Before the war, the village of Dedilovo had over a thousand houses. Only 23 remained, the rest were burned down by the retreating Wehrmacht.
All in all, more than seventy thousand villages and approximately seventeen hundred towns and cities were destroyed in the Soviet Union during the war.
EmpireCityRay
Damn that void in his heart is so evident, I can only imagine he wished then that he died either with his fellow soldiers or home with his family. War and its outcomes are NEVER pretty. :/
TheEmperorsWrath
Unfortunately, this will only get a fraction the amount of upvotes the image of that German Soldier got, because Reddit loves to jerk off about how great the Germans were.
Giulione74
This picture help to understand why russians were a bit angry when they finally made their way to Berlin.
Frathier
This is obviously bolshevik propaganda, only real historians know that the Germans were the biggest victims of WW II.
RenegadeWild
I highly recommend the movie Come and See. It’s a soviet film, with subtitles. It gives a glimpse into the despair the man in the thumbnail is feeling.
Tuguar
Reminds me of "Fate of a Man" short story by Mikhail Sholohov. Highly suggest it to anyone who hasn’t read it. Very powerful and emotional.
![A Soviet soldier returns home only to find his family killed, and his house burned down. Dedilovo, 1942 [1000x669]](https://i.imgur.com/ZzRCov6.jpg)
my_6th_accnt
Before the war, the village of Dedilovo had over a thousand houses. Only 23 remained, the rest were burned down by the retreating Wehrmacht.
All in all, more than seventy thousand villages and approximately seventeen hundred towns and cities were destroyed in the Soviet Union during the war.
EmpireCityRay
Damn that void in his heart is so evident, I can only imagine he wished then that he died either with his fellow soldiers or home with his family. War and its outcomes are NEVER pretty. :/
TheEmperorsWrath
Unfortunately, this will only get a fraction the amount of upvotes the image of that German Soldier got, because Reddit loves to jerk off about how great the Germans were.
Giulione74
This picture help to understand why russians were a bit angry when they finally made their way to Berlin.
Frathier
This is obviously bolshevik propaganda, only real historians know that the Germans were the biggest victims of WW II.
RenegadeWild
I highly recommend the movie Come and See. It’s a soviet film, with subtitles. It gives a glimpse into the despair the man in the thumbnail is feeling.
Tuguar
Reminds me of "Fate of a Man" short story by Mikhail Sholohov. Highly suggest it to anyone who hasn’t read it. Very powerful and emotional.