Remains of WWII in Stalingrad

Some remnants of WWII in Volgograd, Russia (formerly Stalingrad).

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[xcalibur9874]

the battle of stalingrad was one of the biggest and harshest battles in history. it was also the turning-point of WWII along with the tank battle at kursk.

[realbulletshooter]

stalingrad was pure picnic. kill or be kill, simple. now its work, earn paper money and be slave to financial institutions until you die. shit life.

[BeezieMadden13]

Stalingrad was the turning point on the eastern front

[NezbittheGreyKitten]

@DaShnipa ps: in comparison with the size and immensity of the eastern front, all western operations were like sideshows in comparison. also, just to conclude my point about the invasion being unnecessary, Stalin thought at first that it was a feint and that the real attack would fall elsewhere. when he found out it was the real thing, he was surprised and disappointed, and thought it was a minor operation.

[NezbittheGreyKitten]

@DaShnipa the forces were already concentrated before the invasion.... the germans had retereated thousands of miles by mid 1944 from the russian hinterland.the war was lost by the time of the invasion. the invasion was not necessary. ive talked to numerous university professors, and they all have the same conclusion. just take a look at the size of the soviet army by that time.... even if all german divisions were stationed on the eastern front in mid 1944, it was still over for them.

[DaShnipa]

@NezbittheGreyKitten That's quite the tin hat theory you've got there. While I won't disagree that the western allies wanted to claim as much ground as possible to stop/slow the spread of communism, to claim the war was lost before the invasion of D-Day, is sheer lunacy. Your claiming some 12-15000 lives were given up just because they feared communism? Lmao no.... The invasion was to open a second front to liberate and force Hitler to concentrate forces elsewhere AWAY from the Russians.

[NezbittheGreyKitten]

@chuckbuckbobuck sooo true!!!! dont let people tell you otherwise. the casualties speak for themselves.

[NezbittheGreyKitten]

@DaShnipa nope. by the time the allies set up a second front in france, the war was already lost... they basically invaded just so all of europe wasnt communist.. just like how churchill wanted to go up through the balkans instead of southern france in operation dragoon. same reason.

[NezbittheGreyKitten]

@realbulletshooter well, i'd rather work than be shot within seconds by a sniper.

[noonsight2010]

The bravery of the russian people and their opposition to Nazism at Stalingrad should never be forgotten.

[Antiks72]

@realbulletshooter We don't have to slaves, friend. We don't have to go into debt at all. People choose this fate and bring it on themselves.

[77mpickett]

I agree the russians couldnt have won the war by themselves your are correct they took the biggest brunt cuz hitler wanted to exterminate their people to create more living country for germany however if the Western Allies hadn't been fighting the germans in north africa, italy and then later western europe, and if the america wasnt putting extreme pressure of the japanese war machine the russians wouldnt have been able to stand against the germans.