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To: Homer_J_Simpson

The Soviets will dismantle all the factories they captured in Silesia and relocate back to the USSR. Stalin when discussing the plans for the offensive with the generals pointed to Silesia and remarked something along the lines of “Gold”.


10 posted on 01/29/2015 7:19:25 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan; colorado tanker; henkster
C19fam: "The Soviets will dismantle all the factories they captured in Silesia and relocate back to the USSR."

Stalin executed a "Morgenthau Plan" on steroids, taking everything of industrial value.
Morgenthau said the Ruhr area:

His idea was at first endorsed by both Roosevelt and Churchill, but later rejected by Truman & others, after it became clear we needed a strong Germany to bulwark against Soviet expansion.

11 posted on 01/29/2015 8:04:20 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective.)
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