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To: alanrs who wrote (783)2/13/2023 8:15:41 AM
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It occurs to me that you can go back to the Napoleonic wars to find the best example just how far the Russians will go to protect their army. In that war, Russia defeated the army of the Napoleon's Empire - which included most of Europe. It could be legitimately called the 1st world war.

Back in 1812, the Russians managed to inflict heavy damage on the enemy in a battle near Moscow, near a village called Borodino. Still, there was a possibility that the next battle would not go so well. Russian generals made the decision to surrender Moscow. Napoleon victoriously entered the city - which started having heavy fires all over the place. The Russians burned down the city.

Some time later, Napoleon left the useless, evacuated and burnt city. The rest is history - during a disastrous retreat the emperor’s army was largely destroyed - and the Russians celebrated victory in Paris.

The point of the story is - if they were willing to surrender their capital in order to preserve their soldiers - WHY be surprised if they left the difficult to defend Kherson??

I still think that having a serious military history means something. True - Ukraine shares this history. But, they did it as part of the Russian empire. Doing it as part of the West is different.

During WWII, Stalin and his generals did not do much to protect the lives of their soldiers. Industrial warfare was still a relatively new thing.
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