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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums6 Russian Major Generals have been killed in the Ukraine
To give some context we lost 3 Major Generals in action in WWII and 6 in Vietnam.
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6 Russian Major Generals have been killed in the Ukraine (Original Post)
edhopper
Apr 2022
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Ocelot II
(115,732 posts)1. They were the very model of the modern major general.
For their military knowledge, though they're plucky and adventury
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century.
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
They were the very model of a modern Major-General.
Chainfire
(17,549 posts)2. You have to wonder how many were actually killed in battle and how many
were executed for failure. Russia would never admit the second option, but they are sure capable of carrying it out.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)3. Or fragged by their own troops? n/m
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)4. May that number rise until Russia rolls over into the trash bin of history.