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Kaleva

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10. Ethnic Russian losses were about 14 million during WWII

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:58 AM

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The numbers you gave are Soviet losses which include millions of non-Russians.

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A dark topic, but...the Holocaust wasn't the bloodiest event of WWII, by far. [View all] sir pball Jan 2 OP

China also suffered twenty-something million dead (estimates vary) from '37-'45. RockRaven Jan 2 #1

Is it a contest? nt LexVegas Jan 2 #2

It kinda is... purr-rat beauty Jan 2 #4

No, and that's exactly my point. sir pball Jan 2 #5

Thank you for this post, my dear sir pball . . . CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2 #3

That's an AND, not an OR. Iggo Jan 2 #6

Is there a point to this? sarisataka Jan 2 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Saturday #12

Call me stupid, but B.See Saturday #8

I'm not saying it was morally equivalent. sir pball Saturday #20

No, it isn't. Rather B.See Saturday #33

In what context do you think people are ignoring it? meadowlander Sunday #37

There are people in this very post sir pball Sunday #38

Sure but what's the relevance for discussing that in a forum set up to discuss current US politics? meadowlander Sunday #41

Well, for one I was told to post it here, and two, GD is not "current US politics", it's "General Discussion". sir pball Monday #43

Add to that the many millions Stalin killed Kaleva Saturday #9

Ethnic Russian losses were about 14 million during WWII Kaleva Saturday #10

Does it really matter? Xolodno Saturday #11

It shows that Russians were very liberal in their sacrificing Kaleva Saturday #14

That's a very generalized statement that frankly isn't true. Xolodno Saturday #19

Which supports my point Kaleva Sunday #34

Many thought WW1 was the epitome and would stop such savage aggression. Xolodno Saturday #13

Correct malaise Saturday #15

Adding the millions in Ukraine who died of starvation because no_hypocrisy Saturday #16

hey fyi this kind of score-keeping is often found on paths to Holocaust denialism and/or basic antisemitism and is not a WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #17

It's also how the nazis keep their victims fighting each other instead of fighting the nazis. Iggo Saturday #18

Nah, thanks. sir pball Saturday #22

Then why did you even need to bring up the Holocaust iemanja Saturday #23

To sharpen it. sir pball Saturday #25

You're making comparisons that other people also regularly make while denying the Holocaust. If you don't want people WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #35

ELI5 how am I denying the Holocaust, please. sir pball Sunday #39

There is a difference between people dying in battle iemanja Saturday #21

The Nazis absolutely wanted to genocide Russians, Slavs. sir pball Saturday #24

Why then did you say that you think the Holocaust was the worst crime in history? iemanja Saturday #26

Thinking of a crime and executing it are two different things. sir pball Saturday #27

This has an anti-Semitic undertones to it Bluestocking Saturday #28

Yeah, I expected this. sir pball Saturday #29

Remember Pearl Harbor Bluestocking Saturday #30

and the 16th through 19th slaughter of indigenous peoples in America and Australia DBoon Saturday #31

It wasn't just russians, but it did reflect Crunchy Frog Saturday #32

If you're counting bodies ... Kennah Sunday #36

I've literally said that here several times, yes. sir pball Sunday #40

That was the result of the Soviet system and a mindset Kennah Monday #42