To illustrate the level of misunderstanding there is in Russia about that particular war, when I recently mentioned to my mother-in-law (Russian) that my father had been an officer in the Pacific war with Japan, she asked, "was the US involved in that war?" CB
On 10/1/10 7:45 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I wasn't going to get sucked into this. > > Howver, without our help - the "Allies" that is and our opening of a second > and Western Front - there wouldn't be, in all probability, a Russia; not as we > know it today, that is. > > As well as the fact that a great many Russian's tragically died fighting on > the front; a great many British seaen died supplying the Soviet fighting > machine, with food and spare parts and equipment on those awful and cold > Murmansk Convoys. > > Therefore, dude, like it or not - without us Brits and Americans...eventually > your county would probably have been toast. > > Read yer history books a little more thoroughly. > > Sent from my Nokia phone > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Walker > Sent: 01/10/2010 4:36:34 pm > Subject: Re[2]: Expat List jewish in Russia - some marginal help from > western allies > > This is right nonsense. The Soviet Union certainly lost more dead in WWII, > but that was due in good part to Stalin's execution of most of his top brass > before the CCCP entered the war. And don't forget that Soviet troops fought > almost exclusively on a single front, namely the Soviet border with European > states. The Allies fought in Europe, North Africa, and the Far East. > > Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:00:41 -0700 (PDT) письмо от Andre <[email protected]>: > >> Proper spelling: Czech: Osv?tim, Slovak: Osvien?im, Russian: Освенцим. >> Reminder to Jewish sympathizers: Jews were not the only ones suffering from >> Nazi crimes. Tens of millions of Russians died during WWII. >> Reminder to all who don't know who beat the Nazis: Soviet Union beat Nazi >> German with some marginal help from western allies. >> We, victorious Russians, due our pivotal role in exterminating Nazism, have >> the right to use references to Nazi atrocities in our publications without >> consulting any ethnic minorities who marginally suffered during WWII. >> --- On Thu, 9/30/10, Human Resources <[email protected]> wrote: >>> From: Human Resources <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Expat List jewish in Russia >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 10:18 AM >>> It's amazing how visceral sometimes >>> Russia is, and in many way this is relevant to the >>> intellectualizing and legitimization of Al Jazeera. >>> >>> October 2010, issue of Russian Maxim, p. 64, photo of two >>> well dressed young women chowing down on giant plates of >>> burgers and fries, caption: "They didn't feed you in >>> Oswensim?" >>> >>> Oswensim, proper spelling - Oswiecim was the location of >>> the Aushchwitz Concentration Camp. And yes, millions >>> of people didn't get properly fed there. >>> >>> Anyone wants to share, the Chief Editor of Maxim is named >>> Mr. Alexander Malenkov, his email is [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Expat mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >>> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Expat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > Современная мобильная почта - для смартфонов и телефонов. > Оцените мобильный m.mail.ru с Вашего телефона > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
