Wow I had never heard of her before. You should check out Bryan’s post, he also wrote about a sniper. I just read an article about women who disguised themselves to serve in the American Civil War.
Month: March 2018
Comment on Innocence Lost: The Great Patriotic War in “Ivan’s Childhood” by aharman07
I really like the how you incorporate various films into your posts. This really bring the material to life and presents it in a way that is unique. I never knew about the child soldiers that were utilized – this was really shocking to me. Keep up the great work!
Comment on The Katyn Forest Massacre by aharman07
Overall, this is a nicely constructed post that features a lot of different aspects pertaining to Soviet success. I really liked the research that you conducted as well as the various examples you have. Great job!
Comment on Episode 5: The Motherland Strikes Back by aharman07
I really enjoyed this post and the amount of research you put into it. The images that you picked were sources of reference as you progressed. Keep up the great work and may the force be with you!
Comment on Innocence Lost: The Great Patriotic War in “Ivan’s Childhood” by ejrhodes5
I’d highly recommend watching it! While the partisans aren’t really shown, they are mentioned often by Ivan and the officers.
Comment on The Girl with the Tokarev SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle. by A.Anthony
Leave it to the Soviets to be the most progressive country in the world on gender equality. Despite a lack of personal freedoms, they definitely made up for it with at least the presumption of equality.
Comment on They Did Nazi That Coming… by A.Anthony
I think it’s kind of funny that the Soviets were able to look at the past and see that the Germans strategy wouldn’t work, but the Germans totally forgot about the past failure and proceeded without thinking twice. Hindsight is 20-20 I guess
Comment on The Holocaust and Forgotten Victims by Cameron Brown
How do you think history would have been different had they united rather than divided? And do you think that this division was part of a larger vision? Also, I think it is important that other stories are told about marginalized groups during this era…
Comment on The Katyn Forest Massacre by jkelly24
I believe this was done because while Khrushchev was announcing atrocities done internally to the Soviet Union this one was external. Done to a different countries citizenship rather than their own.
Comment on Smells Like A Cover Up by A.Anthony
I don’t understand how they thought that no one would put the pieces together and figure out what they had done. It makes me wonder if there were any more similar events that were successfully covered up that no one knows about.
