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02-02-2013, 05:33 AM | #2 |
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Very cool. Spent a few weeks in the Ukraine back in 2001. Whenever a WWII vet walked in a restaurant or pub EVERYONE stood.
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02-02-2013, 08:06 AM | #3 |
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Incredible.
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02-02-2013, 09:03 AM | #4 |
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Wow.
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02-02-2013, 09:12 AM | #5 |
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Very interesting thanks for sharing
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02-02-2013, 09:31 AM | #6 |
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The battle that really changed the war.
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02-02-2013, 10:13 AM | #7 |
Life is changing..
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Very interesting stuff!
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02-02-2013, 10:31 AM | #8 |
pie is never free
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WWII would've dragged out a lot longer if those russkies hadnt been such tough bastards.
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02-02-2013, 10:51 AM | #9 |
Back again, again.
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But not for him as others like him, every one of our lives would be very different today. My metaphorical hat is off to them all.
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They (for good reason) hated the Nazis and went from that to Communist Russian rule (and for good reason hated that as well.)
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02-02-2013, 11:20 AM | #11 |
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Commies love them some bling.
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02-02-2013, 11:50 AM | #12 |
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Truman woulda nuked Berlin and Tokyo
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02-02-2013, 11:54 AM | #13 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Standard advice during the siege was that if you saw people in the streets who looked well fed get as far away from them as possible; they were cannibals.
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02-02-2013, 12:20 PM | #14 |
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You're thinking of Leningrad, which was pretty much surrounded by the Nazis. Just as awfuls as Stalingrad though.
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02-02-2013, 12:21 PM | #15 |
pie is never free
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