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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The Germans positively terrified thier own civillians with propoganda about the Russian hordes and thier raping and throwing of children onto fires when the Russian's began thier long march to Moscow. You still saw a lot of that viewpoint in 20th century history when it comes to the portrayal of Russians in contemporary literature.
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I'm sure you've read the books by Antony Beevor. He's hugely criticized by Russian historians because of his description of the raping and pillaging of the Red Army on their path to Berlin. But I find it hard to deny honestly. Look at who made up the 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts.. hordes of men from the Eastern reaches of the Soviet Union.. hardly civilized.