Over the last 100 years, the Russians have probably gone through more war than any other people. That has made them extremely tough and resilient. From Semper Doctrina at semperdoctrina.substack.com:
Moscow’s Math Models
Today, I’ve Victory Day on my mind. It’s celebrated today, May 8th, in most of Europe, and it will be marked tomorrow on the 9th in Russia, with a very big parade. Victory Day is that day a country celebrates victory over a foe, and for most of the world, that day marks the end of World War II.
I’ve been eager to write a post about morale for a while, and it is fitting to do it on this Victory Day, and to highlight Moscow, and the Russians themselves.
“… nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance … we did more than any other country, by far, in producing a victorious result in World War II” – President Donald Trump, Truth Social, 5/1/2025
His statement is unfortunate – – preposterous in fact.
RUSSIANS, AND CHINESE, PAID A DEAR PRICE TO WIN WORLD WAR 2
Russian President Putin is proud to host dozens of world leaders in Moscow tommorow, chief amoung them is China’s Xi Jinping.
You’ll note that of the 75 million people who lost their lives in World War Two, one third of those were Soviet. The Chinese lost a similar amount: Together, the two countries lost 75% of lives lost by the Allies in total. American deaths pale in comparison, 400,000 or 0.5% of the total.
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