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fat tony said:
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Lviv after the hurried withdrawal of Soviet forces, 1941.
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The Great West Ukrainian Prison Massacre of 1941. Violence and counter-violence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2q_huvDUEU
 
Quiet said:
The Great West Ukrainian Prison Massacre of 1941. Violence and counter-violence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2q_huvDUEU
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extremely interesting... I dated a Lithuanian lady. Her parents were lovely people who had escaped from Lithuania (immediately after the Soviets had invaded Lithuania) to a German DP camp... then made their way to Canada after the war. The mother had said that shortly after the Soviets arrived ... the entire 'upper form' of their local school (parents included) simply disappeared one day - apparently transported somewhere by the Soviets. That's when they decided they had to flee Lithuanian - and did - leaving everything. What I recall vividly was the mother telling me that the prevailing opinion amongst many Lithuanians was that the local Jewish population were communist sympathizers and agents and had identified various Lithuanians to the Soviets for this 'special treatment' ..... I thought her story was unusual and didnt pay much attention to it .... BUT this video seems to suggest that the Ukrainians and Poles may have had similar 'sentiments'. Curious.

OTOH my fathers sister married a Ukrainian who was a big union guy in northern Ontario when it was very unpopular in the ''40's and 50's and he was frequently called a 'Commie'

I laugh when I hear new Canadians complain about 'racism' in Canada .... they havent got a bloody clue what it has always been like for new immigrants here!
 
If you want to hear about the horrors of communism I strongly suggest you check out the Martyrmade Podcast.

I use to think I was fairly knowledgeable when it came to history but I had no idea just how brutal things were in Eastern Europe in the 1800s and 1900s.
 
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I use to think I was fairly knowledgeable when it came to history but I had no idea just how brutal things were in Eastern Europe in the 1800s and 1900s.

We live in a bubble of non reality, it's still going outside of our tunnel vision. :(

Grizz
 
There hasn't been any activity lately, so here is a pic of the beast I used to drag around and that during that dragging, there was mostly a lot of verbal abuse. Given and received.
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Almost, the two smallest guys carried the GPMG, Tri-pod, the ammo and each had to also hulk their C1's. I got lucky, only had to manage the C2, but then I was 6'1" (oh what memories I have of the 1970's)
 
In WW2 the biggest guy in the squad got the Bren gun and the Corporal got the Sten in Canadian active service. Usually a Bren was very close
to the front. Others carried rifles. Pending the immediate circumstances not all soldiers that surrendered were taken prisoner. That was usually
the job of the guy who had the Sten to adjust that problem out of sight. Not many SS or paras arrived at POW pens. The officer commanding
was usually near the back as it was his job to not only direct soldiers to position but also to shoot anyone who got scared and tried to run back
to safety. This is near verbatim from my Dad who carried the Sten (RRCI, 1945 Holland).
 
NoDanger said:
Almost, the two smallest guys carried the GPMG, Tri-pod, the ammo and each had to also hulk their C1's. I got lucky, only had to manage the C2, but then I was 6'1" (oh what memories I have of the 1970's)
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IIRC the smallest guy always carried the Carl Gustaf .. and his personal weapon.

In my haste and without gloves, I once grabbed the barrel of a C2 instead of the carry handle on a 'run down' ... just once! You never do that twice.
 
In about 1973, I took a C2, cut the bipods down, cut the mag to 10 rds and mounted a scope. Holy crap but it was accurate (relative to the C1 with scope). But it was not the army way. So, back to the C1
 
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