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[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Those are just facts. He did a lot of horrid shit. Sending a fuckload of people to clog up the Nazi meat grinder with their bodies isn't heroism, it's the last desperate act of someone trying to save their own ass.

The Russians that died in the city Stalin named after himself are the heroes who defeated Fascism.

[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 70 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sending a fuckload of people to clog up the Nazi meat grinder with their bodies isn't heroism

Except that is just the "mongol horde" myth spread by the nazis. The soviet military was a modern military which fought as a modern military. The "not one step back" order was directed at higher officers who favored unnecessary withdrawals at the expense of ceding territory that the nazis would start exterminating and of leaving the flanks of other army formations vulnerable.

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 57 points 11 months ago

Lmao you literally believe nazi propaganda if you're doing "Enemy At The Gates" level assertions of what the war of the Eastern Front was like

[-] commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Jesus Christ your example is the single most impressive war in history(edit: actually don't wanna take away from the Korean comrades or Angolan comrades or vietnamese comrades, they also did amazing) and blaming the General leading it for not being one of the soldiers?? Fuck me, that's such a terrible example. I'm one of the 70-30 good-bad people on Stalin, which is about 50 percent better than any westen leader ever. But you chose like the literal best thing he ever did that can be attributed at least significantly to him.

He managed to not only keep the Germans waiting too long (where soviets were then able to build up their military during the war to lead to their success) but also pull the rest of the world into the war to their assistance (diplomacy and manoeuvering). Otherwise I don't think western countries would've actually stopped the Nazi's tbh, or even tried to help.

Of course the millions of dead soviets did the work and died under Stalin. And the rest of the population was saved by the sacrifice and Stalin mourned and celebrated them despite not being on the front lines.

[-] JuneFall@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Of course the millions of dead soviets did the work and died under Stalin. And the rest of the population was saved by the sacrifice and Stalin mourned and celebrated them despite not being on the front lines.

Stalin did went to the front lines multiple times though https://www.rbth.com/history/336242-stalin-front-wwii

[-] commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

You're right, I took too much credit from him. I guess I meant he never put himself into the situations where death was a 70% certainty like many Soviet soldiers heroically did. But good leadership also means living and being commander when you might not even want to (referring to Stalin wanting to end his position)

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 44 points 11 months ago

pigpoop pit russian orc hooman wave tactics

[-] Flinch@hexbear.net 35 points 11 months ago

tfw your understanding of history comes from Enemy At The Gates stalin-joking

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