RE: Opinion Piece - Myths and Realities of the Great Patriotic War
I have to question just how well Russia would have fared if the US and UK hadn't kept the Russian population fed and their armies equipped.
Or if Hitler had a sudden attack of sanity and put a little more faith in Vlassov and all the other Russians who flocked to theGerman banner with the thought that they were helping to liberate their country. Hitler may have been fighting a crusade against bolshavism but if he'd sold it as a war of liberation ... well who knows.
Just to illustrate the point I've included a photo, it was taken in 1943 by a chap called Herbert Furbringer, an infantryman with the 9th SS, ended up ffighting in Russia, Normandy, Arnham, Hungary ... well you name it he was there ...
... anyway the picture. It's one of a series Mr Furbringer took during the prelude to relief attempt at Tarnopol (spelling?). It's of a Russian Orthodox Priest, he made a special trip to come and bless the German (SS!!!) troops on their way to battle ... and this in 1943.
Periander
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Opinion Piece - Myths and Realities of the Great Patriotic War
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