if we hadn't done that, if they hadn't failed -- if we have failed in moscow or stalingrad or kursk, all of those troops could well have been on normandy beaches and it could have been a different outcome. the story that has to be told is that's a significant contribution to winning the war that needs to be, if you will, explained to us as americans. because we all contributed. there's nothing wrong with supporting, as we all do -- my father fought in world war ii -- our contribution, but we have to understand the war as a total picture. and the eastern front, that's where we need to do it. as well as that strategic advantage, just the numbers, the sacrifice is a story that needs to be told. there were something in the area of 20 million to 22 million people who died on the eastern front, half of whom they allege may be military. even if you don't like those numbers, if you were to cut them in half, that's a lot of people. and when it comes to the soviets, for example, at least half -- i'm sorry. about as many red army soldiers died in one battle in stalingrad as all the americans ki