tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post8572643861856922400..comments2023-10-17T07:36:16.777-04:00Comments on NA Confidential: The massive sacrifice of the Soviet Union in WWII.The New Albanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-79547374760139896102014-07-04T15:59:25.734-04:002014-07-04T15:59:25.734-04:00Another consequence of Russia's involvement in...Another consequence of Russia's involvement in WWII that most Americans may not remember (or even realize) - I firmly believe the Cold War did not escalate into a nuclear war because the Russian Army generals knew first hand the true cost of massive loss of life through military conflict - and so they avoided nuclear conflict with the US.<br /><br />It always seemed to me that if General Curtis LeMay and others in America were "trigger happy" during the Cold war because they hadn't seen 20 million people in American die due to WWII. I'm not making light of our loss of 400,000, but Russia truly felt the costs of the war.<br /><br />As the WWII military leaders on all sides die, I fear the memory of a war's true and total cost is fading and some military adviser, somewhere will think "the cost won't be so bad, especially if our side wins!"w&lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509182078338347951noreply@blogger.com