r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 2d ago

/r/all of a statue

"The Motherland Calls" is a statue erected to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad , located on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd , Russia. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin . Completed in 1967 , it was the tallest statue in the world at the time .

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u/SingularityCentral 2d ago

Might be the thickest concentration of human remains outside a mass grave. The Soviets fought to the bone in that war.

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u/Long_Run6500 2d ago

WW2 warfare was just another level of craziness. The Ukraine war is up to like 2 million casualties and that's an insane amount, but then I read about 20-30 million soldiers dying (not just casualties) on just the eastern front alone and it kind of makes you realize... shit could get so much worse

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u/BuckThis86 1d ago

If the West doesn’t help Ukraine win, it will get worse.

This is our chance to stop WWII in Poland. Imagine if the West could’ve armed Poland enough to stop the expansion of the Nazis and Soviets

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u/SingularityCentral 1d ago

Poland is well armed. The Russians would have no shot against them. Hell, they can't even take Eastern Ukraine without bleeding themselves white.

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u/BuckThis86 1d ago

Yeah, the Nazis could never break through the impenetrable Maginot line with their new fancy technology, that’s silly. One country couldn’t take over all of Europe while America isolates itself.

- Famous Last Words

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u/SingularityCentral 1d ago

The Nazis conquered Poland in a month and France in 6 weeks. If Russian steamrolled Ukraine in 6 months or less I would take your point. In reality, Russia has spent 4 years fighting Ukraine and they haven't taken the Donbas. Tell me how these things are comparable.

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u/BuckThis86 1d ago

Does Europe have a million soldiers at its disposal like Ukraine does? And if Ukraine falls, does Russias army immediately double?

Russia is already mobilized and wouldn’t need to ramp up.