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Originally Posted by Stan187
That's what he means. Its shorthand. Soviet armies are called Russian even tho there are many Siberians, Jews, Caucasians, Tartars, etc. Hitler's army was called German, even tho there were plenty of foreign volunteers. Thats just the way ppl talk.
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I understand that, but I dont agree
The Soviet Army is by definition an imperial army, sense Sovietism is not related just to Russinism, but overlaps it. Therefore, like the
Grande Armee, the Soviet army is a correct term and it presents the people of different ethnicity. Much like that of Rome.
The German Army of the Second Reich was an imperial army, made of Bavarian, Saxon and Prussians corps. Therefore the term German Army is acceptable. After, 1918, when the Empire was replaced by republic, the term German Army is still valid as it was made of vast majority of Germanic people, minus few SS foriegn divisions.