“And there was a few who were American boys who’s POW camp they over ran during WW2”
A few? More like at least 24,000. Stalin kept them for bargaining chips. Some were traded back during spy exchanges but very few.”
They sent THEIR POWs to the gulag because they feared they had been “turned” by the Germans. AL Stewart sang a song about it in “Road to Moscow”. They thought they were going home but the trains kept going.
Read a witness account of Russian POWs returning to the Soviet Union following WWII. The ranking general went down the gang plank to greet the political officers. He reported in, gave the number of soldiers on the ship and saluted. One of the political officers pulled out a pistol. He said Russians don’t surrender and shot him in the head.
Total control of the media only goes so far. Eventually the people find out and the regime loses credibility and support among the people.