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by Michy » Thu November 18th, 2010, 8:20 pm
[quote=""Kveto from Prague""]Id actually say Hitler vs Stalin was THE WWII rivalry. Hitler certainly considered Stalin his biggest threat. Im guessing he shot himself because he was afraid of falling into Stalin's hands. It was the Russians who took Berlin. And about 85 percent of German causulties were on the Eastern front in WWII. No good guys in that rivalry.
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Good points. I think Hitler's ideologic opposition to Stalin (fascism vs. communism) was much stronger than that to Britain or the U.S. And of course, the USSR was a huge power that could simply march over their borders. Whereas it wasn't so easy for Britain or the US, since all troops had to be transported by air or water.
Coincidentally, I'm listening to an audio book right now about WWII. I picked it up thinking it was HF, but it's written like NF so I'm guessing it's a true story.... about a Polish zookeeper and his wife in Warsaw who, after their zoo was all but destroyed by the Nazis, used it as a front to rescue Jews. It brings out an interesting facet that I've never heard before. And that is, the Nazis' insanity wasn't only concerned with creating a "pure" human race, but also with creating "pure" animal and plant species.......