Episode discussion post: "The Great Patriotic War"

[jae]

Aired:
25 April 2018 in the U.S. and Canada

This is a discussion post for episode 605 of The Americans, intended for viewers who are watching the show on the U.S./Canadian schedule. (Feel free to dive in to the discussion even if you're coming in late--and you should also feel free to start a new thread if it seems too daunting to read through what's already been posted first. If you're reading this at a point where you've already seen subsequent episodes, though, please take care to keep comments spoiler-free of anything that comes after season six, episode five.)

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[treonb]

Found it!

https://incredibleimages4u.blogspot.com/2010/05/battle-stalingrad-daily-diary.html

last pic on the page, captioned "Building from the ruins after the battle was over". You can google search and find it elsewhere online, mostly in Russian

ETA, here's a better one:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/women-digging-near-damaged-train-tracks-during-the-battle-news-photo/3241690

"Women digging near damaged train tracks during the Battle of Stalingrad, USSR (now Russia), during World War II. Many of the women wear babushkas and skirts. On the hill behind them are destroyed buildings. January 01, 1942"

Re: Photo

[saraqael]

Oh wow! Good detective work.!You win the internet today. Thanks!

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[lovingboth]

The Battle of Stalingrad didn't start for almost nine months after 1st Jan 1942!

Apart from that, I wonder where it was taken. Most of the city was still in German hands on 1st Jan 1943.

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[treonb]

I looked up the dates, and didn't even notice that

My guess is that it's from an unknown date in 1942, so they entered 1/1 into the system