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Re:The Influence of Railways on Military Operations in the R... by gukov on Monday July 09, 2018 @02:38PM (#17492391)
Not sure why the "Otechestvennaya" part in "Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna" is usually translated as Patriotic while it actually means Fatherland.
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Re:The Influence of Railways on Military Operations in the R... by pyrale on Monday July 09, 2018 @03:01PM (#17492567)
Patriotic etymologically has the same meaning, and bears much more sense in the context.
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