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TIL that in order to avoid having to surrender to the Soviets, the German commander of Bornholm tried to get a single British soldier transferred to the island to surrender to (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And they will call you a nazi if you talk about it. This was barely discussed before the invasion of Ukraine, after which became acceptable to talk shit about them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure it was okay to talk shit about Russia before the invasion of Ukraine... they've been the bad guy in every movie, show, and video game for like a century now.

[–] TheBlue22 3 points 1 year ago

My grandparents and their parents suffered greatly under Russians, I was never scared to talk about them in the worst light imaginable