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Originally Posted by Don Clipper Spirit
Well said!
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I second that.
Gospodin, we learn about our history; I learned more in German history classes than I did in the American high school´s social studies. I do beg to differ, however, that the Russians would have tried to leave the industry intact had they conquered Germany. The East German example shows that instead of preserving the industry there, they had entire industrial compexes and factories disassembled in the USSR Zone, and reassembled in Siberia by German slave workers, aka POWs. Also keep in mind that the only reason (!!!) the Wehrmacht did not surrender unconditionally before May 8th, 1945, was that they tried to save as many troops as possible from Soviet Gulags, which would have meant certain death for them. To make up for this "loss of victims", Generalissimo Stalin then ordered civilians to be deported and killed instead.
To get back on topic, have you ever researched what fate the heroic victors from the glorious Red Army suffered after they returned from victory, rape and pillage? They, too, were locked away in the Gulags because they´ve seen too much. "None of them received a hero´s welcome".