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Perhaps there might be later records, say of
planes retired or sold, that could, combined with production orders, validate
the scope of losses.
Inspire 28
In a message dated 11/14/2003 10:16:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
unclgene@pacbell.net writes:
There is no prize on
either side for making the enemy assessment of effectiveness any
easier.
Inspire
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That's true, but in many other cases the Russians are starting to be
brutally honest about how things really were. A recent study just proved that
Prokhorovka -- one of the legendary battles of WWII and according to the
Soviets the biggest single tank battle in history -- was not the crushing
defeat on the Germans the Soviets claimed. They found out they lost over 700
tanks out of about 750 involved, whereas the Germans only lost 400 out of 600.
But at the end of the day, the Germans ran out of fuel and ammo, which forced
a withdrawal.
The jury is still out on Korea.
Cookie Sewell
AMPS
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