The withdrawal of more than half a million Russian troops and dependents from Germany since 1991 is described by historians as 'the biggest pullout ever by an army not defeated in battle.'
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In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not.
If you look back at the history of the twentieth century, Germany alone had practically destroyed Russia several times.
Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force.
It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany was defeated.
Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.
Where were they when the Russians went down?
I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest.
Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
The Russian myths of the Second World War are still intact.
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