Many orphans of the Holodomor Genocide died in the Leningrad Blockade.
Also interesting is the Soviet propagandists targeting their default boogeymen during the Leningrad Blockade. White Army officers(!), kulaks(!!), capitalists(!!!), Ukrainian nationalists(!!!!), rather than accept that the inherent flaws and terrors of Stalinism left the city to starve. After all, so many years of Stalin’s rule of the Russian Civil War and Red Terror, multiple genocides, and purges, including but not limited to the pre-war purge of the Soviet military, how many of these targeted groups had survived to pose Any substantial threat to Anyone?
Stan, good report. I might have to raise an eyebrow to the Marine Commandant’s assertion of the PLA last armed conflict from the time of “oil canvas.” If I recall we had an issue in the Chosin Reservoir in the ‘50s and I think Vietnam slapped them around in the ‘70’s. Point taken though, armed conflict has been a while for China.
Many orphans of the Holodomor Genocide died in the Leningrad Blockade.
Also interesting is the Soviet propagandists targeting their default boogeymen during the Leningrad Blockade. White Army officers(!), kulaks(!!), capitalists(!!!), Ukrainian nationalists(!!!!), rather than accept that the inherent flaws and terrors of Stalinism left the city to starve. After all, so many years of Stalin’s rule of the Russian Civil War and Red Terror, multiple genocides, and purges, including but not limited to the pre-war purge of the Soviet military, how many of these targeted groups had survived to pose Any substantial threat to Anyone?
Stan, good report. I might have to raise an eyebrow to the Marine Commandant’s assertion of the PLA last armed conflict from the time of “oil canvas.” If I recall we had an issue in the Chosin Reservoir in the ‘50s and I think Vietnam slapped them around in the ‘70’s. Point taken though, armed conflict has been a while for China.
I thought of that as well. But I didn’t have time to research it, and in the case of Vietnam, that was reserve divisions that did so.
Maybe I will follow up on this next week!