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On this date in 1945
Posted on 05/02/2018 4:06:07 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
Soviet soldiers Sgt. Kantaria and Pvt. Yegorov of the 150th Rifle Division, 3rd Shock Army, raise the Sickle and Hammer flag of the Soviet Union atop the Reichstag in Berlin.
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: putinsbuttboys; redarmylovers; stalinists
To: Bull Snipe
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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posted on
05/02/2018 4:35:19 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
To: a fool in paradise
some things change, some things stay the same.
To: Bull Snipe
That flag represents a genocidal regime every bit as bad as Nazi Germany, but "all that aside", it's an awesome photo. The ruined city in the background, the soldiers seemlessly blending with the statues...The effect is incredible.
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posted on
05/02/2018 4:51:18 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: Bull Snipe
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posted on
05/02/2018 4:55:32 AM PDT
by
simpson96
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Second best flag raising photo from WWII. The Iwo Jima flag raising is still the best. Some of those Soviet soldiers, that stormed Berlin, marched there all the way from Stalingrad.
To: simpson96
thanks, hadn’t seen that photo before.
To: Bull Snipe
Any way you add it up, the Russkies got seriously hit in WWII. What was it, something like 30 million dead, most of them civilians? Add to that the destruction of much of their infrastructure. On balance, pretty devastating.
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posted on
05/02/2018 5:06:46 AM PDT
by
chimera
To: chimera
While the true numbers will probably never be know, the Soviet Army lost around 8,800,000 killed and 22,600,000 wounded.
To: All
Interesting article; That photo was manipulated to conceal Soviet looting. The article is from Der Spiegel so take it with a grain of salt. The Ukrainian Jewish photographer's relatives were a victims of the Soviets and the Nazis.
Iconic Red Army Reichstag Photo Faked
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posted on
05/02/2018 5:58:04 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
((Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong))
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