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Extent of the 1941 Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, superimposed on a map of the USA
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It really gets downplayed in American history classes the amount of postwar rebuilding the ussr had to do. One of my favorite scenes in The Americans is when it flashes back to the main characters' childhood years (born during WW2) and a group of boys are banging on the back door of a cafeteria, so the cook let's them scrape the dried food bits off the cookware before washing it. I would love to learn more about what interpersonal/societal impacts having your population not just survive, but triumph over a war of extermination has on the people