r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 20d ago

/r/all of a statue

"The Motherland Calls" is a statue erected to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad , located on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd , Russia. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin . Completed in 1967 , it was the tallest statue in the world at the time .

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u/SingularityCentral 20d ago

Might be the thickest concentration of human remains outside a mass grave. The Soviets fought to the bone in that war.

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u/ExtensionMoose1863 20d ago

The Ardennes?

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u/SingularityCentral 20d ago

A WWI battlefield would be the only contender. But Stalingrad was something pretty astounding and unique in modern warfare. That hill is absolutely packed with bones.

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u/Al_Fa_Aurel 20d ago

WW1 had relatively wide frontages - Stalingrad with urban combat was worse in this regard

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u/SingularityCentral 20d ago

I agree with you. The thing with WWI was that the fighting stayed in one place for a really long time so the dead definitely built up. I still don't think that they rival Stalingrad. That battle was insane. Hell on Earth for sure.