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Aug 7, 2020
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mobius
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They also made a deal with the devil and lost
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Watching Enemy at the Gates tonight..
JohnnyComeLately
Masterful Leadership
8/7/20 10:50pm
Yep. Stalin had no qualms about sending so many to their deaths.
SpiffCoug
8/7/20 10:51pm
They also made a deal with the devil and lost
mobius
8/7/20 10:52pm
The reason so many died was in part due to Stalin cleaning house and killing all
coug almighty
8/7/20 11:13pm
That's a cool story of a sniper's duel.
JmThms
8/7/20 11:05pm
Yeah, our Tomb of the Unknowns represents somewhere between 70k-80K missing or
Emmett Fitz-Hume
8/7/20 11:15pm
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cvd6262
8/7/20 11:16pm
I can still be incredibly proud of what my grandpa did as a code talker in the war
JohnnyComeLately
8/7/20 11:52pm
Lots of things to consider but the OP's point still stands. An estimated
777
8/7/20 11:56pm
Soviets were only able to beat Germany because we supplied their army
ayfan
8/7/20 11:19pm
Lend Lease Act was absolutely huge for Russia. Link
ayfan
8/7/20 11:26pm
LL was one factor in the Soviet victory over Nazi forces, but it is just that -
Emmett Fitz-Hume
8/8/20 12:52am
You're overlooking several things
ayfan
8/8/20 1:55am
Yep. The blitzkrieg strategy was effective, but if outlasted, it became a
Misteak
8/8/20 1:13am
There’s a great podcast that talks about the events in the movie and clarifies
fubecao
8/7/20 11:24pm
I hate saying "because of" because it was a worldwide effort. They did sacrifice the most people tho.
shimmy
8/7/20 11:57pm
Yep. Maybe because of was the wrong word.
JohnnyComeLately
8/8/20 12:04am
My grandpa jumped out of a landing craft to storm the beach in Saipan. It's definitely something special to me as well.
shimmy
8/8/20 12:42am
Truly the greatest generation.
JohnnyComeLately
8/8/20 12:43am
And there are a lot of scenarios where we win anyway, though with a lot more
Misteak
8/8/20 1:14am
It was similar in WWI, the Russians just threw bodies at the Germans & Austrians
CoachSpeak
8/8/20 7:33am
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