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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Reference(m): 6:05am On Feb 07, 2021
doxijaw:
What would have happened to Africans if Hitler had won?

Any historians here to enlighten us

In the aftermath of the firat world war Germany was forced to give up its colonies round the world and end the kind of sovereignty Britain, France and Portugal enjoyed. So in the second war it had to fight to regain territory and Africa was in its cross hairs.

By starting in North Africa Hitler aimed to destroy the British and thus protect the southern flank of his empire. Then he will move eastwards into the arabian peninsula, drive the British out and take control of the vast oil resources present there.

Make no mistake about it. Hitler had a plan of world domination and knew the risks of taking on the entire world simultaneously but as time went by and the Allies grouped his plans went out the window.

Hitler had no regards for Africa anymore than the colonists before. He will have done exactly the same, plundering her resources and enslaving her people, just to a much more severe degree, afterall he referred to blacks as sub-human and mocked the allied powers for conscripting some into their armies.

So he will have made Africa one huge concentration camp and perhaps fikkes the continent with not a few Dr. Mengele's. Perhaps today we will be seeing a few brothers and sisters with tails, three or four legs, horns and hooves.

The Nazis were pure evil.

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by petertamtam6(m): 6:09am On Feb 07, 2021
Jesus Is Lord smiley
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Reference(m): 6:14am On Feb 07, 2021
Etinosa1234:


Ur second paragraph is a bit incorrect in my opinion..

Hitler actually didn't want to conquer Britain because he believed that Britain would surrender on seeing its allies and the rest of Europe conquered by Germany...

His major aim was Russia Tho...

Britain was just lucky not to have been on the same land mass as the rest of Europe

You are not entirely correct too.
Yes, between the wars Hitler had great respect for Britain. He saw in the monarchy the kind of stability he so desired of himself and his country.

But he also knew ot would be impossible to keep Britain out of Europe again ao he had plans to take Britain but only if he was large enough to withstand America because he knew America would not allow Britain to fall.

His hands were forced when he began attacking American flag ships resupplying Britain and when his ally in Japan foolishly attacked Pearl habour his time began to run down.

He had plans to take down Britain but only when he was fully prepared. He was never able to max out his military.

However you are right. If Britain was on continental Europe the war on the western front would have been done and dusted by 1940. But if Britain was on continental Europe America as we know it today will also not exist.

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Nobody: 6:20am On Feb 07, 2021
Not shocked at the change
The eastern front was one of the most deadliest battles in WW2
And besides stress can have an effect on your physical appearance withing a short spate of time
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Nobody: 6:23am On Feb 07, 2021
Uniquisite:
The effect of radioactive materials he got into his bloodstream caused this...coupled with stress, harsh weather, malnutrition and so on.
u don't even need radioactive material to bring this change.malnutrituon alone sef can have a drastic physical change on the human face
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Nobody: 6:36am On Feb 07, 2021
Jdesilentkiller:
Aging does the same thing too
yea but not withing 4 yrs
If u see someone aging heavily under a spate of four years then it's obvious something stressful is going on withing him
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Nobody: 6:38am On Feb 07, 2021
PericomaNwankwo:
Interesting story, now you know why the face of those people in nigeria market, street, motor parks, betnaija, are like that
stress,lack of sleep,lack of good food and exposure to their body to harsh weather everyday
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by stawarts(m): 7:09am On Feb 07, 2021
Is like you are talking from experience,have you begin to prison before?
meobizy:
Prison does the same. I am not shocked nor surprised.
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Ultimus: 7:28am On Feb 07, 2021
GBOKASINCHA:
That eastern front (russia vs germany) was the bloodiest.... if you survive that front as a soldeir either german or russian you don’t know what God has done for you ... both sides fought with demonic fury ... and fierce hatred for each other...

The Easter front made atheists of most.
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by AFONJACOW(m): 7:46am On Feb 07, 2021
The first and second face is just example exactly how Nigeria is , after 5 years of Sai barba mismanagement of our country

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by shiffynaani(m): 8:04am On Feb 07, 2021
Etinosa1234:


When bullets finish, they used bayonets

I've watched films abt it and I don't pray to experience such
bro can you recommend those films abeg? I need to watch it
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by BluntTheApostle(m): 8:32am On Feb 07, 2021
ThreeEyedRaven:

Lol.. guy e nor fit. Go outside Nigeria you go understand wetin we dey suffer.

We are fighting constantly with hunger.. outrageous bills .. insecurity.. environmental pollution.. etc and there's no hope for an end as..but in the 2nd world war you know there's always gonna be an end.

Bro, I am not sure you know the meaning of war.

Better thank God for whatever circumstances you find yourself now.

Because it is far better than to be in the middle of a war.

Because during a war, you will die many times before your time.

