Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
I don't use the Cyrillic alphabet. I'm a civilized human being.
Oh please!

Condemn the Soviets, especially under the leadership of Dze Gausveeli [sic?] all you wish. He was every bit the monster Adolf was and his go to guy Beria was even more of a sicko than most of the crew working for Hitler -- which is pretty nasty to say the least. On the other hand, condemning an alphabet, and by impllication the entire collection of cutlures associated with it, is a bit much.


Atrocities happened with appalling frequency on both sides of the Eastern Front. This was especially true of second-echelon troops on both sides, where rapine and looting were as bad as anything a medieval army could produce and on occurred on a scale that beggars the imagination. Moreover, as you rightly sneer at, it was the effective POLICY of both combatants to treat the civilians that way. Nauseating stuff.