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Published: 2016-11-02 06:18:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 8240; Favourites: 75; Downloads: 39
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A WWI propaganda fan art.Related content
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Hehe, now I imagine it in his voice.
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Fits very well with the setting, even if the poster overall sounds more suited for the American army rather than the British.
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Yeah, it's kind of a "yee-haa, let's kick their asses" type of poster then "die for your king" one.
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I wonder what the Tsarist Russian army would call the Germans/Austro-Hungarians...perhaps using a lot ofΒ mat?
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I googled and found absolutely nothing on the subject. But we can be sure there were a lot of mat.
Too bad people in Russia have such little interest in WWI history.
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Let me guess, the main interest is still WW2...
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Alas, this is still one of the basic components of our national mythology.
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What exactly is "the national mythology" in Russia?
(I'm looking at Russia in history and it's pretty interesting. Which is why I'm asking you these questions.)
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Well many of us tend to see our history as a sequence of heroic deeds and that the West always abused us. Basically the same shit as any country has, only in acute stage, cause Rissians are resentful and they miss the times when "everybody feared us".
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Another question:
What do people think about Brezhnev? I know about Khrushchev's controversial legacy within Russia, but how about Leonid?
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Many consider his rule as a good old time.
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His eyebrows are pretty cool too.
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Those are mind-controlling caterpillars.
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Stalin's luxuriant mustache is his actual mouth. His lips are just a placeholder.
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So a lot of Russians really do miss the USSR. Does most of Russia believe that they won WW2 by themselves as well?
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...in a way, they did. The allies mostly just liberated France and crossed the Rhine, but the USSR, on their own, pushed the Germans back to Berlin and captured the city before the allies came to meet up with them.
Or I could be wrong. Feel free to correct.
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Nah, that's pretty accurate.
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Well I don't know about the most, but some, yes.
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As for the other Allies in WW2, what do they think of them?Β
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They know aboutΒ lend-lease but don't think much about it. They think even less about Pacific war. Those things are simply not interestinf for them.
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Do the clashes with Japan get overlooked too?
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Even Soviet clashes with Japan get overlooked.
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In favour of Kursk, Stalingrad, etc?
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Naturally. "We beat the fascists" - that's one of few keystones our national mythology. Though we most certainly didn't beat facsism in ourselves.
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I suppose that has a grain of truth to it. Russia technically was the biggest player in WW2 and got to Berlin first. Although America did give them bazookas, which were really valuable against pesky panzers.Β
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Well, I did't say the whole deal is based on a lie. It's based on half-truth.
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Neither did I. I do agree that Russia did win WW2 in terms of the Western Front.
Also, what do they think of Stalin now?
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Many of them like him. Even install memorials.
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Hell, he could have used that helmet of his.
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Well, the soldiers had to improve their melee weapons in the trenches
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One single question I have:
Why Jerry?!Β Β
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German.... Ger... Jerry! Couldn't figure that out?
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Soll ich dass so verstehen, dass die Briten zu doof waren ihr eigens Wort fΓΌr
das Deutsche Volk auszusprechen und der Einfachheit halber dann Jerry
gesagt haben?!Β
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Ist einfach Soldatenjargon... genau wie Vietcong --> VC --> Victor Charlie --> Charlie
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Ich war um ehrlich zu sein auch etwas verwirrt, als ich dass mit Jerry das erste mal hΓΆrte.
Ich wusste, dass der Brite auf Deutscher Seite immer Tommy genannt wurde und der Deutsche
immer Fritz hieΓ, aber Jerry war mir wirklich neu.Β
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Ich glaube in Call of Duty 2 hatten sie das immer gebrΓΌllt... vielleicht weiΓ ich's daher
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The British called German soldiers Jerries.
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Cause 'German' and 'Jerry' sound alike.
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I think the Americans called Germans "Fritz" sometimes.
The British used "Jerry" a lot during both world wars, while the French always referred to the Germans as "Boche" or "Les Boche".Β
And all the Allies used "Hun".
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Hun? Wasnβt that for the Austro-Hungarians?
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No, "Hun" was specifically for the Germans. It came from an inscription German troops had on their belts: "Gott mitt Uns." That means "God save us" in German, but to the British, they thought it meant something similar to "Uns" and it clicked: how better to portray your enemy as barbarous Huns?Β
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So the Brits called them Jerries AND Huns?
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Yep! Hun saw more use from officers, though - generally, the common soldier used Jerries.
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