Let us even put the World War aside. If you have anyone who witnessed the Civil War on the Eastern side, interview them.

I have done that. And I tell you, nothing like peace. Even if there is hunger, at least you manage your hunger in peace.

You sleep without fear that an aeroplane will drop bomb over your house.


But in a war...

You have a bunker that you all run to when you hear zum zum (that is, the Federal troops advancing).

You have to be constantly on the move. When you hear "they are at the outskirts", you have to start preparing to move.

Like someone told me, sometimes they will be making food. Then they will start hearing the planes dropping the bombs. They have to pack the pot of soup as well because they couldn't afford to waste it.

My brother, war no be moinmoin o.

Appreciate whatever circumstances you find yourself now because it is far better than being in war.

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by VeeVeeMyLuv(m): 9:04am On Feb 07, 2021
stawarts:
Is like you are talking from experience,have you begin to prison before?
is naija not somehow a prison? For example a southerner residing in a hisbah/Sharia administered state like Kano state, in Northern Nigeria. This can cause significant stress to make a person age rapidly!
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Etinosa1234: 10:16am On Feb 07, 2021
seunny4lif:

Lol, Joke of the year
Ask Germans who won the war
How many people dey during USA offensive compare to the East front

Lol... U think the war was fought only on the western Front?

Did u know how hard Germans fought on D-DAY?

Even in africa, when Rommel was dealing with British and American forces,did u know how hard they fought to liberate Africa...

Now let's talk about the Japanese... Those ones were more brutal ... A past American soldier noted that the Japanese were the only ones who actually fought to the last man...

Watch hacksaw Ridge and get a graphical imagination of how that was...

Guy America fought on all fronts except the East... They were the ones who changed the war...

If America and other forces didn't open the western Front, Soviet union would have been taken because Hitler would have concentrated all his forces on them...

German forces were mainly overstretched.. But they were prepared for the war
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Etinosa1234: 10:20am On Feb 07, 2021
Reference:


Wrong sir. At the beginning Russia had a pact with Germany that it will not be attacked if it did not interfere in Europe. Russia did, Germany did not.

With the loss of Africa and rhe potential oil from the planned mid east incursion gone, Hitler tore up the pact with Russia and massed troops qith the aim of capturing the oil fields of the Caucasus.

Russia in its naivety never secretly developed its military so it had to turn to America and Britain for help to kickstart its defence and its was given massive inventories of planes, tanks and artillery pieces.

That is why the Germans initially had the upperhand and siezed almost a fifth of the country in just a few weeks. Russia was not up to speed.

But Hitler's obsession for grandeur made him split his own army in two and diverting vital resources to capture Stalingrad which neither had administrative nor economic importance. By pursuing a city just for its name he lost the entire war.

Perfect...

Another thing to add is that Stalin also begged the Americans to open a western Front...

Russian army was not even prepared or that strong for the war... Even small Finland was showing them pepper..

The saving grace of Russia was their land mass.....and that was what killed Hitler and also Napoleon

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Etinosa1234: 10:24am On Feb 07, 2021
Reference:


You are not entirely correct too.
Yes, between the wars Hitler had great respect for Britain. He saw in the monarchy the kind of stability he so desired of himself and his country.

But he also knew ot would be impossible to keep Britain out of Europe again ao he had plans to take Britain but only if he was large enough to withstand America because he knew America would not allow Britain to fall.

His hands were forced when he began attacking American flag ships resupplying Britain and when his ally in Japan foolishly attacked Pearl habour his time began to run down.

He had plans to take down Britain but only when he was fully prepared. He was never able to max out his military.

However you are right. If Britain was on continental Europe the war on the western front would have been done and dusted by 1940. But if Britain was on continental Europe America as we know it today will also not exist.

Hitler actually underrated Britain... On seeing that he was losing the battle of Britain, he started bombing major cities like London and Coventry which was not originally part of his plan

He had a major plan for Britain but he cut it short because he had to face Russia completely
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Etinosa1234: 10:26am On Feb 07, 2021
shiffynaani:
bro can you recommend those films abeg? I need to watch it

Search for timeline of ww2 films on Google... It'll bring up an IMDb website...use it to search for the films u might want... Each film also has a rating
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by blacctvnaija(m): 11:47am On Feb 07, 2021
[color=#990000][/color]The man was GARETH BALE's grandfather. See the resemblance & use ur google search.
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by PericomaNwankwo: 1:17pm On Feb 07, 2021
lefulefu:
stress,lack of sleep,lack of good food and exposure to their body to harsh weather everyday


Apart from that, lack of basic amenities. When they have to worry about everything, hustle under the harsh weather, board the stressful transport, ply the rickety roads, harassed by uncivilized police and military, everything sucks....no water, no light, don't be surprised Russia was better than here during the war. Nigeria have military and anti terror deployed all over the country. With Ak-47 and armored tanks.....

