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Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts Hitler Germany’s greatest reach 1942 Source:Thuppahis In venturing into reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on You Tube reviews of the ways in which German POWs were dealt with in Britain during and after the war. This data base also provides partial information on the enormous loss of life on the various moments in the Western front as the Allied forces advanced on Germany after D Day in June 1944. Besides the dramatic beachfront struggles after the D-Day landings,[1] some of us are familiar with the tales of the “Battle of the Bulge.”[2] My recent Your Tube find also brought up stories about the “Death Factory” occurring at Hürtgen Forest in the Northern Eiffel region of Germany. Do absorb this summary description capped by Ernest Hemingway’s recollections:  “the decision to advance into the thick forest in September 1944 proved to be a fatal mistake. The ...