exactly @Baseman, the Russians were hopelessly over matched from an arms and equipment standpoint as the German's advanced, so they sacrificed millions to slow down the Germans as they advanced in order to buy time to get their war machine rolling ~ but once they did, they were unstoppable, just like our recruiting effort.
By the mid point in the war, they had trained and equipped the largest ground army in history, and by the end of the war they had lost more solders than any nation in history, and still had a military that was 40% larger than the US, and had amassed the largest buildup of planes, tanks and weapons in the history of the world ~ almost all of which was Russian built, and substantially financed by the US.
I see a lot of parallels with the WW2 era German military and the UW Sark run football program.
A lot of hype. A whole new Germany. New schemes, new attitude. Bold claims. Sark promised championships, Hitler promised Europe.
Sark practices were an event. Loud, great excitement. Hitler loved parades and his guys goosestepping. Both programs embraced their marching band.
Sark had Ivan, Hitler Goering. Both overpromised. Wait till Ivan gets hold of them, wait tell Goerings guyz take over the skies.
The Germans had wonder weapons, Sark had the fly-screen and bubble screens. Fancy shit that ultimately failed.
Then there was recruiting. Hitler had some 5-stars but there were more James Atoes than Otto Skorzany’s and thank the Lord for that.
At the end of the day, Hitler’s guyz stormed into Russia like Sark’s guyz ran out of the tunnel against LSU. For the first half, the Dawgs looked like they could take LSU only like the Germans at the gates of Stalingrad and within sight of the Kremlin, got their shit pushed in. The Germans brought their Panzerfausts but it was Kruchev who pulled the 🪠.
Sark went to the bottle, Hitler to the bunker.
The propaganda machines rolled on. 1943 would be special. The Germans at home continued their Seig Heil’s and Dawg fans waved their hats before kickoff.
Speaking out against the state was not only a no-no but punishable with the most severe methods.
The Gestapo came in the middle of the night for the disbelievers while skeptical Husky fans disappeared without warning, just gone.
If you provide me with a list of EVERYTHING Stalin ever wrote, I’ll put it on my To Do list and get after it (as time permits).
I'm happy to announce that Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta is being turned into a movie. The studio is in preliminary talks with Gene Hackman
Yah, i had no idea that you were this versatile ~ and i think we all need the Ted Talk on Propellerhead [i know that i do ~ and i like it when there are reasons, an apparently there are 2 and maybe more] ~ count me in, but i think i speak for a lot of people when I say that i'm definitely going to do drugs before hand. This is just so awesome.
If you provide me with a list of EVERYTHING Stalin ever wrote, I’ll put it on my To Do list and get after it (as time permits).
I'm happy to announce that Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta is being turned into a movie. The studio is in preliminary talks with Gene Hackman
Yah, i had no idea that you were this versatile ~ and i think we all need the Ted Talk on Propellerhead [i know that i do ~ and i like it when there are reasons, an apparently there are 2 and maybe more] ~ count me in, but i think i speak for a lot of people when I say that i'm definitely going to do drugs before hand. This is just so awesome.
If you provide me with a list of EVERYTHING Stalin ever wrote, I’ll put it on my To Do list and get after it (as time permits).
I'm happy to announce that Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta is being turned into a movie. The studio is in preliminary talks with Gene Hackman
Yah, i had no idea that you were this versatile ~ and i think we all need the Ted Talk on Propellerhead [i know that i do ~ and i like it when there are reasons, an apparently there are 2 and maybe more] ~ count me in, but i think i speak for a lot of people when I say that i'm definitely going to do drugs before hand. This is just so awesome.
Chort, I've used Propellerhead.
Ergo this made your laugh about the detritus seen in these boreds.
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It's a RARE plant Jim
I don't want excuses I want an Alberta vascular plant and I want it now dammit!
I'm a doctor not a botanist Jim.