{"id":78099,"date":"2021-11-15T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T17:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=78099"},"modified":"2021-11-15T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T17:42:42","slug":"colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78100\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Michael-Roberts.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-78101\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942-437x400.png\" alt=\"Hitler Germany\u2019s greatest reach 1942\" width=\"437\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Hitler Germany\u2019s greatest reach 1942<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In venturing into\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/10\/michaels-testimony-for-ve-day-in-britain-8th-may-1945\/\">reflections on VE Day commemorations<\/a>, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0<strong>You Tube reviews<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/13\/german-pows-in-britain-1945-onwards\/\">the ways in which German POWs were dealt with in Britain<\/a>\u00a0during and after the war. This data base also provides partial information on the enormous loss of life on the various moments in the Western front as the Allied forces advanced on Germany after D Day in June 1944.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Besides the dramatic beachfront struggles after the D-Day landings,<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0some of us are familiar with the tales of the \u201cBattle of the Bulge.\u201d<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\"><strong>[2]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0My recent Your Tube find also brought up stories about the \u201cDeath Factory\u201d\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tT0ob3cHPmE\">occurring at H\u00fcrtgen Forest in the Northern Eiffel<\/a>\u00a0region of Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/battle-of-the-bulge-22.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42586 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/battle-of-the-bulge-22.jpg?resize=200%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"157\" data-attachment-id=\"42586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/battle-of-the-bulge-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/battle-of-the-bulge-22.jpg?fit=200%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,157\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"battle of the bulge 22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/battle-of-the-bulge-22.jpg?fit=200%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/battle-of-the-bulge-22.jpg?fit=200%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Do absorb this summary description capped by Ernest Hemingway\u2019s recollections:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201c<\/strong>the decision to advance into the thick forest in September 1944 proved to be a fatal mistake<strong>.\u00a0The Americans completely miscalculated North Eifel region\u2019s rugged terrain.<\/strong>\u00a0They became disoriented in an area the German forces, the Wehrmacht, had crisscrossed with trenches and peppered with anti-personnel mines, making the wood into a veritable fortress. Continual rain and fog, followed by snow and frigid temperatures, turned the battle into a scene of dystopian butchery.\u00a0<strong>Author Ernest Hemingway spent 18 days on the front in the H\u00fcrtgen Forest<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>He wrote later, \u201cIt was a place where it was extremely difficult for a man to stay alive even if all he did was be there.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is well-known that the death toll on both sides (Russian and German) on the Eastern Front was monumental and loomed even larger. That is, the collapse of Germany in 1944\/45 was principally due to the situation on that front, though the efforts of the Allies in the west of Europe were also of consequence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/440px-bundesarchiv_bild_101i-219-0595-05_russland-mitte-sc3bcd_infanteristen-1943-222.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42587 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/440px-bundesarchiv_bild_101i-219-0595-05_russland-mitte-sc3bcd_infanteristen-1943-222.jpg?resize=273%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"176\" data-attachment-id=\"42587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/440px-bundesarchiv_bild_101i-219-0595-05_russland-mitte-sud_infanteristen-1943-222\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/440px-bundesarchiv_bild_101i-219-0595-05_russland-mitte-sc3bcd_infanteristen-1943-222.jpg?fit=200%2C129&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,129\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-219-0595-05,_Russland-Mitte-S\u00fcd,_Infanteristen 1943 222\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/440px-bundesarchiv_bild_101i-219-0595-05_russland-mitte-sc3bcd_infanteristen-1943-222.jpg?fit=200%2C129&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/440px-bundesarchiv_bild_101i-219-0595-05_russland-mitte-sc3bcd_infanteristen-1943-222.jpg?fit=200%2C129&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>German infantry in Russia, June 1943<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/roza_shanina-1-222.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42589 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/roza_shanina-1-222.jpg?resize=200%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" data-attachment-id=\"42589\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/roza_shanina-1-222\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/roza_shanina-1-222.jpg?fit=200%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roza_Shanina (1) 222\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/roza_shanina-1-222.jpg?fit=200%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/roza_shanina-1-222.jpg?fit=200%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Soviet sniper\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Roza Shanina\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roza_Shanina\">Roza Shanina<\/a>\u00a0in 1944. About 800,000 women served in the Soviet Armed Forces during the war.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When one adds the fighting in Burma, East Asia and the Pacific theatre, the gigantic scale of human slaughter takes one\u2019s horror into the cumulus clouds \u2013 even before we add the colossal figures pounded out by the atomic bombs. It is not simply a story of fighting men dying in the fighting. One has to add (A) the instances of rape and murder on civilians inflicted by troops on all sides; (B) the scales of civilian death in Vietnam and China in 1944\/45 because the Japanese armies therein were not supplied from home and therefore pursued a programme involved the seizure of crops cultivated by the resident villagers.<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\"><strong>[3]<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I restrain my numerical illustrations to just two fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>ONE:<\/strong>\u00a0the Eastern Front warfare between Germany and its Allies on one side and the Russians and their allies on the other<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Germans plus = \u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.1 million dead \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<strong>4.5 million captured<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Russians plus =\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.7-10 million dead \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u00a0<strong>5.7 million captured<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Civilian casualties all told =\u00a0<strong>18-24 million civilians dead<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The stark evidence of guesswork in this data-base highlights the enormity of the carnage and the tale of humankind\u2019s ferocity towards their fellow-beings. Some photographs provide glimpses of just a few scenarios from this \u2018stage\u2019. Do they implant lessons in our puny minds?