[Polybius]

but in Russia its significance is much deeper, with the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II remaining something seen in almost religious terms.

Until Hitler invaded the USSR, National Socialism and Communism were two sides of the same coin.

Before the Nazi invasion, the USSR denounced Britain's stand against Hitler and America's aid to Britain.

The USSR and Nazi Germany deserved all the horrors they did to each other.

[Levante]

Both Germany and Poland secretly agreed to partition Poland between them. While Hitler’s forces attacked in the west, Stalin invaded in the east, stabbing Poland in the back.

[dfwgator]

I will say this about Dr Seuss, he was one of the few leftists in this country at the time, who saw through the Nazi-Soviet charade of the Non-Agression Pact.

[instantgratification]

Your post is disgusting.

Did 10 million Ukrainians deserve to be starved to death because they happened to have lived under communism?

Did another 10 million Ukrainians deserve to die because they happened to inhabit lands the Nazis wanted?

Did a further 2.5 million Ukrainians deserve to be sent as slave labourers to Germany (where most died) because as Slavs, they were deemed to be “untermenschen”?

Did 3 million Red Army conscripts, most of whom refused to fight for communism, deserve to starve to death when they were captured by the Germans?