warspite1
Posts: 41353
Joined: 2/2/2008 From: England Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: MacSporran Hi - new here - and am really looking forward to the game but I have a question. Why is it called Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 when a much more apt name would be Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The Axis-Soviet War 1941-1945 ?? The reason I ask is that when I sent the link to a friend of mine , who is a confirmed Italianophile, he queried that. Any thoughts? Thanks Warspite1 Two things spring to mind: No one doubts (unless we move into Irving territory) WWII was Germany's war - and in particular Hitler's obsession for Lebensraum. The fact that a sad individual like Mussolini and a hotchpotch of "minor nations" joined with Germany for a variety of their own reasons, does not alter that fact. Secondly, the German effort compared to the Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Romanian, Slovakian et al combined, simply dwarfed the efforts of the other Axis nations. You could liken it to the Desert War where the British Army fought the Germans. In fact, you could make the case for it being the Empire or Commonwealth Army + Assorted Czechs, Poles + Free French!! EDIT: sorry forgot the Hungarians
< Message edited by warspite1 -- 11/27/2010 12:06:42 PM >
_____________________________
England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805
|