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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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My grandfather was one of those defenders.Comment
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Russian heroism
Russian imperialism
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One of my German friends at this forum had a grandpa who lost his leg besieging this city or somethingOriginally posted by Serb
My grandfather was one of those defenders."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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I lost my watch there somewhere.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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After Stalingrad all the population between Volga and Elbe lost their watches
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I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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Heresson, get out of this thread. I can't hear you anyway.Comment
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Too bad the siege didn't last another year or two. It may have changed post-war dynamics for the better.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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Or it may have given Speer more time to whip the German economy into shape.Comment
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I kind of wonder how Stalin could accept a gift, even a token gift, from the King of England. I mean I understand that at the peace conference ending the war with Japan Stalin sent other people because he thought it would be unseemly for a communist leader to possibly talk to the Emperor of Japan.
I also understand Stalin and Churchill would often butt heads due to Stalin continually saying Churchill was a lackey for his imperialist masters.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Originally posted by Oerdin
I kind of wonder how Stalin could accept a gift, even a token gift, from the King of England. I mean I understand that at the peace conference ending the war with Japan Stalin sent other people because he thought it would be unseemly for a communist leader to possibly talk to the Emperor of Japan.
He said so? When?I also understand Stalin and Churchill would often butt heads due to Stalin continually saying Churchill was a lackey for his imperialist masters.Last edited by Serb; February 2, 2008, 11:29.Comment
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That's a cool sword.
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It's been a while since my HS history classes covered this...weren't the people of Stalingrad basically trapped like rats? I seem to recall the books saying that Stalin threatened to kill anyone who left the city in the face of the Nazis. So it wasn't that they were steel-hearted so much as they were more afraid of Stalin than they were of Nazi soldiers. Just what I read a while ago and never cared enough to confirm or debunk.Comment
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