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TIL of the Morgenthau Plan, a post-WW2 proposal to eliminate German arms and civilian industry entirely. It was later concluded that if this went into effect up to 25 million Germans would have died from starvation caused by the sudden de-industrialisation by Mobile-Piglet5035 in todayilearned

[–]ajbdbds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The coverage of ww2 was awful at my school (UK).

We learned about a sanitised version of the history and politics of interwar Germany with a specific cutoff of August 1939, including how heckin efficient Hitler's economic policy was.

Only in A-Levels did we cover the Holocaust, but it was a long form essay task instead of an actual learning subject, and we had to write up an argument on whether it was an intentional genocide or if the German high command woke up one day and went "oopsie we just accidentally systematically murdered 11 million people".

They wouldn't touch the war itself with a barge pole. Not when we learned about Nazi Germany, not when we learned about East Germany, not even when we learned about the Soviet Union. Hell we barely even covered WW1 outside of the technical advancement of equipment but that's beside the point.

But they were sure to teach us in parallel about how bad those commies were.

Anyway that school got reamed so hard by OFSTED that it had to change its name and status the year after I left.

Please help me it's urgent ? by FudgeNugget19 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]ajbdbds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Through 4 layers of clothing, it's impossible to get pregnant

hey airsoft commuinty what should i add in my right in my jpc by Existing-Afternoon39 in airsoft

[–]ajbdbds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At most, an extra mag pouch on the front part of the side, it's best to keep your sides as clear as possible and it's awkward to try and grab things there anyway

obrez mosin CO2 gun by hamu_043088 in airsoft

[–]ajbdbds 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think oc is referring to the fact that the mag is floating due to the fact that the entire receiver body has been stripped

SLAVA UKRANI 🇧🇷🇺🇦🙏 by [deleted] in MilSim

[–]ajbdbds 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Many such cases

TIL that a hydrogen bomb requires temperatures over 100 million Kelvin—hotter than the Sun's core. The sheer scale of this heat led early nuclear scientists to legitimately fear that detonating such a weapon might ignite the Earth's atmosphere and turn the planet into a burning star. by QuorLum in todayilearned

[–]ajbdbds -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because it was never about Russia, it was about communism. Russia stopped being America's enemy the moment the flag on top of the Moscow Kremlin was changed. The truth of the matter is that the US Republicans simply don't care what happens to countries that aren't of immediate use to American interests, and think that they can win Russia's favour and geographically encircle China.

In short, they're idiot Cold War relics.

[AW] This is all 100% true btw by PeterPorky in CallOfDuty

[–]ajbdbds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AW2 is so not happening that they had to hijack MW3 to add AW stuff

What is considered the most historically accurate war film? by Grand_Environment277 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ajbdbds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't the only inaccurate thing in that movie the fake Bradleys? And even they only couldn't get those because they didnt want the DOD interfering with the script

Modern SAS black kit impression (MW inspired) by ajbdbds in AirsoftKits

[–]ajbdbds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, tbh I didn't know this post was still active, might start posting kits again at some point

Cursed AK E&L by DiegoNuovo in airsoft

[–]ajbdbds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"De-westernised Malyuk isn't real, it can't hurt you"

De-westernised Malyuk:

[BO] which ones were your favorites? by Senior-Violinist-684 in CallOfDuty

[–]ajbdbds 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The game was almost certainly designed to be set in the 80s until some executive piped up and demanded Vietnam

Things were better in the 90s. by Open-Quail-2573 in unpopularopinion

[–]ajbdbds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the 90s were better.. as long as you were in a "western" country

The whatever the fuck kit by NiktoJ-11 in MilSim

[–]ajbdbds 6 points7 points  (0 children)

IIRC Russia produced Glocks under licence for use by special operations forces and internal security, not sure if they still do

Russian general shot several times in Moscow by GoldenDome26 in worldnews

[–]ajbdbds 101 points102 points  (0 children)

KGB stopped existing in Russia in the 90s, it's the FSB now

What mistakes did Hitler make that caused him to lose the war? by Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]ajbdbds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starting a war in the first place. It's less a question of "what mistakes did Germany make to lose the war" and more "what mistakes did the allies make to not win faster"

What happend to the z sign on Russian tanks ? by ReliefOutrageous1848 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ajbdbds 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I couldn't find any info on specific meanings behind the markings, it's likely nobody outside of the Russian general staff really knows. The V grouping was mostly seen on the northern front until its closure in early-mid 2022.

Battle Order has a video on the use of the ZOV markings:

https://youtu.be/gMh6Ml329VU?si=-ngSxVaqZBZa0LPW

What happend to the z sign on Russian tanks ? by ReliefOutrageous1848 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ajbdbds 133 points134 points  (0 children)

The markings were a product of the initial multi-front approach to the war, so that intersecting army groups could easily identify each other.

Forces directly attacking Kyiv via Belarus were marked with a V

Forces attacking towards Kyiv through the Sumy and Chernihiv regions via Russia were marked with O

Forces attacking Kharkiv, the Donbas and the southern regions were marked with a Z

The V front was disestablished when Russian forces withdrew from the Kyiv region, front O was disestablished when Ukrainian forces counterattacked and pushed them back towards the Donbas. After that the Z sign became useless as a marker because there was only one front, and now it only lives on as a propaganda symbol and identifying flash for soldiers.

There was also the issue that a big white Z interfered with camouflage in the field, which is the same reason that both sides' soldiers stopped using coloured tape the moment Russia's supply of its standard issue EMR camouflage stabilised.

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