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by VeeVeeMyLuv(m): 1:29pm On Feb 07, 2021
PericomaNwankwo:



Apart from that, lack of basic amenities. When they have to worry about everything, hustle under the harsh weather, board the stressful transport, ply the rickety roads, harassed by uncivilized police and military, everything sucks....no water, no light, don't be surprised Russia was better than here during the war. Nigeria have military and anti terror deployed all over the country. With Ak-47 and armored tanks.....
all these categories of stress will surely make one to age rapidly.
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by IMAliyu(m): 1:52pm On Feb 07, 2021
Etinosa1234:


Lol... U think the war was fought only on the western Front?

Did u know how hard Germans fought on D-DAY?

Even in africa, when Rommel was dealing with British and American forces,did u know how hard they fought to liberate Africa...

Now let's talk about the Japanese... Those ones were more brutal ... A past American soldier noted that the Japanese were the only ones who actually fought to the last man...

Watch hacksaw Ridge and get a graphical imagination of how that was...

Guy America fought on all fronts except the East... They were the ones who changed the war...

If America and other forces didn't open the western Front, Soviet union would have been taken because Hitler would have concentrated all his forces on them...

German forces were mainly overstretched.. But they were prepared for the war
Not much people talk about it, but the Japanese were more brutal with their war crimes compared to the Nazis.

Soldiers would committed suicide rather than surrender also.
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Etinosa1234: 2:01pm On Feb 07, 2021
IMAliyu:

Not much people talk about it, but the Japanese were more brutal with their war crimes compared to the Nazis.

Soldiers would committed suicide rather than surrender also.
.
I think it's mainly because the Germans were the major villains in the war with the spotlight placed on Hitler....

Those Japs were more cruel... If not for the two atomic bombs that America dropped, they would have kept on fighting till 1946

Those Japs oppressed the Chinese, Koreans, Soviets, Myanmar etc... .. Tho They were wrong in bringing America into the war

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by seunny4lif(m): 2:13pm On Feb 07, 2021
Etinosa1234:


Lol... U think the war was fought only on the western Front?

Did u know how hard Germans fought on D-DAY?

Even in africa, when Rommel was dealing with British and American forces,did u know how hard they fought to liberate Africa...

Now let's talk about the Japanese... Those ones were more brutal ... A past American soldier noted that the Japanese were the only ones who actually fought to the last man...

Where did you get that crap from?
How many military men did in North Africa?
Do you know many people die in Operation Barbosa?
I have been to East front.
Hilter mistake was delaying the Moscow operation for his men to secure the oil in the east and by time they were on their way to Moscow, winter is on the way.
He thinks the war will be over in 4 months but the USSR don’t give up Watch hacksaw Ridge and get a graphical imagination of how that was...

Guy America fought on all fronts except the East... They were the ones who changed the war...

If America and other forces didn't open the western Front, Soviet union would have been taken because Hitler would have concentrated all his forces on them...

German forces were mainly overstretched.. But they were prepared for the war
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by seunny4lif(m): 2:14pm On Feb 07, 2021
Where did you get that crap from?
How many military men did in North Africa?
Do you know many people die in Operation Barbosa?
I have been to East front.
Hilter mistake was delaying the Moscow operation for his men to secure the oil in the east and by time they were on their way to Moscow, winter is on the way.
He thinks the war will be over in 4 months but the USSR don’t give up
Etinosa1234:


Lol... U think the war was fought only on the western Front?

Did u know how hard Germans fought on D-DAY?

Even in africa, when Rommel was dealing with British and American forces,did u know how hard they fought to liberate Africa...

Now let's talk about the Japanese... Those ones were more brutal ... A past American soldier noted that the Japanese were the only ones who actually fought to the last man...

Watch hacksaw Ridge and get a graphical imagination of how that was...

Guy America fought on all fronts except the East... They were the ones who changed the war...

If America and other forces didn't open the western Front, Soviet union would have been taken because Hitler would have concentrated all his forces on them...

German forces were mainly overstretched.. But they were prepared for the war
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by IMAliyu(m): 2:15pm On Feb 07, 2021
Etinosa1234:
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I think it's mainly because the Germans were the major villains in the war with the spotlight placed on Hitler....

Those Japs were more cruel... If not for the two atomic bombs that America dropped, they would have kept on fighting till 1946

Those Japs oppressed the Chinese, Koreans, Soviets, Myanmar etc... .. Tho They were wrong in bringing America into the war
You know it was bad when even a Nazi party member(John Rabe), had to help stop the Japanese atrocities during the Nanking occupation and helped tons of Chinese people escape slaughter.

