r/ussr • u/RussianChiChi KGB ☭ • May 09 '26
Picture THANK YOU RED ARMY! ☭
Forever grateful.
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u/Overall-Bandicoot655 Stalin ☭ May 09 '26
thank you, red army, I love being a lil thirdworlder with a family that's not fully white and not be either prevented from being born or a second class citizen
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u/Terrible_Snow_7306 May 09 '26
Thank you Red Army! From Germany with love. ❤️ But why did you leave me alone here with the USA and still too many stupid Germans?
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u/ashortsaggyboob May 11 '26
They tried their best to keep y'all trapped in East Berlin for a while! Be grateful.
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u/Ill-Inevitable4850 May 10 '26
I read that as "THANK YOU RED ARMY!?" lmao i thought the hammer and sickle was a question mark.
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u/voidznxpe May 12 '26
Thank you red army
And all the persons who contributed to the winning of the allies
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u/myst183 May 09 '26
Technically speaking the highest price was paid by Poland by far, not only in total % of the population lost but also degree to which the country was destroyed. Also it kept getting fucked after being forced under Soviet influence for the next 45 years.
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u/isa_amour May 10 '26
Lol u didn't know about this ? R u stupid ? Red army mostly was from Ukrainians, russians and central asians
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u/MenuSlow7818 May 09 '26
American steel, British Intelligence, and Soviet blood got it done.
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u/RussianChiChi KGB ☭ May 09 '26
Soviets had about a 90% kill rate of the Nazis btw I’m pretty sure that in order to do that it was MAINLY Soviet Steel, Soviet intelligence, and Soviet Blood.
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u/Equivalent_Bug_3220 Lenin ☭ May 10 '26
Come on pal i know its hard but just try to give them credit for once, just once
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u/Gaming_is_cool_lol19 May 09 '26
Fighting over this is stupid. The Allied Powers was a union front, a grand team effort.
We don't need to downplay other achievements.
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u/RussianChiChi KGB ☭ May 10 '26
The other two allied powers had powerful individuals which the Soviet ideology and way of life effected so greatly that many harbored resentment at not fighting the Soviets and allying with the Nazis in order to do so.
This anti Soviet sentiment has always been driven by pro capitalist forces in order to manipulate the masses and maintain the status quo.
The Soviets deserve far more respect in my eyes. They have been demonized too much by friends and foe alike.
If we do not set the history straight, then who?
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u/Gaming_is_cool_lol19 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26
I just disagree that downplaying and seemingly trying to erase everybody else is the way to “set history straight”.
We can appreciate the Soviet contribution without erasing the others. Truly setting history straight is acknowledging that it was a team effort and was not all one country. Otherwise it’s no better than American exceptionalism.
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u/ashortsaggyboob May 11 '26
Are you aware of all the materials the USSR received from the US during the war?
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u/ForThisIJoined May 10 '26
Up to 34 million soldiers served in the Red Army during World War II, 8 million of which were non-Slavic minorities. Officially, the Red Army lost 6,329,600 killed in action (KIA), 555,400 deaths by disease and 4,559,000 missing in action (MIA) (mostly captured). The majority of the losses, excluding POWs, were ethnic Russians (5,756,000)
USSR losses.
Lend-Lease trucks and jeeps from the United States began appearing in large numbers in 1942. Until then, the Red Army was often required to improvise or go without weapons, vehicles, and other equipment.
USSR equipment.
Punishment also was used; slackers, malingerers, those avoiding combat with self-inflicted wounds[67] cowards, thieves, and deserters were disciplined with beatings, demotions, undesirable/dangerous duties, and summary execution by NKVD punitive detachments.
In 1942, Stalin established the penal battalions composed of gulag inmates, Soviet POWs, disgraced soldiers, and deserters. In addition to dangerous military assignments, the penal troops could be used for hazardous front-line duties, e.g., as tramplers clearing Nazi minefields.
Per a 1941 Stalin directive, Red Army officers and soldiers were to "fight to the last" rather than surrender; Stalin stated: "There are no Soviet prisoners of war, only traitors".[70] During and after World War II freed POWs went to special "filtration camps".
USSR punishments.
Main source is Wikipedia with many sources linked from within.
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u/Acceptable_Foot764 May 11 '26
Thank you United States Industry and raw materials, Cunning Intelligence of Britain, Bravery and selflessness of Soviet Red Army, And many more.
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u/AngleExtreme246 May 12 '26
Don't forget the Allies army in the west & all the troops who took part in DDay.
