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Originally Posted by joea
Look I don't have time for detailed discussion right now-it does seems my point about Roberts was missed-I will try to do some futher inquiries on my own. It does seem astonishing that Russian soldiers fought as hard as they did if there was no sense of patriotism or hatred for the invader. Fear of one's own government will only go so far. I would like hard numbers at the very least.
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Yes i agree that Russian sacrifice during WW2 is somewhat underestimated.
There was great sense of duty and patriotism but that wasn't very obvious from the start of campaign.
Ruthlessness and crude force was needed to overcome sense defeatism and to gain any results in slowing German forces.
Only the determination of Stalin and his generals saved Russia from similar fate to France.