Indifferent alike to praise or blame
Give heed, O Muse, but to the voice Divine
Fearing not injury, nor seeking fame,
Nor casting pearls to swine.
(A.Pushkin)
King George was a diplomat. Kings do those sort of things. Churchill didn't trust the Russians anymore than the Americans did.
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
Still amazing Stalin trusted Hitler over his own intelligence apparatus.
Stalin had purged 8 of his 11 field generals prior to this point.
Stalin created this Nazi incursion. He left the west of Russia vulnerable.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
Have you ever served and do you know that the structure of the Army expects the equal replacement of any gone commander? And it appeared to be a proper step to replace some generals with their experience and ambitions from the times of Civil War in Russia if trust Dr. Goebbels' diaries d.d. March-April 1945.
Last edited by Balu; 02-01-2017 at 10:47 PM.
Indifferent alike to praise or blame
Give heed, O Muse, but to the voice Divine
Fearing not injury, nor seeking fame,
Nor casting pearls to swine.
(A.Pushkin)
Volgograd marks Battle of Stalingrad date
Society & Culture
February 02, 4:35 UTC+3 VOLGOGRAD
All in all, according to the city administration, about 100 different events timed to the date will be held in the city
Motherland Calls statue on top of the Mamayev Kurgan commemorating the WWII Battle of Stalingrad
© Dmitry Rogulin/TASS
VOLGOGRAD, February 2. /TASS/. The Volga River city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) marks on Thursday 74 four years since the victory of Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad, the press service of the regional administration reports.
Mamayev Kurgan, a dominant height overlooking the city, and the state panoramic museum Battle of Stalingrad will be traditionally the main sites to attract thousands of local residents and guests.
Gallery 13 photo
© Fotokhronika TASS/Georgy Zelma Victory in the battle of Stalingrad
They will climb 200 stairs, the number of days that the battle against German troops continued, to lay flowers to the Eternal Flame.
A concert will be held at the railway station building, where war-time songs will be sung and poems recited.
All in all, according to the city administration, about 100 different events timed to the date will be held in the city - meetings with veterans, tours to battle sites, exhibitions, concerts and a race. A minute of silence will be observed at noon at all schools of Volgograd.
A total of 212 veterans of the Battle of Stalingrad still live in the city. The battle (August 23, 1942 - February 2, 1943) was the bloodiest in the history of humankind, with more than two million people killed on both sides.
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Indifferent alike to praise or blame
Give heed, O Muse, but to the voice Divine
Fearing not injury, nor seeking fame,
Nor casting pearls to swine.
(A.Pushkin)
Indifferent alike to praise or blame
Give heed, O Muse, but to the voice Divine
Fearing not injury, nor seeking fame,
Nor casting pearls to swine.
(A.Pushkin)