this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
-10 points (40.4% liked)
History
1891 readers
2 users here now
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Agreed History.com has some wacky articles, but these numbers come from Richard Overy, a respected and well-researched historian. But feel free to do some pleasure reading on these:
https://notevenpast.org/order-no-227-stalinist-methods-and-victory-eastern-front/#:~:text=How%20many%20Soviet%20soldiers%20were,a%20couple%20weeks%20in%20Stalingrad. (Numbers pulled from Russian sources)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertion#:~:text=Their%20family%20members%20were%20subjected,executed%20158%2C000%20troops%20for%20desertion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_crimes
Wikipedia is also not a reliable source. And most of what is sourced about Stalin is hearsay from defectors. Truthful sources about Stalin are not easily found on the west. The majority of them are altered anti-Soviet propaganda.
Now I see, comrade. All hail mother Russia.