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→Caveat on the term "soviet"
The confusion today remains. When you see the phrase "a Soviet", the reader thinks of an individual, whereas in primary source documents it refers to a [[collective]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 11:36, January 23, 2026 (EST)
The confusion today remains. When you see the phrase "a Soviet", the reader thinks of an individual, whereas in primary source documents it refers to a [[collective]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 11:36, January 23, 2026 (EST)
==Civilian populations==
This article maintains the fiction that WWII was fought between professional armies. Western armies (Angelo-American & German) and the Japanese deliberately targeted [[civilian]] to death. The Germans in the [[Holocaust]], [[Leningrad]] and elsewhere, the British in [[Hamburg]], the Americans deliberately targeted civilian populations in [[Dresden]], [[Tokyo]]. and [[Hiroshima]], and the Japanese in [[China]]. While the Soviet armies did not deliberately target civilians to kill them, the Soviet Union, like the Czarist Empire, always had a labor shortage and need for workers in Siberia. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 04:35, January 28, 2026 (EST)