Hmmm, the quote by Winston Churchill "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" referred to the "Battle of Britai"n fought by the RAF and Allies to stop Germany achieving Air Superiority to invade the UK. Its been utterly miss used in this article as the commentator rightly points out, it makes no sense.

But if Churchill did not say this about the Russian people in World War II, then he should have. 27 Million dead vs. 900,000 dead is a very loud fact. And what do you suppose Mr. Hitler would have done had he occupied Russia? I think he would have headed east from Stalingrad and right down the coast of Alaska. You'd be celebrating the confluence of the Japanese and German troops in Alaska instead of Russians and Americans at the Elbe River, if not for the heroism of the Russian people, particularly at Stalingrad. You'd be speaking German, and there would not be a single Jew left in the world, not even one. Facts are facts P.S,. I find all you ideologues insane -- whether the state religion is communism or Islam or Christianity, I find ALL you zealots who twist facts to fit your little fantasies about life on earth to be either amusing or downright LETHAL. These days you are lethal; the right wingers are the lethal idiots now.

Um, Pauline, I think Mike was trying to avoid distorting history. Whether or not you agree with Churchill's sentiments, the FACT is he was talking about the Battle of Britain. It should also be remembered that at the time he said it, the Soviet Union had NOT YET prevailed against Germany. Therefore, it may have been true at the time. Apart from all that, I was brought up to believe we were all Allies - we were on the same team. Some suffered greater losses than others. China, for example, lost at least 8 million civilians, which was more than double its military losses. Yet there was Hu Jintao at today's parade, not gloating or grandstanding that "my war was better than your war". Nor was Angela Merkel out of place, showing great humility to be there. One could go on forever with "what ifs" about the war, but what's done is done. How about we become Allies again in remembering those who fell and those who served? Lest we forget.