None of them were cakewalks.
War on the Eastern Front was a war of extinction more than a war of conquest. This was made abundantly clear with the German treatment of civilians in Ukraine and at Leningrad.
I knew a Russian couple who were allowed to come to the US as the husband was dying. The Mrs. was an English teacher--she spoke impeccable English and without accent. Her entire village was killed by the Germans when they came through. Killed and dumped in the village's well. The kids had been sent east of the Urals.
I've also known men who fought on both sides of the Eastern front. Nasty place to be. But then so were the other places.
