There’s a great podcast that talks about the events in the movie and clarifies

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Aug 7, 2020
11:24:58pm

fubecao All-American

truth from fiction. You should check it out sometime. https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/72-enemy-at-the-gates/

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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

CoachSpeak

8/8/20 7:33am

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