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Zimbabwe Gov't Websites Hit By Pro-WikiLeaks DDoS Attack
An anonymous reader writes "Pro-WikiLeaks hacktivists have struck a blow against the-powers-that-be in Zimbabwe, bringing down three government websites through distributed denial-of-service attacks. The attacks appear to be in support of newspapers who published secret cables in the ongoing WikiLeaks saga, to the annoyance of the country's leadership. Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, was recently reported to be suing a newspaper for $15 million after it published a WikiLeaks cable that claimed she has benefited from illegal diamond trading. The Zimbabwe government's online portal at www.gta.gov.zw and the official ZANU-PF website continue to be offline, and the Finance Ministry's website now displays a message saying it is under maintenance."
Unlikely. No matter what else happened, along about August of 1945, Berlin would've found itself on the short list for one of the three A-bombs available.
It must be noted that while the Soviets killed a lot of German soldiers, very little of what went on on the Eastern Front had much strategic significance - it didn't prevent the Germans from making more tanks, planes, subs, etc. Which means that sans the Soviet Union, we'd still have bombed the crap out of Germany, sunk its submarine fleet, etc.
Which means Germany could have, at best, delayed our invasion of the European mainland.
It must also be noted that without the moderately enormous amount of stuff we sent to the Soviets (specifically, trucks and locomotives), it is unlikely that the Soviet offensives could have been maintained.
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Nonsense - if Russia hadn't gotten involved, the war would have lasted a bit longer, and the first nuke would have detonated over Berlin. Either way, the allies would have come out on top. Russia contributed a great deal - and sacrificed and suffered more than any other nation - but the idea that the war could not have been won without them is pure fiction.