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Old 01-31-10, 10:03 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring View Post
Well it was up to the Soviets to liberate Auschwitz since the Brits wouldn't even bomb the rail roads although they knew perfectly well what was going on there.
By this time Stalin had already given the US and Britain the impression he wouldn't welcome advances from them as far as Berlin and was intent on keeping everything Russia occupied to Russia.

I've no evidence but I should imagine the Allies didn't feel as great a need to help the Russin advances any easier...far better to use the airpower to make their own troops task as easy as possible.
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