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> Within living memory, 10 million Soviets were killed in an unprovoked invasion from Europe. Correction. WWII costed Soviet Union between 20 and 30 million li
by lr1970 2y ago
> Within living memory, 10 million Soviets were killed in an unprovoked invasion from Europe.
Correction. WWII costed Soviet Union between 20 and 30 million lives [0]. Main thrust of the German onslaught in 1941 went through Ukraine. The same happened in WWI when in 1914 Germany and Austria invaded Russia through Ukraine.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_the...
- benterix 2y agoI believe the part of the reason why Russians had the highest number of casualties in WWII was the fact that Stalin didn't care about the lives of his citizens and send men to fight in thousands, with another row shooting the ones who wanted to flee.