The glorious red army in germany: after they had a couple of drinks soviet soldiers had some fun with this german girl in east prussia. righteous payback for 4 years on their own soil?
That’s not entirely fair, komandos. The bulk of the Red Army outrages were carried out by poorly disciplined rear echelon troops. Not the front line fighters generally speaking. And since far more Soviet citizens died than German, what of pictures of Heer and SS in Russia?
If we’re going to (rightfully) condemn the rapes and killings conducted by Soviet soldiers circa 1944-45, we must also acknowledge that even the average soldiers went a long way in averting starvation and famine in postwar Germany. They also tended to be kind to children overall…