This article references the existence of lots of alternatives for ending the war but doesn’t identify any of them. Anyone know what other methods or paths specifically would have led to the war ending in just a few weeks and without an invasion of Japan, as mentioned in the article? Genuinely curious, not arguing the claim.
OP would make an excellent dungeon master
What is this from? I can’t remember the source, but somehow I remember Weird Al showing that this is a soup ladle hanging out of his sleeve
Pickleball has taken over quickly, next is picklebuilding
Now I see, comrade. All hail mother Russia.
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 many Soviet soldiers were,a couple weeks in Stalingrad. (Numbers pulled from Russian sources)
Before anyone asks for a source:
July 1942’s famous “Order No. 227,” better known as the “Not One Step Backward!” rule, which decreed that cowards were to be “liquidated on the spot.” Under this order, any troops who retreated were to be shelled or gunned down by so-called “blocking detachments”—special units who were positioned behind their own lines and charged with shooting any soldier who tried to flee. Stalin’s draconian orders were designed to increase the Red Army’s fighting spirit, but they weren’t empty threats. According to some estimates, Soviet barrier troops may have killed as many as 150,000 of their own men over the course of the war…
Aaaand over 150,000 of their own soldiers for retreating
Reminds me of the Venetian Snares track with noises that are pictures of his cats run through a spectrograph in reverse
Must have forgotten the name/address of that one person in Andorra
“What? This is absurd”
“Humanity verified”
So true lol