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The author is not wrong. The Soviet Army stole all equipment it could find on its way West only to "gift" some of it back. German industry was officially treate
by surfingdino 2y ago
The author is not wrong. The Soviet Army stole all equipment it could find on its way West only to "gift" some of it back. German industry was officially treated as spoils of war, watch factories, optics, photography, chemistry, the lot.
- jajko 2y agoIt was common trope to see soviet soldiers with multiple stolen watches on the wrists, even most famous photo of raising flag on Reichstag had to be retouched to hide that common and very visible fact. People greeted soviet liberators pompously, then came sobering up.
- geoka9 2y agoThe Soviet top military commander (Zhukov) even got in trouble with Soviet customs for smuggling whole trainloads of loot back home.
- surfingdino 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU1f47SC_A8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU1f47SC_A8 They were greedy at times of peace and out of control during war.