grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-29 days agoIn case you were wondering what was the closest thing to the battle of Stalingrad before WW2thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down10
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageIn case you were wondering what was the closest thing to the battle of Stalingrad before WW2thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·12 days agoArguably long sieges of the past were worse, e.g. 20 years long siege of Candia.
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoCan you imagine the siege lifts the day after your nineteenth birthday? You could already be married with children of your own.
minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoAnd they were constantly attacked all that time, insane. Ottomans were fucked as well , no one actually came better from that siege.
Arguably long sieges of the past were worse, e.g. 20 years long siege of Candia.
Can you imagine the siege lifts the day after your nineteenth birthday?
You could already be married with children of your own.
And they were constantly attacked all that time, insane. Ottomans were fucked as well , no one actually came better from that siege.