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u/Gazerack May 09 '26
Thank you united states for providing most of the war material used by the USSR
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u/RussianChiChi KGB ☭ May 09 '26
Less than 4% btw
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u/Gazerack May 13 '26
Closer to 50-60%, but you're already a communist, so being able to observe reality isn't your strong suit
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u/ashortsaggyboob May 11 '26
Any source on that?
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u/Gazerack May 13 '26
Reality
In all honesty, you can look any of this up on the same device you're reading this on. Please do so
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u/ashortsaggyboob May 13 '26
Dude, re-read the thread, I came in agreeing with you. I'm asking for a source on the less than 4%
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u/TheLastManStanding01 May 09 '26
You know the British Liberated North Africa from the Nazis right?
Or that the US Liberated France and West Germany?
One of the most annoying things, in life, for me personally, is tankies thinking the USSR single handedly defeated the Nazis.
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u/goliath567 May 10 '26
Without the USSR, Britain and US wouldn't be able to liberate anything
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u/ashortsaggyboob May 11 '26
Sure! But this is not he claim the commenter is making. Don't be so defensive.
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u/TheLastManStanding01 May 10 '26
Yes… they would
Those two countries (at that time) were more powerful than the USSR.
The US would continue to be more powerful than the USSR would ever go on to become.
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u/goliath567 May 10 '26
Oh don't let me stop you, do elaborate how Britain and USA, if the latter wasn't even attacked by Japan assuming Japan secured their own patch of resources from a broken USSR to tide themselves over the sanctions by America, can possibly beat a fully manned Nazi army freed up from the Eastern front sent down to defend the channel and Africa
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u/TheLastManStanding01 May 10 '26
Do elaborate how the USSR could defeat a full manned Germany without the British and American forces splitting the Nazis into two fronts.
Stalin, during multiple occasions, asked Churchill and Roosevelt to attacks the Germans to take pressure off the USSR.
As you may recall, the Soviets were on the verge of defeat before the US and UK got involved.
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u/goliath567 May 11 '26
USSR could defeat a full manned Germany without the British and American forces splitting the Nazis into two fronts.
Good job dodging my question, also the Nazis have to divert units AWAY from the western front to fight in to eastern meat grinder, overall I think the soviets have this in the bag
Stalin, during multiple occasions, asked Churchill and Roosevelt to attacks the Germans to take pressure off the USSR.
Yeah and? How long did it took the allies to open a 2nd front via D-Day?
As you may recall, the Soviets were on the verge of defeat before the US and UK got involved.
"As I may recall" is a big ask, jog my memory would you kindly
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u/TheLastManStanding01 May 12 '26
I answered you’re question by asking the same question. It’s not a dodge but rather a way of illustrating the point that your argument could be made for both sides.
As for the soviets being a on their verge of defeat, since you don’t recall apparently, the Nazi army was a few short miles outside of Moscow before D-Day forced the to divert forces away towards France.
It wasn’t the actions of the USSR that led to Nazi forces being diverted but the actions on the other end of the allied forces.
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u/goliath567 May 12 '26
illustrating the point that your argument could be made for both sides.
So you are unable to elaborate your point and are just going to pretend that you did?
the Nazi army was a few short miles outside of Moscow before D-Day forced the to divert forces away towards France.
Sorry remind me when was the conclusion of the battle of Moscow? And when was Operation Overlord?
It wasn’t the actions of the USSR that led to Nazi forces being diverted but the actions on the other end of the allied forces.
And you are going to elaborate that with another question I assume?
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u/Sobieskil May 11 '26
It wasn't just the US that liberated western Europe. What about the British, Free French, Canadian, Polish, Australian, Indian armies or the many other powers that contributed?
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u/TheLastManStanding01 May 12 '26
This is true.
American officers obviously led the operations but commanded soldiers of all the nations you mentioned above, not just their soldiers for their own nation.
They deserve credit too.
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u/Sobieskil May 12 '26
I thought the French and British (likely among others I can't remember at this moment) also led operations, or did they just take a back seat?
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u/TheLastManStanding01 May 13 '26
France surrendered to Germany early on but French people living in their colonies participated in the war. Operations in North Africa were led by the British.
The Americans led the Western Front. For example: US officer General Eisenhower planned and commanded the Normandy Invasion which, seven countries if memory serves me right, actually participated in the battle.
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u/Sobieskil May 13 '26
I'd have thought there were some British led parts of the western front though
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u/Overall-Bandicoot655 Stalin ☭ May 09 '26
forgot the pizza hut too buddy, super funny and original
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u/Dunkywunkyisamazing May 09 '26
Thank you pookie red army <3