[lizol]

Better red than dead, right?

As to liberation by the Soviets - a great example of how much they wanted "liberate" Poland were events of summer 1944.
In August the Warsaw uprising broke up. Soviets could have supported Polish patriots, helped the liberate Warsaw and gained by the way an excellent position for a offensive further West - straight to the heart of Nazi beast.

But no - they stopped on the right bank of Wisla river, watching Warsaw bleeding and being levelled down. They moved again in January 1945.


But it doesn't mean they stopped any military activity. At the same time they went to the South, to "liberate" South - Eastern European countries.

Of course Soviet chased Nazis away from Poland, simply because Poland was on their way to Berlin. But as to liberation - well ...

[Destro]

So? The Soviets did not ask the Poles to rise up - and tehy were not about to help their rivals in a mess they made by rebeling too quickly. The Poles rose up because the exiled Polish govt in London knew they were betrayed by the British (what else is new? Brits have always been ace betrayers) so decided tehy needed to take Poland before teh Soviets arrived - it was a gamble that failed.