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| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
But my short answer is that everyone fought well, to their own way. |
I agree with this, obviously everyone fought well and tried to destroy the enemy, lives were lost everywhere. I'm not saying Russia is the best and everyone should bow down to them, they themselves were almost like communist Nazis. Stalin obviously wanted to gain control after all this was over. He killed many Russian people himself (millions), deporting many to Siberia, especially famous writers that would not agree with the regime.. Anyone that was caught saying something against the Soviets was executed etc.. I'm not denying these facts.
I'd like to correct myself, when I said Canadians didn't do much I meant that as an army they did not achieve much because of their numbers, I'm sure if there were millions of Canadians deployed their achievements would be much greater..i never meant to disrespect soldiers that fought in the war, I meant to say that it is not correct for canadian history books to publish mostly Canadian achievements in the war when there were much greater things happening in europe.
i'd like to paste a quote to end this debate
| quote: | | The Eastern Front was by far the largest and bloodiest theatre of World War II. It is generally accepted as being the most costly conflict in human history with over 30 million dead as a result. It involved more land combat than all other World War II theatres combined. The distinctly brutal nature of warfare on the Eastern Front was exemplified by an often willful disregard for human life by both sides. It was also reflected in the ideological premise for the war which also saw a momentous clash between two directly opposed and radical ideologies. To hardline Nazis in Berlin, the war against the Soviet Union was one of a struggle of Fascism against Communism, and the Aryan race against the "inferior" Slavic race. Hitler referred to it in unique terms, calling it a "war of annihilation", one in which the Soviet Union was to be utterly destroyed and the populations of Eastern Europe and Russia were to be enslaved and exterminated. This would further German expansion and provide for the colonization of Eastern Europe and Western Russia. In addition, Hitler also sought to wipe out the large Jewish population of Eastern Europe (see The Holocaust). Aside from the ideological conflict, the mindframe of the leaders of Germany and the Soviet Union, Hitler and Stalin respectively, contributed to the escalation of terror and murder on an unprecedented scale. Stalin and Hitler both disregarded human life in order to achieve their goal of victory. This included terrorization of their own people, as well as mass deportation (planned, in the case of Germany) of entire populations. All these factors resulted in tremendous brutality both to combatants and civilians that found no parallel on the Western Front. |
if you want to read more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter..._(World_War_II)
Last edited by geroin on Jul-26-2007 at 04:47
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