from you is some ill-tempered spleen-venting mixed up with
spiteful lies.

Stuart Wilkes