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To: agere_contra
You are correct. Approximately 1 in 5 Poles died, or something extraordinary like that. Some FReeper no doubt can supply the correct figures.

Approx 6 million Poles were killed in WW2 - 50% of those were Jews.
Note that a portion of those were killed by the Ruskies when they took over part of Poland as part of a deal with the Germans and also later near the end of the war when the Ruskies aided in the elimination of Polish nationlists in order to engineer the establishement of a commie state.
Personally, I think the Poles are unwise in whinning about WW2. They took over a large portion of eastern Germany at the end of WW2 as part of a settlement and if they push things too far, they could be in for another ass kicking.

37 posted on 06/21/2007 11:46:03 AM PDT by Riodacat (Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge, truth and reality sucks....)
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To: Riodacat
Poland took over a large portion of eastern Germany at the end of WW2

... while loosing even more territory to the Soviet-Union.

40 posted on 06/21/2007 11:48:21 AM PDT by SolidWood (UN delenda est.)
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