Twenty million Russians

from Diversity of tactics by Lee Brickley

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When the tanks started rolling and the bombs hit the ground
Me and my brothers were just hanging round
We didn't think it would affect us so far overseas
I didn't see the big picture til they came for me

Hitler smashed into Poland, we couldn't ignore
With just 6 weeks training they sent us to war
And although we lost many good friends at that time
We thought ourselves lucky this side of the Reich

And Western history books may say the Yanks saved the day
but 20 million Russians, saw things another way

On Stalin's orders no-one would retreat
Every person would fight street to street
There was death in the air and morale was low
But the tables would turn with the fall of the snow

Pushed back through Poland the fascists would flee
Over the border into Germany
The empire was crumbling and we played our part
But the Soviet people remain in our hearts

And Western history books may say the Yanks saved the day
But 20 million Russians, saw things another way

When the Luftwaffe flew over England's green hills
More than 40,000 innocent people were killed
Brothers lost sisters and our time had come
We created a plan and opened a new front

By air and by sea the bombardment began
We landed at Normandy, took all of France
Our comrades the Soviets sped through Berlin
Raised the red flag as the last Nazis gave in

And Western history books may say the Yanks saved the day
But 20 million Russians, saw things another way

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from Diversity of tactics, released May 2, 2020

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