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[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;45516200][img]http://horobox.reager.org/u/zukriuchen_1406501516.gif[/img] [img]http://horobox.reager.org/u/zukriuchen_1406571388.gif[/img] get em while theyre hot[/QUOTE] Yoink, you're the best.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45496589] Russian infantry surrendering-Winter war. SA-kuva[/QUOTE] And most likely were killed instead of being captured. They still keep finding these mass graves of executed soviet prisoners of war
poor bastards
Well, it's probably not as uncommon as you might think. During the Revolutionary War, more American soldiers died in British prisons than they did on the battlefields.
Just found this while googling, thought it would fit here. Landscapes formed with human bodies: [IMG]http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/carl-5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/carl-3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/carl-2.jpg[/IMG] More: [url]http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/07/carl-warner-bodyscapes/[/url]
[QUOTE=Ramone;45522007]And most likely were killed instead of being captured. They still keep finding these mass graves of executed soviet prisoners of war[/QUOTE] Yea that was a trend on the Eastern front during WWII. There was about 110,000 Germans captured by the Soviets during the Battle of Stalingrad. By the end of the war, only 5,000 were alive and they weren't released until the 1950's. Who knows how many Russian and German mass graves there are spread out all over Eastern Europe.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45524268]Yea that was a trend on the Eastern front during WWII. There was about 110,000 Germans captured by the Soviets during the Battle of Stalingrad. By the end of the war, only 5,000 were alive and they weren't released until the 1950's. Who knows how many Russian and German mass graves there are spread out all over Eastern Europe.[/QUOTE] It's sad, but from an objective point it makes sense. You can't keep feeding enemy soldiers when you can barely feed your own.
[IMG]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--DgYSFEme--/zghznfjxln5yxhtzup2u.gif[/IMG] [video=vimeo;101053847]http://vimeo.com/101053847[/video]
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Some photos after the Tornado in my city: [t]https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/10526079_973102562716236_68135500174008866_n.jpg?oh=cb13a8dbc330b7586891fa3b241d9afc&oe=54344A5C[/t] [t]https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/p720x720/10537865_973102626049563_6377330112684829002_n.jpg[/t] [t]https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0- 9/p720x720/10547550_973102666049559_8946058984977607269_n.jpg[/t] [t]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/10559758_973102719382887_6555080664445577198_n.jpg?oh=280742411e6deacad7a7b596df196b80&oe=543BBA62&__gda__=1412845906_e2e4fdd2e1f530044e1474391a2b6617[/t]
literal Chinese translations for European countries [IMG]http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2359627/84223120.jpg[/IMG] top google searches for states/countries [IMG]http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2359627/84223123.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2359627/84223124.jpg[/IMG]
Spain: Empty No wonder my ancestors came to the new world :v:
Oh wow, I live in moral-land. But at least we're considered rich/wealthy now and not being the top-notch racist lol
[QUOTE=StickyWicket;45523289]Well, it's probably not as uncommon as you might think. During the Revolutionary War, more American soldiers died in British prisons than they did on the battlefields.[/QUOTE] That was due to inhumane conditions, not executions.
[QUOTE=Griffster26;45495682][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XYnTgZd.gif[/IMG] Mayflies[/QUOTE] That reminded me of a weather radar image showing something way darker: [img]http://i.imgur.com/6AN7jbu.png[/img] [sp]The (remains of) Space Shuttle Columbia[/sp]
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;45476707][t]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--aqVBvbdC--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/821674276826817316.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--QHpsmSv1--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/821674278088908580.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--JR4lZglw--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/821674278479576612.png[/t] Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan[/QUOTE] Now that's somewhere I definitely wanna go to if I ever visit Japan.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;45530128]That was due to inhumane conditions, not executions.[/QUOTE] They're not that different honestly. Poor conditions for POW's is pretty much execution.
[QUOTE=Ramone;45522007]And most likely were killed instead of being captured. They still keep finding these mass graves of executed soviet prisoners of war[/QUOTE] American soldiers also shot German prisoners during the battle of the bulge. Simply because they didn't have the supplies, nor place to keep them. Knowing how undersupplied the Finns where during WW2, that is likely why they did it, and not out of malice.
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;45530532]American soldiers also shot German prisoners during the battle of the bulge. Simply because they didn't have the supplies, nor place to keep them. Knowing how undersupplied the Finns where during WW2, that is likely why they did it, and not out of malice.[/QUOTE] No, I would bet it's out of malice. I'm not trying to demonize either side but Germany, and her allies, and the Soviet Union, and her allies, absolutely hated each other. They saw each country's governments as being major threats to Europe and their people as ethnically impure. The Germans saw Bolshevism as being the biggest threat to the world that modern history would ever know. Many, if not most, Germans who joined the Wehrmacht and SS joined to fight against Bolshevism. Bolsheviks hated the Germans because they saw them as fascist hellions who sought complete ethnic cleansing of the Russian people. The Germans liberated the Ukraine and then allowed Ukrainians free reign to rape and pillage in villages Germany conquered. They knew that if they let Germany win, then they would be killed off and their land would be given to the troops that conquered it. [editline]29th July 2014[/editline] People always forget how different the Eastern Front and the Western front were. To give an example, in the book "Black Edelweiss", the author was sent to Finland with an SS company to fight the Russians alongside Finish forces. When Finland signed their treaty with Russia and forced Germany out, the author and his company were sent to the Western Front. When he first got into combat with the Americans there, he commented on how surprised he was at how civilized things were. Ambulances weren't being shot up, dead and wounded were able to be recovered in broad daylight, and the fighting wasn't as intense or blood thirsty.
