Talk:Scorched earth
From Academic Kids
the tactic was first proposed not by Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov but Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly. where and when? the ref. link doesn't mention it.
- Not just that, but it can hardly have been first proposed in modern times if it was in widespread use (as I seem to recall from history books that it WAS) in the ancient world. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 15:24, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)
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Salting?
Are there any confirmations on Red Army salting their own land during World War II?
- Figuratively, yes. E.g., the Soviets used explosives to destroy Kiev's main commercial mall (Khreshchatyk). But literally, I've never heard of them salting the fields. —Michael Z. 2005-04-9 07:27 Z
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Salting the earth
- An example of the latter occurred in World War II when the Soviet Red Army salted their own lands as the Nazis forced them to retreat back through it, preventing the Nazis from growing crops on it.
I couldn't find an external reference. Also, this is absurd because:
- the area of Russia is immense. salting small patches would be useless.
- there was no time, no workforce, no resources to do this. The economy was mobilized for war. bogdan ʤjuʃkə | Talk 19:22, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
