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Started by Faeelin, October 28, 2009, 02:03:36 PM

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Faeelin

October 28, 2009, 02:03:36 PM
I came across a link to an archive of Soviet paintings for WW2; it's truly amazing stuff; I choked a couple of times looking at some of these.

http://www.allworldwars.com/Soviet%20War%20Paintings.html

And it has the best "Oh snap!" moment ever, depicting German prisoners of War marching through the capital.


The title? "They Saw Moscow."

Josephus

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October 28, 2009, 02:20:29 PM
Bookmarked. Very nice. Thanks
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Malthus

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October 28, 2009, 02:21:59 PM
Very nice. Many of those paintings are surprisingly effective.
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derspiess

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October 28, 2009, 02:52:17 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on October 28, 2009, 02:03:36 PM
I came across a link to an archive of Soviet paintings for WW2; it's truly amazing stuff; I choked a couple of times looking at some of these.

http://www.allworldwars.com/Soviet%20War%20Paintings.html

And it has the best "Oh snap!" moment ever, depicting German prisoners of War marching through the capital.


The title? "They Saw Moscow."

Yea warcrimes?  :huh:
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The Brain

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October 28, 2009, 03:05:53 PM
I too choked a couple of times. Communism ftl.
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Faeelin

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October 28, 2009, 03:23:27 PM
Quote from: derspiess on October 28, 2009, 02:52:17 PM
Yea warcrimes?  :huh:

You know, as war crimes in WW2 go, using prisoners from an army led with the goal of enslaving the peoples of Eastern Europe in a parade is pretty low on the list.

Lettow77

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October 28, 2009, 03:29:36 PM
 The Soviet Union, I suppose, did not have the goal of enslaving the peoples of eastern europe, but it just happened to work out that way :)
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Berkut

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October 28, 2009, 03:40:00 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on October 28, 2009, 02:03:36 PM



The title? "They Saw Moscow."

I wonder how many of them ever saw Germany again.
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derspiess

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October 28, 2009, 04:08:27 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on October 28, 2009, 03:23:27 PM
You know, as war crimes in WW2 go, using prisoners from an army led with the goal of enslaving the peoples of Eastern Europe in a parade is pretty low on the list.

Still a warcrime.  Not to mention what happened to them after the parade, as Berkut alluded to.
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Josquius

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October 28, 2009, 04:10:34 PM
Quote from: Lettow77 on October 28, 2009, 03:29:36 PM
The Soviet Union, I suppose, did not have the goal of enslaving the peoples of eastern europe, but it just happened to work out that way :)
It did? I must have missed when that happened.
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derspiess

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October 28, 2009, 04:13:16 PM
Quote from: Tyr on October 28, 2009, 04:10:34 PM
It did? I must have missed when that happened.

LOL were you born: after the cold war?
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DGuller

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October 28, 2009, 04:14:07 PM
Probably most of them survived.  This was 1944, and those that marched weren't wounded or diseased, so they were even less likely to be among those that died in captivity.

The Brain

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October 28, 2009, 04:15:19 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 28, 2009, 04:14:07 PM
Probably most of them survived.  This was 1944, and those that marched weren't wounded or diseased, so they were even less likely to be among those that died in captivity.

Yay, just 10ish years left in camps!
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DGuller

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October 28, 2009, 04:18:39 PM
Quote from: The Brain on October 28, 2009, 04:15:19 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 28, 2009, 04:14:07 PM
Probably most of them survived.  This was 1944, and those that marched weren't wounded or diseased, so they were even less likely to be among those that died in captivity.

Yay, just 10ish years left in camps!
It toughened them up.
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