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Hey, USSR, would you have any idea what town or city this Russian military museum is in?View attachment 790361
In every city we have a museum. 26 million lives WOW war ...Hey, USSR, would you have any idea what town or city this Russian military museum is in?View attachment 790361
In every city we have a museum. 26 million lives WOW war ...
If you want - Kubinka and Park Patriot
That Russian statistic (26 million causalties), is not common knowledge over here. That wasn't taught in our history classes (not sure if it is even today).In every city we have a museum. 26 million lives WWII war ...
A few years ago I spoke with a young lady (high school) that was visiting with family about my "collection" on the place. I explained I had a solid interest in history and mostly WWII history since my Dad and various Uncles had been there, done that.That Russian statistic (26 million causalties), is not common knowledge over here. That wasn't taught in our history classes (not sure if it is even today).
Communism was a threat after WWII, the Cold War broke out, and making Russia look good was nobody's goal here in the U.S.
Few here know that the single Battle of Stalingrad was close to a million casualties PER SIDE (German and Russian).
We are proud of our role in the war, justifiably, for D-Day and all the battles fought in defeating the Nazis and facism.
The American casualties on D-Day were horrific, and some 7,000 men in total.
The Battle of Stalingrad cost Nazi Germany close to 1 million casualties, and cost the Soviet Union also close to 1 million casualties, that's 2 million men.
If I remember right, according to Antony Beevor's book about Stalingrad, there were altogether some 50 battles of a similar size between the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
The Eastern Front of WWII was not emphasized (understandably) in U.S schools, not sure if it is much addressed even today.
=-__(A few years ago I spoke with a young lady (high school) that was visiting with family about my "collection" on the place. I explained I had a solid interest in history and mostly WWII history since my Dad and various Uncles had been there, done that.
She thought for a minute with a puzzled look on her face and said " oh, yeah --WWII, I think I remember reading something about that. I think it was a about one paragraph long in the history book."
One blockade of Leningrad took more than a million lives. I have a memorial near the house - a former mine, where the Nazis dumped 150 thousand people.That Russian statistic (26 million causalties), is not common knowledge over here. That wasn't taught in our history classes (not sure if it is even today).
Communism was a threat after WWII, the Cold War broke out, and making Russia look good was nobody's goal here in the U.S.
Few here know that the single Battle of Stalingrad was close to a million casualties PER SIDE (German and Russian).
We are proud of our role in the war, justifiably, for D-Day and all the battles fought in defeating the Nazis and facism.
The American casualties on D-Day were horrific, and some 7,000 men in total.
The Battle of Stalingrad cost Nazi Germany close to 1 million casualties, and cost the Soviet Union also close to 1 million casualties, that's 2 million men.
If I remember right, according to Antony Beevor's book about Stalingrad, there were altogether some 50 battles of a similar size between the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
The Eastern Front of WWII was not emphasized (understandably) in U.S schools, not sure if it is much addressed even today.
This year will open another monument to the fallen soldiers. It will be open on May 9th. A soldier hovering above the ground.View attachment 790606 Motherland Calls, is a monument overlooking Volgograd where the battle of Stalingrad was fought. Look at the people at the base of the statue for reference.
Knowing history isn't much our strong suit here really:She thought for a minute with a puzzled look on her face and said " oh, yeah --WWII, I think I remember reading something about that. I think it was a about one paragraph long in the history book."
I read a history or two about that horrible siege of Leningrad (can't recall the authors just now):One blockade of Leningrad took more than a million lives. I have a memorial near the house - a former mine, where the Nazis dumped 150 thousand people.
We are going offtopic-)))Knowing history isn't much our strong suit here really:
- Hollywood and the Oscars get more attention than our Constitution and the Bill of Rights
"Whatcha" going to do? Just the way it is...
Come and See (1985)I read a history or two about that horrible siege of Leningrad (can't recall the authors just now):
- Never really a battle on the part of the German Wehrmacht but a slow deliberate siege, it lasted close to 900 days if I remember it right
- Hitler apparentlly never intended to take the City, he only personally wanted to starve everyone in it (man, woman, and child), deliberately for as long as that took
And there are people today even now who still see something to admire in Hitler and his Nazi party. Go figure.
OOOOOOooops!We are going offtopic-)))