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Katyn Massacre
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Posted on 02/11/2006 8:21:13 PM PST by Romanov

Stalin's Killing Field

One of the earliest--and certainly the most infamous--mass shootings of prisoners of war during World War II did not occur in the heat of battle but was a cold-blooded act of political murder. The victims were Polish officers, soldiers, and civilians captured by the Red Army after it invaded eastern Poland in September 1939. Strictly speaking, even the Polish servicemen were not POWs. The USSR had not declared war, and the Polish commander in chief had ordered his troops not to engage Soviet forces. But there was little the Poles could do. On 28 September, the USSR and Nazi Germany, allied since August, partitioned and then dissolved the Polish state. They then began implementing parallel policies of suppressing all resistance and destroying the Polish elite in their respective areas. The NKVD and the Gestapo coordinated their actions on many issues, including prisoner exchanges. At Brest Litovsk, Soviet and German commanders held a joint victory parade before German forces withdrew westward behind a new demarcation line. 1

(Excerpt) Read more at videofact.com ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: genocide; katynmassacre; khrushev; poland; soviets; stalin; worldwarii
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Interesting article outlining Katyn, US knowledge of, Soviet attempts at coverup and subsequent efforts to expose the details of the tragedy.
1 posted on 02/11/2006 8:21:15 PM PST by Romanov
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To: GarySpFc; jb6; x5452

Interesting article.(Ping)


2 posted on 02/11/2006 8:22:06 PM PST by Romanov
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To: Romanov

This is an interesting, but long read. Hopefully, someday if there are any guilty higher ups they will be punished.


3 posted on 02/11/2006 10:18:26 PM PST by GarySpFc (de oppresso liber)
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To: Romanov

Katyn Memorial in Jersey City, NJ.  (World Trade Center in NYC used to be in the background)

 

4 posted on 02/11/2006 10:55:46 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Incorrigible; Romanov







5 posted on 02/12/2006 3:33:03 AM PST by lizol
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To: PzLdr; Camel Joe; BubbaTheRocketScientist; Tuxedo; Issaquahking; Matrix33; Loud Mime; okstate; ...
Eastern European ping list


FRmail me to be added or removed from this Eastern European ping list

6 posted on 02/12/2006 4:51:20 AM PST by lizol
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To: lizol

Bump

17 people with my family's name were killed in that massacre.


7 posted on 02/12/2006 7:19:41 AM PST by Loud Mime (Republicans protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats protect terrorists from Americans)
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To: Romanov
We must reserve the term tragedy for acts of nature, this is an horrific crime against God and humanity. I regret nothing quite so much as the Allied lack of resolve at the end of German aggression. The Allies should have taken on the Soviet State and freed the remainder of Europe, sometimes what is expedient for the time being is more of a curse for our children and their tomorrow.
8 posted on 02/12/2006 7:45:31 AM PST by Camel Joe
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To: Camel Joe

Point well taken. Every time I read about the U.S. Army colonel who alerted US officials to the truth, only to be rebuffed I get angry.


9 posted on 02/12/2006 8:08:26 AM PST by Romanov
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To: lizol

Thanks/Dzieki


10 posted on 02/12/2006 8:24:42 AM PST by anonymoussierra (Jezu, ufam Tobie!!! Amen)
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To: vox_PL

Bog zaplac!!!! Outstanding!!!


12 posted on 02/12/2006 9:22:09 AM PST by anonymoussierra (Jezu, ufam Tobie!!! Amen)
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To: vox_PL
Someone should shove this up Walter Duranty's ass.

Perhaps we could exhume some of the remains from the massacre and drop them on Pinch Sulz's desk as a subtle reminder?

13 posted on 02/12/2006 9:30:00 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: lizol

Where did you find the picture of the towers and the Katyn memorial?


14 posted on 02/12/2006 2:49:15 PM PST by 359Henrie (NASA needs one more moon rock, its in Mecca.)
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To: 359Henrie
http://www.sid-hill.com/911/katyn.htm

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/katyn/tony.html

http://911memorials.org/gallery/jersey-city/wtc_jersey_katyn_closeup

http://www.swulinski.com/travels/show/JerseyCity-show.html?2
15 posted on 02/12/2006 3:22:31 PM PST by lizol
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To: Romanov

"Interesting article outlining Katyn, US knowledge of"

What "US knowledge of"?

Ae you implicating the US?


16 posted on 02/12/2006 4:21:52 PM PST by spanalot
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To: spanalot

I think I've made it clear I do not want to discuss anything with you because you cannot engage in rational discourse. For the tenth time, please do not ping me again.


17 posted on 02/12/2006 4:47:46 PM PST by Romanov
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To: Romanov

For those who can read, this is what I was referring to when I stated "knowledge of":

"Katyn played a convoluted role in US politics and US-Soviet relations. Two US servicemen, brought from a POW camp in Germany, were at Katyn in 1943, when Berlin held an international news conference there to publicize the atrocity. The ranking officer was Col. John H. Van Vliet, a fourth-generation West Pointer. After returning to Washington in 1945, he wrote a report concluding that the Soviets, not the Germans, were responsible. He gave the report to Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell, Gen. George Marshall's assistant chief of staff for intelligence, who deep-sixed it. Years later, Bissell defended his action before Congress, contending that it was not in the US interest to embarrass an ally whose forces were still needed to defeat Japan. "


18 posted on 02/12/2006 4:49:23 PM PST by Romanov
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To: spanalot
POLAND BETRAYED
19 posted on 02/12/2006 4:53:54 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Romanov

I did not ping you and answer the question. You made this post and I am questionaing it.

Are you suggesting that the US was involved in the cover up of Katyn?

PS - You suggested repeated requests to me to not ping you. This is not true. Perhaps you are confusing this with your alter ego x5452 request to not ping ;-).


20 posted on 02/12/2006 6:52:34 PM PST by spanalot
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