Red Orchestra PC game.

Eastern Front was by far the largest and bloodiest theatre of World War II. It is generally accepted as being the deadliest conflict in human history, with over 30 million killed as a result. It involved more land combat than all other World War II theatres combined. The distinctly brutal nature of warfare on the Eastern Front was exemplified by an often willful disregard for human life by both sides. It was also reflected in the ideological premise for the war, which also saw a momentous clash between two directly opposed and radical ideologies. To hard line Nazis in Berlin, the war against the Soviet Union was one of a struggle of Fascism against Communism, and the Aryan race against the "inferior" Slavic race. Hitler referred to it in unique terms, calling it a "war of annihilation", one in which the Soviet Union was to be utterly destroyed and the populations of Eastern Europe and Russia were to be enslaved and exterminated. This would further German expansion and provide for the colonization of Eastern Europe and Western Russia. In addition, Hitler also sought to wipe out the large Jewish population of Eastern Europe (see The Holocaust). Aside from the ideological conflict, the mindframe of the leaders of Germany and the Soviet Union, Hitler and Stalin respectively, contributed to the escalation of terror and murder on an unprecedented scale. Stalin and Hitler both disregarded human life in order to achieve their goal of victory. This included terrorization of their own people, as well as mass deportation (planned, in the case of Germany) of entire populations. All these factors resulted in tremendous brutality both to combatants and civilians that found no parallel on the Western Front.

The war inflicted huge losses and suffering upon the civilian populations of the affected countries. Behind the front lines, atrocities against civilians in German-occupied areas were routine, including the Holocaust. German and German-allied forces treated civilian populations with exceptional brutality, massacring villages and routinely killing civilian hostages. Both sides practiced widespread scorched earth tactics, but the loss of civilian lives in the case of Germany was incomparably smaller than that of the Soviet Union, in which at least 20 million civilians were killed by the Nazis. When the Red Army invaded Germany in 1944, many German civilians suffered from vengeance taken by Red Army soldiers (see Red Army atrocities). After the war, following the Yalta conference agreements between the Allies, the German populations of East Prussia and Silesia were displaced to the west of the Oder-Neisse Line, in what became one of the largest forced migrations of people in world history. The German minority scattered over large swaths of Eastern Europe was thus expelled and those who did not manage to leave were exterminated.

Much of the combat took place in or close by populated areas, and the actions of both sides contributed to massive loss of civilian life as well as a tremendous material damage. According to a summary, presented by Lieutenant General Roman Rudenko at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, the property damage in the Soviet Union inflicted by the Axis invasion was estimated to a value of 679 billion rubles. The largest number of civilian deaths in a single city was 1,2 million citizens dead during the Siege of Leningrad. The combined damage consisted of complete or partial destruction of 1,710 cities and towns, 70,000 villages/hamlets, 2,508 church buildings, 31,850 industrial establishments, 40,000 miles of railroad, 4100 railroad stations, 40,000 hospitals, 84,000 schools, and 43,000 public libraries. Seven million horses, and 17 million sheep and goats were also slaughtered or driven off

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[21StCenturyWarfare]

game is good but you should buy it from steam not from a store think that many cant do (buy from steam)

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

You can download the game from Steam cheaper than buying it from the store.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

The Game is already out

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

The Eastern Front was by far the largest and bloodiest theatre of World War II. It is generally accepted as being the deadliest conflict in human history, with over 30 million killed as a result. It involved more land combat than all other World War II theatres combined. The distinctly brutal nature of warfare on the Eastern Front was exemplified by an often willful disregard for human life by both sides.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

It was also reflected in the ideological premise for the war, which also saw a momentous clash between two directly opposed and radical ideologies. To hard line Nazis in Berlin, the war against the Soviet Union was one of a struggle of Fascism against Communism, and the Aryan race against the "inferior" Slavic race.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

The largest number of civilian deaths in a single city was 1,2 million citizens dead during the Siege of Leningrad. The combined damage consisted of complete or partial destruction of 1,710 cities and towns, 70,000 villages/hamlets, 2,508 church buildings, 31,850 industrial establishments, 40,000 miles of railroad, 4100 railroad stations, 40,000 hospitals, 84,000 schools, and 43,000 public libraries. Seven million horses, and 17 million sheep and goats were also slaughtered or driven off

[Garbonzo07]

gay

go play MW2 gayness

ww2 for the WIN!

[RabidRat88]

Best WWII online game ever made to this day.

[Darendar88]

DEFEND FATHERLAND! :D

[21StCenturyWarfare]

@bumble2able

steam.....com take a look.

[21StCenturyWarfare]

@UnitedOffensiveIII

i payed 5 euros in the store...online tis 15 euros =)

[bumble2able]

@21StCenturyWarfare

what and where is steam is it a site or what i desperatly want this game but cant find it in any store in the UK :'(

[ugowar]

@onuendel Who said anything about propaganda or "good"/ "bad"? The game treats both sides equally. The game manual says:

"This does not reflect any political views of the team in any shape or form, nor does it indicate any belief on our part in any of the causes they fought for, except for that of the freedom of the individual to live and die as they choose. The game has nothing to do with the extremist politics of the followers of Hitler - nor those of Stalin"

Have you even played the game?

[onuendel]

Another propaganda game...Stalin is good and Hitler is bad

Hitler was stupid-he kills people from next country-too bad

Stalin kills his own people-whatta success:)

[richysolo]

@UnitedOffensiveIII i always prefered to get the cd version so that if i dont have internet (happens often) i could still play it..at least in sp

[ZELDAFAN152]

when the fuck is the new one coming out?!?!?!

[TheGree123]

I have this game... And I love it!!!

[leeham991]

@Starioshka

yes... :\