[ccmay]

I would also add that we are not raping every female from 8 to 80. The Soviets were brutal.

Right you are. I wish every hand-wringing thumb-sucking whinging carping lefty critic could read 'Red Storm on the Reich'. They talk about our 'brutal' invasion and occupation of Iraq, but they have ZERO f**king historical perspective by which to judge us. . .

-ccm

[rmlew]

I have read about the siege and rape of Berlin in general history books of World War 2. However, the horror did not come across untill I saw a discussion of it on C-SPAN.
I am a son and grandson of Holocaust survivors. Feeling sorry for Germans of that era does not come easily. However, how can any human not be revolted by the stories of Russian officers and the NKVD exhorting the violation.
It is all to easy to hate Soviets and Nazis and ignore that we are dealing with people and even some innocents.