They raped two million German women. They plundered goods worth 54 billion dollars in Poland. They won World War II under the command of a gang of sadists, drunks and thieves. What else did Russian soldiers and generals become famous for?
As always, all TOP10 items are based on the articles we publish. This time, these are texts on the art of warfare by our Russian neighbor. You can find even more interesting facts on similar topics in articles on military history.
What are the Russians capable of during the war?
 | 10. | They robbed Poland for $ 54 billion. Liberation by the "brotherly" Red Army meant the planned stripper of the ally's country of all kinds of goods:from factories, through garbage trucks, to straw, potatoes and toilet seats (read more on this topic). |
 | 9. | They fed civilians with waste. During the siege of Leningrad, no one was picky. They ate rotten grain flour, flax noodles for feeding cattle, and "meat" made from ground calfskin and sheep gut (read more on this topic). |
 | 8. | In the battle of Tsushima, the honor of Russian sailors saved ... a Pole. During the officers' meeting on the battleship "Imperator Nikolai I", only one person opposed the capitulation of the ship. It was a miczman Jerzy Wołkowicki, who thus became a Russian national hero (read more about this). |
 | 7. | Zinowiej Kolobanow destroyed 22 German tanks on one day. The company under his command was even more successful:it eliminated 43 German machines. The armor of Kolobanov's tank was scored 156 hits (read more about this). |
 | 6. | Stalin's generals were a bunch of sadists, drunkards, thieves and the most ordinary idiots. In Russia, they build monuments to them. They call their surnames streets, squares and squares. Children learn about them in schools. However, they had nothing to do with the flawless heroes (read more on that). |
 | 5. | During World War II, they produced 53,000. T-34 tanks. Though they had innumerable disadvantages, they were produced eighty times faster than the German tigers. So what if their tower was able to turn into a gas chamber? (read more about this). |
 | 4. | They formed a Polish armored brigade from the Russians. The unit was needed for political reasons, so it was necessary to deal with the lack of adequate staff. They were replaced by Russians with Polish-sounding surnames, ending in "-ski". (read more about this). |
 | 3. | They gave the Japanese such a spoil that they got rid of the idea of attacking Siberia. In the spring of 1939, a clash took place on the Manchurian-Mongolian border that largely determined the outcome of World War II (read more on this). |
 | 2. | Red Army soldiers believed that since they were "fighting for Poland ”, they are entitled to all Polish women. And they eagerly used it:they raped at least tens of thousands of women in Poland, regardless of the theoretical alliance with our country (read more on this topic). |
 | 1. | Soviet soldiers raped two million German women , often repeatedly. Many of them were brutally murdered. The victims were both 12-year-olds and 70-year-old women. This was the Red Army's retaliation (read more on that). |