Victory Banner over the ReichstagMOSCOW, 5 Apr. A Reddit user published a post with the story of his great-grandfather, who fought in the Second World War as part of the Nazi army on the Eastern and Western fronts, and caused anger and ridicule from other visitors to the platform. According to the user, his great-grandfather spoke about the «cruelty» of Soviet soldiers. in the films they show: they just ran at him, unarmed, hoping to take the German troops in numbers, ”added the author. At the same time, on the Western Front it was“ a completely different matter, ”says the user. According to him, during the battles, colorful signals were used, including for a ceasefire, and doctors treated enemy soldiers.Reddit users argued over Soviet contribution to defeating the Nazis Users were outraged by the implausibility of the story and the glorification of Nazism. — wrote Skin969. HarveyDanger1990 pointed out that the Soviet army did not need weapons and did not go on the attack with bare hands. «They even rejected proposals for American and British artillery, because they had enough of their own,» he explained. Agreed with the user and another reader, who recalled that Hitler and his allies had more soldiers on the Eastern Front than the Soviet Union. «There was no point in throwing corpses at the enemy (the Soviet military. — Approx. Ed.). The Japanese Empire was the only one to use this tactic in the years World War II. They were tight with resources,» the commentator clarified.The Americans remembered Napoleon after the call to attack Russia from the east. — asked the author Mickmenn.CreativeShelter9873, in turn, recalled the atrocities of the Nazi army, calling the killing of civilians in the occupied territories the genocide of the Slavs. «Of course, barbarism reigned on the Eastern Front, but the Nazis were barbarians (if not worse),» — the user added. Hissingtree52 jokingly suggested an alternative version of the story, in which the author's great-grandfather, fighting the Americans and the British, admired the facial features of enemy soldiers from the trenches. .He explained that there are stories in Western countries about poverty and famine in the USSR, and at the same time it is claimed that the communists almost tore apart the way of life in the capitalist bloc.
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