This last is Red Army Sevastopol. It was this unit that first blockaded the orcs in their lagers and set up block posts on the five roads in to Sevastopol and I’ll give you two guesses as to who defeated the orcs in their attempt to take Krim Rada and who took Krim Rada in Simferopol the next night. It were’t Russian Spetznaz or Russian soldiers to take and hold Rada.
First Jeep, Red Army. Kapitan First Rank, summer dress whites, my father’s medals on the right side to honor him, my one Russian on the left.
No rain at Battery or parade route before and during the parade. Our Jeep began to accumulate flowers shortly after the reviewing stand salute pass and after another 100 meters there were so many bouquets of them on the hood and folded down windshield the driver could not see well. Had to pass them back to the girls, including VCO, in the back seat, stack them between the seats and on both rear wheel wells.
Seems Russia is a confusing place. Supposedly the people do not smile, but many of the soldiers standing and marching in formation have broad, happy smiles. While here in the US, people on the street smile readily, but servicemen in formation are not supposed to smile, it is a violation of “good order and discipline”.
The Russian people smile when they feel like smiling.
The do not grin, leer, and make other ‘happy faces’ like the enslaved, but keen to show their bosses how happy they are, people of the West.
I know the Moscow parade is a solemn occassion, but the looks on Shoigu’s and Putin’s faces were unnerving. They looked as though they were totally reliving the massive loss of WWII. Have they seen there is no way out other than conflict forced on them by the US?
What strikes me from the other side of the pond is just how un-celebrated the defeat of fascism is these days. My town didn’t have a parade to celebrate. I didn’t see anything that showed major parades in DC or NYC. Little of no celebration of the day that Hitler was forced to blow his own brains out. Strange since every new war is promoted at the war against ‘the next Hitler’.
For awhile, the propaganda artists at NBC designated the WWII generation as “the Greatest Generation.” Today, it would seem that they are the forgotten generations.
I guess America now only views fascism in Germany as a Bush-family-investment that didn’t pay off and should be forgotten like other past bad investments. (search on “Prescott Bush” if you don’t get the reference).
Victory Day Sevastopol, 09 May 2017. This is why no one will defeat Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNATPSw6IMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtu2JMQkv8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LknlaZRPlrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdsuhFX9Na0
This last is Red Army Sevastopol. It was this unit that first blockaded the orcs in their lagers and set up block posts on the five roads in to Sevastopol and I’ll give you two guesses as to who defeated the orcs in their attempt to take Krim Rada and who took Krim Rada in Simferopol the next night. It were’t Russian Spetznaz or Russian soldiers to take and hold Rada.
Auslander
Never The Last One http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGCY8KK
An Incident On Simonka, NATO Is Invited To Leave https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ERKH3IU
And even the rain didn’t stop your parade.
Looked for you but you were in camouflage.
Caught a glimpse of our cousins though.
Happy Victory Day
First Jeep, Red Army. Kapitan First Rank, summer dress whites, my father’s medals on the right side to honor him, my one Russian on the left.
No rain at Battery or parade route before and during the parade. Our Jeep began to accumulate flowers shortly after the reviewing stand salute pass and after another 100 meters there were so many bouquets of them on the hood and folded down windshield the driver could not see well. Had to pass them back to the girls, including VCO, in the back seat, stack them between the seats and on both rear wheel wells.
Auslander
Fantastic.
I love those Russian marches that start in minor and then shift to major.
Don’t Mess With Russia!
Katherine
PS Would love to have a version with translation. I can catch a few words (of Putin’s speech) in passing: death, homeland, foreign. Soviet Union.
Victory Day Greetings. Stay strong Russia.
The weather may have been bad in Moscow and no aviation parade took place – however an aviation parade took place in St. Petersburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72gInELKakc
Seems Russia is a confusing place. Supposedly the people do not smile, but many of the soldiers standing and marching in formation have broad, happy smiles. While here in the US, people on the street smile readily, but servicemen in formation are not supposed to smile, it is a violation of “good order and discipline”.
The Russian people smile when they feel like smiling.
The do not grin, leer, and make other ‘happy faces’ like the enslaved, but keen to show their bosses how happy they are, people of the West.
I know the Moscow parade is a solemn occassion, but the looks on Shoigu’s and Putin’s faces were unnerving. They looked as though they were totally reliving the massive loss of WWII. Have they seen there is no way out other than conflict forced on them by the US?
Camera cut away at 5:54 from the ‘sign of the cross’ was just a little bit too fast, imo.
The message?
What strikes me from the other side of the pond is just how un-celebrated the defeat of fascism is these days. My town didn’t have a parade to celebrate. I didn’t see anything that showed major parades in DC or NYC. Little of no celebration of the day that Hitler was forced to blow his own brains out. Strange since every new war is promoted at the war against ‘the next Hitler’.
For awhile, the propaganda artists at NBC designated the WWII generation as “the Greatest Generation.” Today, it would seem that they are the forgotten generations.
I guess America now only views fascism in Germany as a Bush-family-investment that didn’t pay off and should be forgotten like other past bad investments. (search on “Prescott Bush” if you don’t get the reference).