jmadams wrote:
[big snip]
> 2. Russia never had attacks on her cities or soil, or at least none that I
> know of, or the west was allowed to here about.
OK, lets forget about the ancient history, like Napolean's invasion of
Russia. But surely you have heard of World War II. Some major things
happened in Russia (and the rest of the USSR) in that war.
- A siege and blockade of St. Petersburg that lasted about 900 days,
with deaths estimated at 6-800,000 or more, most of starvation and cold,
others from the constant shelling and bombing. About 500,000 are buried
in one cemetery.
-The Battle of Stalingrad, where the Red Army lost about a half-million
men, many in hand-to-hand combat in the streets.
- Other battles across Russia that led to Hitler's army being stopped
only in the suburbs of Moscow? (A monument showing where it was stopped
is visible from the road when traveling from the international airport
to downtown.)
- Major attacks and battles throughout Ukraine as well. I forget the
City, but my mother-in-law was evacuated from her childhood home in
Ukraine as the Germans approached.
- And on and on...
Total deaths for USSR during the war, military and civilian, about 20
million.
Bob Harris
New York
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