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by seunny4lif(m): 2:22pm On Feb 07, 2021
Who is talking about the pact here?
How did Russia attacked Europe first? When Hilter wanted Poland? Fact is Stalin was preparing for a war with Japan and the Far East was were the best USSR military men were located and when Stalin Generals were telling him about the Germans movement, Stalin thought the Gens and his senior military men wanted his post, so he killed them and send some to Siberia.
Reference:


Wrong sir. At the beginning Russia had a pact with Germany that it will not be attacked if it did not interfere in Europe. Russia did, Germany did not.

With the loss of Africa and rhe potential oil from the planned mid east incursion gone, Hitler tore up the pact with Russia and massed troops qith the aim of capturing the oil fields of the Caucasus.

Russia in its naivety never secretly developed its military so it had to turn to America and Britain for help to kickstart its defence and its was given massive inventories of planes, tanks and artillery pieces.

That is why the Germans initially had the upperhand and siezed almost a fifth of the country in just a few weeks. Russia was not up to speed.

But Hitler's obsession for grandeur made him split his own army in two and diverting vital resources to capture Stalingrad which neither had administrative nor economic importance. By pursuing a city just for its name he lost the entire war.
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Nobody: 3:33pm On Feb 07, 2021
PericomaNwankwo:



Apart from that, lack of basic amenities. When they have to worry about everything, hustle under the harsh weather, board the stressful transport, ply the rickety roads, harassed by uncivilized police and military, everything sucks....no water, no light, don't be surprised Russia was better than here during the war. Nigeria have military and anti terror deployed all over the country. With Ak-47 and armored tanks.....
quite true .In nigeria there are a number of ppl who look like other picture op put up but then nigeria is not in a physical war but in psychological war.prices of food have gone up,many families can't feed,insecurity all over nigeria with the end result that many ppl look much older than their biologic age.u see a young man of 24 have deep wrinkles all over his face with his eyes blood shot and sunken.the same person will travel out to the US or UK and his physical appearance will change suddenly..he becomes younger looking,his dull skin becomes glossy,his eyes becomes brightened ,all the the wrinkles disappear and u notice the change all over his body.we all always argue that overseas is stressful and the US is a living hell but then why is it that nigerians when they come back from there they don't look someone who passed through hell grin

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Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Nobody: 3:36pm On Feb 07, 2021
IMAliyu:

You know it was bad when even a Nazi party member(John Rabe), had to help stop the Japanese atrocities during the Nanking occupation and helped tons of Chinese people escape slaughter.
john rabe wasn't a fanatical nazi.during the naking atrocities he sent an appeal message to hitler for help but hitler ignored it.he was arrested by the Nazis when he finally went back to germany.any hardcore nazi would have supported what happened in naking
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Nobody: 3:39pm On Feb 07, 2021
hardon1:
Nothing special...
He simply aged that's all
premature aging yes
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by Etinosa1234: 4:32pm On Feb 07, 2021
seunny4lif:
Where did you get that crap from?
How many military men did in North Africa?
Do you know many people die in Operation Barbosa?
I have been to East front.
Hilter mistake was delaying the Moscow operation for his men to secure the oil in the east and by time they were on their way to Moscow, winter is on the way.
He thinks the war will be over in 4 months but the USSR don’t give up

Its like u don't understand my point...

I said the western Front was pivotal in the allies win during the world war. ...

The Russian advance or pursuit of the Germans became much quicker when the western Front was opened


A lot of men died in Africa and would have continued to die if Hitler had actually seen the use of africa..

Research abt Erwin Rommel..

He was nicknamed the desert Fox because of his ability to manoeuvre ...

He defeated the allies even tho overwhelmed that Patton had to study his tactics...

What abt the battle in Pacific.. u think those Japs were joking
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by OBAGADAFFI: 4:51pm On Feb 07, 2021
Re: A Soldier's Face Before And After 4 Years Of War, 1941 - 1945(Pics) by seunny4lif(m): 4:58pm On Feb 07, 2021
The Japanese were more brutal and the war over there was crazy because more Japanese committed suicide than those killed by allied.
Yes, if Hilter discovered early that Africa own the biggest oil and resources, he wouldn’t have attacked the USSR hereby saving his troops to take over North Africa from British and French troops


Etinosa1234:


Its like u don't understand my point...

I said the western Front was pivotal in the allies win during the world war. ...

The Russian advance or pursuit of the Germans became much quicker when the western Front was opened


A lot of men died in Africa and would have continued to die if Hitler had actually seen the use of africa..

Research abt Erwin Rommel..

He was nicknamed the desert Fox because of his ability to manoeuvre ...

He defeated the allies even tho overwhelmed that Patton had to study his tactics...

What abt the battle in Pacific.. u think those Japs were joking

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