‘At the opening of the exhibition earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke of Britain and France’s treachery: By cozying up to Hitler, they forced the Soviet Union to sign a deal with the Nazis to ensure its own security, he said.”
Well, I can’t disagree much with that. All the countries of Europe (including those in Eastern Europe) were jockeying around for position in 1938-1939.
Stalin was always forced to act. He was such a kind and gentle person who would have never ordered the cold blooded murder of at 20,000 poles unless other people forced him to.
He was forced to fake evidence about their deaths at the Nuremberg trials. He was forced to lie about their fate to his allies during and after the war.
He had no choice.
Bullshit. Utter and complete bullshit. For months before June 1941 Churchill was warning Stalin of Hitlers intentions and Stalin refused to believe him. The Russians got the Baltic States of out the pact, an invitation to invade eastern Poland , which they did and a free hand in raping Finland.