Dawson Leery (19,176 posts)
14. Pity we did not go to Moscow in 45'.
The alliance with Stalin was to defeat Hitler. The Ruskies served their purpose.
Dear stupid Dawson McQueerly,
In 1945, the Soviets had 2.3 million sets of boots pointed in the direction of Berlin, and many more than that standing between the Allied armies and Moscow. The Allies, under the direction of FDR and then Truman, were not even interested in taking Berlin thus allowing the Soviets to have that honor.
Three Soviet Armies attacking Berlin had 6,250 tanks, 7,500 aircraft, 41,600 artillery pieces and mortars, 3,255 truck-mounted Katyusha rocket launchers, and 95,383 motor vehicles, many manufactured in the USA. In the three weeks of the final push to Berlin the Soviets lost at least 80,000 killed.
Three Allied fronts totaled more men 4,500,000 spread out over Germany 17,000 tanks 28,000 combat aircraft 63,000 artillery pieces, 970,000 vehicles. While it certainly would have been possible for the Allies to push west to Moscow, it would have been very costly and even stupid people capable of reading the results of Napoleon's and more recently Hitler's attempt would quickly see the folly in such an adventure.
It is funny how the stupid democrats have this sudden love affair with military power in general, US military power in particular. What about "giving peace a chance?" A good question to ask is "If the Allies had marched all the way to Moscow in 1945, where would Sen. Bernie Sanders spent his honeymoon?"
Add that to the love affair that Democrats had up until just a few minutes ago with Communism and you get the answer as to why we let the Soviets have just about everything east of Berlin.
