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*** '''[[Truth in Television|Yes.]]''' Stalin ''did'' fear Red Army war heroes and had a lot of Red Army soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front sent to gulags for precisely that reason. |
*** '''[[Truth in Television|Yes.]]''' Stalin ''did'' fear Red Army war heroes and had a lot of Red Army soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front sent to gulags for precisely that reason. |
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**** That is a very terrible Military hierarchy, damned if you do, damned if you don't. What incentive would a soldier have to follow orders if he is punished regardless of whether he fails or succeeds in winning the battles he fights? |
**** That is a very terrible Military hierarchy, damned if you do, damned if you don't. What incentive would a soldier have to follow orders if he is punished regardless of whether he fails or succeeds in winning the battles he fights? |
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***** If you don't follow orders you ''will'' die, and immediately. If you follow orders, you ''may'' die, and after the campaign is over. Therefore, follow orders and at worst you'll live a little longer than if you didn't, and maybe you'll live long enough to even retire! Welcome to Communist Russia. |
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*** Ask Stalin. As was noted above, this is very much [[Truth in Television]]. |
*** Ask Stalin. As was noted above, this is very much [[Truth in Television]]. |
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*** It's likely that they had ''no idea'' any of that would happen if they succeeded. For all they knew, they ''would'' have been welcomed home as heroes. |
*** It's likely that they had ''no idea'' any of that would happen if they succeeded. For all they knew, they ''would'' have been welcomed home as heroes. |
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**** "That is a very terrible military hierarchy" -- welcome to Stalinist Russia. It was a crappy place, in large part because it was run by a paranoid psychotic who built a cult-of-personality around himself, so that the people adored him even as he was sending a huge portion of them to gulags. The returning war heroes would have expected nothing less than a hero's welcome. And Stalin would have been determined that all of them were planning to overthrow him and to get rid of them as soon as possible. |
**** "That is a very terrible military hierarchy" -- welcome to Stalinist Russia. It was a crappy place, in large part because it was run by a paranoid psychotic who built a cult-of-personality around himself, so that the people adored him even as he was sending a huge portion of them to gulags. The returning war heroes would have expected nothing less than a hero's welcome. And Stalin would have been determined that all of them were planning to overthrow him and to get rid of them as soon as possible. |
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== Nukes as an option rather than Nova 6 == |
== Nukes as an option rather than Nova 6 == |
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