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Old October 20th 03, 07:42 AM
Keith Willshaw
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"John Mullen" wrote in message
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"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
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Heck, prior to the outbreak of war, the Soviet Union was supplying
Nazi Germany with oil.


Among other things. In fact as German soliders rolled east on railway

cars
in
preparation for BARBAROSA, Soviet rail cars were flowing west full of

material
for Nazi Germany.


So to speak. Although, in fact they had different rail gauges so that

isn't
literally true..


The gauge change happened at the Russian frontier. Since the
border between Nazi and Soviet territory ran through the
centre of Poland it is literally the case that trains packed with
Soviet material were heading West even as the Germans invaded.

Keith