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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 3940031, member: 28299&quot;]I&#039;d like to qualify your first point and disagree with your second.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the Germans caused more casualties amongst the Americans than we inflicted upon them.&nbsp; The Germans were fighting on the defensive, and people fighting from defensive positions generally have far fewer casualties than those fighting on the offensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is also fair to note the results of battles between the elite units of the Wehrmacht with the elite units of the US Army.&nbsp; Generally speaking, in cases where the odds were roughly 1 to 1, the US troops won.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, Germany (and occupied Europe) produced far more steel, coal, electronics etc. than the Soviet Union did during the two most crucial years of the war, 1941-2, AND the Soviet Union had to move a huge percentage of it&#039;s industries from the Western USSR to the Urals disrupting it&#039;s production.&nbsp; However, the USSR outstripped Germany, including occupied Europe, in the production of tanks, planes, artillery etc. during those years (which goes to your point about firepower), and far outstripped them in 1943-5.&nbsp; The USSR had a FAR more efficient war economy than Germany did.&nbsp; The USA, after Pearl Harbor, was also far more efficient in production of war materials than Germany was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said all that, I&#039;m glad Germany is a member of NATO, and that our peoples are not only allies, but also share the same basic outlook on life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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