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by Soviet » December 2nd, 2006, 5:59 pm
the russians were also raped, tortured, and beaten as bad as the people in the concentration camps, in fact, the russian prisoners were often sent there. It wasnt just the jews, it was also the communists. A large portion of those deaths were helpless civilians who were overrun as the germans stampeded through the soviet union to begin with. Though true the russian soldiers were treated that way by their officers and leaders, all more the reason to respect these soldiers for enduring not only the enemy, but their own country as well. I dont honor the leaders in wars, I honor the soldiers. As for bad tactics, no. They proved they had tactics when they pulled off Operation Uranus in the battle of Stalingrad. IF you dont know what it is look it up. As for mistakes, everyone makes them, D-Day itself wasnt the best thing ever but I dont see any 60% american casualties because of it. As for forces sucking, the russians advanced twice as far in half the time as the americans and british after d-day until the end of the war. I believe the western allies reached berlin roughly two weeks after the USSR rose the flag over the reichstag