Remains of Russian convoy in Bucha

Twitter ^ | 4/9/2022 | jntrees

[jntrees]

Incredible scene of destruction of Russian convoy in Bucha

[MotorCityBuck]

Never seen you post, or reply here in 15 years, and yet. Here you are.
Filling in for the other D’ Bags that we’ve not seen here over the last 15 years. Curious.

[SkyDancer]

Filming is a bit bouncy but wow, those vehicles really got blasted.

[jmaroneps37]

When was the last time - fight by themselves - the Russian won a war?

Lost in Crimean War, Lost in 1905 versus Japan, without us and the

UK they never would have survived WWII Lost in Afghanistan
now losing to Ukraine.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Those posts comparing Russian recruitment ads to the woman with two “moms” have all but stopped.

[Campion]

Basically fought Finland to a stalemate in '39.

Had a dust-up with the Japanese along the Manvhurian border in 1937, which the Soviets won.

[DIRTYSECRET]

One block. I would have preferred an aerial drone to see the extent of the damage but this close-up is pretty good. Wonder how the dead bodies disappeared.

[rrrod]

Interesting. Thanks.

[inchworm]

My guess is the dead were cremated withing the incinerated armored vehicles.

[Wuli]

If I am a soldier, let me be shot man to man out in the open, not trapped in a bombed out metal can on tracks.

[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

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[Had a dust-up with the Japanese along the Manvhurian border in 1937, which the Soviets won.]

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This was trumpeted as a great victory and built up into the first evidence of Russian supermen (in much the same way as others built up the German supermen of the Heer in the post-war era) of WWII. Then in the post-Cold War era, Soviet archives were cracked open for a few years (until Putin slammed them shut), and the truth emerged - that the Soviets had scratched out a victory against a Japanese force inferior in numbers (equipment and men) and technology, while sustaining higher casualties than the Japanese, while on defense (!).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol#Soviet_assessment
[Following the battle, the Soviets generally found the results unsatisfactory, despite their victory. Though the Soviet forces in the Far East in 1939 were not plagued by fundamental issues to the same extent as those in Europe during the 1941 campaigns, their generals were still unimpressed by their army’s performance. As noted by Pyotr Grigorenko, the Red Army went in with a very large advantage in technology, numbers, and firepower, yet still suffered huge losses, which he blamed on poor leadership.[29]

Although their victory and the subsequent negotiation of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact secured the Far East for the duration of the Soviet-German War, the Red Army always remained cautious about the possibility of another, larger Japanese incursion as late as early 1944. In December 1943, when the American military mission proposed a logistics base be set up east of Lake Baikal, the Red Army authorities were according to Coox “shocked by the idea and literally turned white”.[73] Due to this caution, the Red Army kept a large force in the Far East even during the bleakest days of the war in Europe. For example, on July 1, 1942, Soviet forces in the Far East consisted of 1,446,012 troops, 11,759 artillery pieces, 2,589 tanks and self-propelled guns, and 3,178 combat aircraft.[74] Despite this, the Soviet operations chief of the Far Eastern Front, General A. K. Kazakovtsev, was not confident in his army group’s ability to stop an invasion if the Japanese committed to it (at least in 1941–1942), commenting: “If the Japanese enter the war on Hitler’s side ... our cause is hopeless.”[75] ]

[jmacusa]

Not to hear how the Russkies see it.

They think they won the whole damn war by themselves.

It's their crowning achievement of themselves and “The Party’’.

[jmacusa]

The amount of physical damage and destruction is incredible. WW2 in Ukraine was bad but nothing on the order of this. But of course that was some eighty years ago. Who is going to rebuild all this?

[happyathome]

If you read about Nomonhan (Khalkhin Gol) from the Japanese side (for example, Coox’s writings) it is pretty clear that the conclusion they drew after the engagement was that they’d better not poke the bear again. Sure they inflicted a lot of casualties on the Russians, but they realized that there was no way they could match Russian armor and logistical support capabilities.

There was a debate in Japan in the Fall of 1941 about striking North while the Russians were engaged with the Germans, but the memory of Nomonhan contributed to their decision to instead go South to scoop up the Euro colonies.

[Cecily]

Good thing Russia has a lot of wealth in oil. It will come in handy when the world makes Russia pay reparations to rebuild Ukraine.

[jntrees]

“Never seen you post, or reply here in 15 years, and yet. Here you are.
Filling in for the other D’ Bags that we’ve not seen here over the last 15 years. Curious.”

Being a D’bag and rooting for the Ukrainians.
You’re welcome.

[Farmerbob]

I watched this the other day. It’s like the 3 stooges become admirals.

Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn’t get any worse...

https://youtu.be/BXpj6nK5ylo

[MotorCityBuck]

I'm limited in my posting skills, as well as many other faults.. Otherwise Id post a little teddy bear you can hold.

[jntrees]

Ah, that’s too bad. Does it make you sad to see the Russians getting smoked?

You didn’t have to click on the video or even the thread, but here you are. You’re free to leave now, bye!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs