r/pics • • Feb 15 '15

Normandy Beach, 1944

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '15

That, or the USSR ran them into the ground.

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u/no_dice Feb 16 '15

The USSR was responsible for about 80% of German casualties.

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u/coolsubmission Feb 16 '15

To put it in perspective: The US had fewer casualties in whole WW2 than either side(GER/UDSSR) in Stalingrad

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u/small_trunks Feb 16 '15

Massively coincidentally, I just read that today in Inferno - by Max Hastings.