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/saving-pvt-ryan-1-222.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42591 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/saving-pvt-ryan-1-222.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" data-attachment-id=\"42591\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/saving-pvt-ryan-1-222\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/saving-pvt-ryan-1-222.jpg?fit=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"saving pvt RYAN 1 222\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/saving-pvt-ryan-1-222.jpg?fit=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/saving-pvt-ryan-1-222.jpg?fit=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Saving Private Ryan<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0with Tom Hanks \u2014 film imagery that is said to convey the horrors of war<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-2-2345.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42594 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-2-2345.jpg?resize=200%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"120\" data-attachment-id=\"42594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/savingpvt-ryan-2-2345\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-2-2345.jpg?fit=200%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SAVINGPVT rYAN 2 2345\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-2-2345.jpg?fit=200%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-2-2345.jpg?fit=200%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-34444.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42595 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-34444.jpg?resize=200%2C108&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"108\" data-attachment-id=\"42595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/05\/15\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii\/savingpvt-ryan-34444\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-34444.jpg?fit=200%2C108&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,108\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SAVINGPVT rYAN 34444\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-34444.jpg?fit=200%2C108&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/savingpvt-ryan-34444.jpg?fit=200%2C108&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts Hitler Germany\u2019s greatest reach 1942 Source:Thuppahis In venturing into\u00a0reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0You Tube reviews\u00a0of\u00a0the ways in which German POWs were dealt with in Britain\u00a0during and after the war. This data base also provides partial information on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":78101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[39267,39268,19274],"class_list":{"0":"post-78099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-german-infantry-in-russia","9":"tag-soviet-sniper-roza-shanina-in-1944","10":"tag-world-war-ii","11":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In venturing into\u00a0reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0You Tube reviews\u00a0of\u00a0the ways in which German\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In venturing into\u00a0reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0You Tube reviews\u00a0of\u00a0the ways in which German\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-15T17:42:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-15T17:42:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/\"},\"wordCount\":562,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png\",\"keywords\":[\"German infantry in Russia\",\"Soviet sniper\u00a0Roza Shanina\u00a0in 1944\",\"World War II\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/\",\"name\":\"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-15T17:42:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"In venturing into\u00a0reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0You Tube reviews\u00a0of\u00a0the ways in which German\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":458,\"caption\":\"Hitler Germany\u2019s greatest reach 1942\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/category\/articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\",\"name\":\"eLanka\",\"description\":\"eLanka - Sri lanka events in Australia\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\",\"name\":\"eLanka\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg\",\"width\":192,\"height\":82,\"caption\":\"eLanka\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elanka\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SriLankanDownUnder\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\",\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"eLanka admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/author\/elanka\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts","description":"In venturing into\u00a0reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0You Tube reviews\u00a0of\u00a0the ways in which German","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts","og_description":"In venturing into\u00a0reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0You Tube reviews\u00a0of\u00a0the ways in which German","og_url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/","og_site_name":"eLanka","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/","article_published_time":"2021-11-15T17:42:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":458,"url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"eLanka admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"eLanka admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/"},"author":{"name":"eLanka admin","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd"},"headline":"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts","datePublished":"2021-11-15T17:42:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/"},"wordCount":562,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png","keywords":["German infantry in Russia","Soviet sniper\u00a0Roza Shanina\u00a0in 1944","World War II"],"articleSection":["Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/","name":"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png","datePublished":"2021-11-15T17:42:42+00:00","description":"In venturing into\u00a0reflections on VE Day commemorations, by pure chance I stumbled on\u00a0You Tube reviews\u00a0of\u00a0the ways in which German","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Hitler-Germanys-greatest-reach-1942.png","width":500,"height":458,"caption":"Hitler Germany\u2019s greatest reach 1942"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/colossal-kills-on-all-fronts-in-1944-45-world-war-ii-by-michael-roberts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/category\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Colossal Kills on All Fronts in 1944\/45, World War II-by Michael Roberts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/","name":"eLanka","description":"eLanka - Sri lanka events in Australia","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization","name":"eLanka","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg","width":192,"height":82,"caption":"eLanka"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elanka\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SriLankanDownUnder"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd","name":"eLanka admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"eLanka admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew"],"url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/author\/elanka\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78102,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78099\/revisions\/78102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}