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gladium et scutum

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4. Some of those Soviet soldiers

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 04:01 PM

Feb 2022

of the 8th Guards Army, which took the center of Berlin, had fought in Stalingrad with the 62nd Army. These men marched all the way across the Soviet Union without seeing a standing building, a growing crop, or a living civilian. The Germans had destroyed all in their scorched earth retreat from Russia

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Battle of Berlin 1945 - Nazi Germany vs Soviet Union [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2022 OP

Everyone caught in the battle zone was a "soldier." Chainfire Feb 2022 #1

60 Minutes segment a few weeks ago SCantiGOP Feb 2022 #2

Ha! that worked - threaten to turn them over to the Russians appalachiablue Feb 2022 #3

Some of those Soviet soldiers gladium et scutum Feb 2022 #4