Re:The Life of Joseph Stalin's Daughter
by abcd_f on Friday June 12, 2015 @02:51AM
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Also tangentially related - both his sons fought in the front lines of WW2.
One of them, Yakov, was captured by Germans and later they offered for to trade him for Paulus, who was a German field marshal and one of the principle commanders in the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalin refused the trade.
Re:The Life of Joseph Stalin's Daughter
by jkot on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:17AM
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It is a question if soviets would treat him better than nazis. All 'deserters' were automatically traitors and his wife went to jail because he was captured.
One of them, Yakov, was captured by Germans and later they offered for to trade him for Paulus, who was a German field marshal and one of the principle commanders in the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalin refused the trade.