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On June 29, 1941, the Germans, having already launched their invasion of Soviet territory, invade and occupy Lvov, in eastern Galicia, in Ukraine, slaughtering thousands.
The Russians followed a scorched-earth policy upon being invaded by the Germans; that is, they would destroy, burn, flood, dismantle and remove anything and everything in territory they were forced to give up to the invader upon retreating, thereby leaving the Germans little in the way of crops, supplies, industrial plants, or equipment. (It was a policy that had proved very successful against Napoleon in the previous century.) This time, as the Germans captured Lvov, the Soviet NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB secret police, proceeded to murder 3,000 Ukrainian political prisoners.
On June 29, 1941, the Germans, having already launched their invasion of Soviet territory, invade and occupy Lvov, in eastern Galicia, in Ukraine, slaughtering thousands.
The Russians followed a scorched-earth policy upon being invaded by the Germans; that is, they would destroy, burn, flood, dismantle and remove anything and everything in territory they were forced to give up to the invader upon retreating, thereby leaving the Germans little in the way of crops, supplies, industrial plants, or equipment. (It was a policy that had proved very successful against Napoleon in the previous century.) This time, as the Germans captured Lvov, the Soviet NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB secret police, proceeded to murder 3,000 Ukrainian political prisoners.
Germans capture Lvov—and slaughter ensues
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How scary is this to run into the arms of a false friend to flee the enemy you know. Lt Col Charlie Brown I see a lesson to be learned. I wonder if others are missing this.
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SSG Samuel Kermon
Could be. Another idea that needs to be taken with care is the "enemy of my enemy is my friend". That mindset can get you killed just as quickly.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
This is why I am surprised that the Germans took so long to capitalize on Russian internal divisions and start arming anyone that had anti-Stalin leanings.
By the time Himmler/Hitler allowed “undesirables” to join the military it was too late.
By the time Himmler/Hitler allowed “undesirables” to join the military it was too late.
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