Of the nearly 6 million Russian prisoners of war held by Germany between a half and two thirds of them died in captivity, from recollection the majority of these died through starvation, epidemic and exposure to the elements. During the German occupation of Crete there was a policy that for every German soldier killed a number of civilians would be killed as a reprisal, the number varied. At times German forces would seal off an area, destroy every village and kill everyone found within that area, a favourite way of killing large amounts of people at once was to lock them in buildings and burn them down. There were no SS units present in Crete, this was done by the German army.
I understand that this thread is basically asking whether forum members believe that Germany and it's Allies could have defeated Russia in a situation where Russia stood alone against them. I can't see how this situation would ever have occurred but if it had then I believe that Germany would of beaten Russia and have occupied all the lands that they were interested in and that any opposition within those lands would have resulted in the extermination of the population. Like with the Russian prisoners of war starvation, epidemic and exposure to the elements would likely have played as bigger part in these peoples deaths as direct killing. I think this because this was how he Nazis did things wherever they were. There are lands further east in the old USSR that were part of the Russian Empire but not themselves Russian, because these were poor countries with little to offer Germany then probably they would have been left to their own devices so long as they caused no trouble.
I understand that this thread is basically asking whether forum members believe that Germany and it's Allies could have defeated Russia in a situation where Russia stood alone against them. I can't see how this situation would ever have occurred but if it had then I believe that Germany would of beaten Russia and have occupied all the lands that they were interested in and that any opposition within those lands would have resulted in the extermination of the population. Like with the Russian prisoners of war starvation, epidemic and exposure to the elements would likely have played as bigger part in these peoples deaths as direct killing. I think this because this was how he Nazis did things wherever they were. There are lands further east in the old USSR that were part of the Russian Empire but not themselves Russian, because these were poor countries with little to offer Germany then probably they would have been left to their own devices so long as they caused no trouble.
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