The history of all that hidden by pro communist and pro Soviet leftists.
Didn't Roosevelt refer to Stalin as "Uncle Joe"?
“Didn’t Roosevelt refer to Stalin as “Uncle Joe”?”
It is creepy to see the propaganda films that were shown to American audiences in the early 1940s to generate support for the Soviets; the happy peasants loyally fight & die for the beloved motherland. Americans will never understand fascism or WWII in Europe without understanding the horrors of Communism witnessed by Europe PRIOR TO WWII. While American troops complained about the easy living the French civilians seemed to be enjoying during the war, they never mention that while Americans were dying in the Pacific war Japan and the USSR had a peace treaty in effect (the USSR violated it in the final months to grab territory on the Asian mainland from the Japanese).
Europeans knew about the Ukrainian exterminations, and after that were treated to the Communist atrocities in Spain (which ended shortly before the invasion of Poland in 1939 - by both Germans AND SOVIETS). Europeans knew Hitler was a bad person, and the majority of them decided Stalin was worse.
“...Didn’t Roosevelt refer to Stalin as “Uncle Joe”?...”
FDR Loved Stalin, and his administration was riddled with pro-Soviet sympathizers and outright agents.
When you get a chance, do some reading on Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers (if you haven’t already).
And FDR’s first Vice President, Henry Wallace, was an open, committed Socialist.
But hey... FDR is a “saint” to the dems, so you can’t say ANYTHING bad about him.