For the benefit of those who are not intimately familar with Soviet history, it would have added value to the piece had the author included information about the geographic location(s) where the initial invasion was staged, as well as the duration of German occupation of Soviet soil.

It was a huge, devastating carnage, on a scale beyond comprehension, initiated by the Nazis, and grounded in the usual anti-Russian sentiment. These were tens of millions of souls, whose life was taken and snuffed out, not as gently as the entinguishing of a candle, but with the brutality of an axe splintering bone. This is what was foisted upon us, and this was the price paid in full, to dig in, to slow down a torrent of evil, slowly, slowly bringing it to a stop, and then creaking, forcing that evil torrent back on itself, gathering a pace, so rapid, that the emotional release became unrestrainable. Nothing is forgotten, no one is forgotten.

Thanke you Russia !Without you many of us wont be here today. Our kids will keep you in theirs hearts forever!Today as before you are the first protector and a last frontier for all humanity. God bless you Mother Russia and your brave sons!