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;45530532]American soldiers also shot German prisoners during the battle of the bulge. Simply because they didn't have the supplies, nor place to keep them. Knowing how undersupplied the Finns where during WW2, that is likely why they did it, and not out of malice.[/QUOTE] You're delusional if you think malice doesn't factor into the act of killing in some form or another. The logic of violence is inherently malicious before the fact
[QUOTE=Kommodore;45530697]You're delusional if you think malice doesn't factor into the act of killing in some form or another. The logic of violence is inherently malicious before the fact[/QUOTE] Perhaps. But if you don't have enough food to feed yourself and your prisoners, who can be expected to let themselves starve as well? Yes, it's a tragedy, and if done deliberately it is of course evil. But necessity is a long-recognized defense against any crime, even murder.
I disagree like i get that people had to fight each other for morally legitimate reasons but it's pretty fucked up to say that executing POW was necessary or legitimate
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;45530532]American soldiers also shot German prisoners during the battle of the bulge. Simply because they didn't have the supplies, nor place to keep them. Knowing how undersupplied the Finns where during WW2, that is likely why they did it, and not out of malice.[/QUOTE] In Finland, army was still kinda unorganized and soldiers were more "paramilitants" than actual soldiers and officers really couldn't keep the order up, so when bunch of soviets surrendered, they got shot because these soldiers really didn't know what is "prisoner-of-war". It was more like "Wow! Free kills"
[img]http://kokh.images.worldnow.com/images/4311145_G.jpg[/img] [QUOTE]A photo is going viral after a young boy in China begged his family to let him donate his organs before brain cancer took his life. China Daily is reporting that Liang Yaoyi, 11, was a fifth grader in South China's Guangdong Province and passed away in June. Yaoyi was diagnosed with brain cancer in April, according to the report. "There are many people doing great things in the world," he said from his sickbed, according to China Daily. "They are great, and I want to be a great kid too!" [/QUOTE] You did good kiddo...you did good :(
[img]http://i.imgur.com/VJBD64R.jpg[/img] trench warfare at night.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45530589]No, I would bet it's out of malice. I'm not trying to demonize either side but Germany, and her allies, and the Soviet Union, and her allies, absolutely hated each other. They saw each country's governments as being major threats to Europe and their people as ethnically impure. The Germans saw Bolshevism as being the biggest threat to the world that modern history would ever know. Many, if not most, Germans who joined the Wehrmacht and SS joined to fight against Bolshevism. Bolsheviks hated the Germans because they saw them as fascist hellions who sought complete ethnic cleansing of the Russian people. The Germans liberated the Ukraine and then allowed Ukrainians free reign to rape and pillage in villages Germany conquered. They knew that if they let Germany win, then they would be killed off and their land would be given to the troops that conquered it. [editline]29th July 2014[/editline] People always forget how different the Eastern Front and the Western front were. To give an example, in the book "Black Edelweiss", the author was sent to Finland with an SS company to fight the Russians alongside Finish forces. When Finland signed their treaty with Russia and forced Germany out, the author and his company were sent to the Western Front. When he first got into combat with the Americans there, he commented on how surprised he was at how civilized things were. Ambulances weren't being shot up, dead and wounded were able to be recovered in broad daylight, and the fighting wasn't as intense or blood thirsty.[/QUOTE] I don't know much about Soviet - Finnish relationship prior to WW2. Although they seemed kinda buddy - buddy after it during the cold war with the whole Finlandization idea, or at least tolerant with them. But, I'm well aware of how bad the fighting was on the Eastern Front. It was the same way with the American and Japanese in the pacific theater. Although, I've never heard of German or Russian soldiers sending home skulls of the enemy for a trophy. [QUOTE=Kommodore;45530697]You're delusional if you think malice doesn't factor into the act of killing in some form or another. The logic of violence is inherently malicious before the fact[/QUOTE] I'm not saying all of them shot the prisoners because they thought they where dirty russians or something along those lines. I'm sure people did it though.
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;45535412]Although they seemed kinda buddy - buddy after it during the cold war with the whole Finlandization idea, or at least tolerant with them.[/QUOTE]make no mistake, the Soviet Union threatened us into submission. the only people who were buddy-buddy with them were the far left. "Finlandization" means kissing the ass of a superpower by accepting their censorship, propaganda and indoctrination policies so they don't invade and destroy your country and people beyond recovery. it's a leash, to put it simply.
I wonder what Finland would've looked like today if we never had that godawful war.
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;45535412]I don't know much about Soviet - Finnish relationship prior to WW2. Although they seemed kinda buddy - buddy after it during the cold war with the whole Finlandization idea, or at least tolerant with them. [/QUOTE] They were buddy-buddy in the sense they were forced into Neutrality. If they didn't play it the way they did, then they were at risk of having 40 or 50,000 T-55's rolling over their borders. [editline]29th July 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=booster;45535678]I wonder what Finland would've looked like today if we never had that godawful war.[/QUOTE] You would probably have either a few extra miles of land in the direction of Russia, or you would have no land.
[QUOTE=booster;45535678]I wonder what Finland would've looked like today if we never had that godawful war.[/QUOTE] Finland would have let the Soviets annex Karelia ala the Sudetenland. Stalin, seeing the Finns buckling to Soviet pressure, would either: A) Demand more B) Outright invade/annex
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