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[–] 9 points 5 days ago (1 child)

The red army is a similar story. They were mostly farmers who were tired of farming for rich people.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago

    I don't think that does the Red Army justice. It was a brutal, ideologically driven force that absorbed horrific losses and kept fighting. It wasn't a "warrior cult" in the Japanese or Nazi sense, but it wasn't a bunch of civilians who'd "rather be doing anything else," either.

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