It is a tribute to the Red Army’s organisational virtuosity that it managed to amass these enormous quantities of fire-power, accessories and provisions without giving their game away. Battle-hardened veterans Marshal Georgiy Zhukov and Marshal Alexander Vasilevskiy were made responsible for planning, coordinating and directing two fronts each: Zhukov for the two southern fronts (2nd and 1st Byelorussian) and Vasilevskiy for the two northern fronts (1st Baltic and 3rd Byelorussian). The front commanders were Generals Bagramyan (1st Baltic), Chernyakhovskiy (3rd Byelorussian), Zakharov (2nd Byelorussian) and Rokossovskiy (1st Byelorussian, the largest formation, also tasked with covering the most ground).
NAZIS & FASCISTS
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Nazis didn’t even try to conceal their intentions under virtuous guises. They were planning to eradicate entire nations they deemed unworthy. But as documents reveal, not only Hitler’s allies but also his supposed enemies tried to make good for themselves out of the war.
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20 years after the war, a monument was erected on the site of the Sobibor camp: a huge mound with windows through which its contents can be seen – the remains of the destroyed people. Human bones, hair, dentures… According to German documents, 250,000 people died on this land during the year and a half of Sobibor’s existence. According to Pechersky and his comrades, more than half a million.
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Moskva Cruiser Sinks, US Sending More Weapons, US Admits Russia “Shapes” Ukraine Battlefield
6 minutes readUpdate on Russian operations in Ukraine for April 15, 2022:
1. Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva sinks after a fire and explosion on board, Ukraine claims it was the result of “2 Neptune cruise missiles but provided no evidence;
2. The cruiser’s loss will have a minimum impact strategically;
3. Pentagon admits Russia is “shaping the battlefield;”
4. The US is sending weapons Ukraine is unfamiliar with, affording them only “days” of training when weeks or even months are required to use these systems effectively;
5. Ukraine is carrying out non-strategic attacks on Russian territory, resulting in Russia ramping up more aggressive target selection for Ukraine’s command and control. -
UKRAINE: THE TRUE BUCHA BUTCHERS & KRAMATORSK KILLERS
12 minutes readThe rabid hatred of such nationalists (who have been described variously as ultranationalists, neo-Nazis and sometimes by themselves as ‘Nazis’) toward Russian-speakers cannot possibly be exaggerated.
Between 2014 and 2015 thousands of Russian-speakers in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine were killed through undirected mortar shell strikes on their apartment blocks, hospitals, schools, homes and urban streets. The current total of deaths stands at around 14,000. (Bear in mind that Donetsk and Lugansk were the regions surrounded by Ukrainian troops and militias made up of nationalists (who have since been incorporated into the Ukrainian army and National Guard) not a region in western Ukraine.