Yeah, it’s impossible to deny that a lot of Russians died fighting the Nazis — within a few years after the Russians made a treaty with the Germans so the Germans could face the West without having to worry about the eastern front. The Russians were delighted to leave the West for dead - and to get half of Poland into the bargain. They only fought the Nazis because the Nazis, thank God, thought they could fight the east and the west at the same time.
If the Germans had waited to invade Russia until after they’d defeated the West, the Russians would have had only themselves to blame.
They did no-one, including themselves, any favors.
That’s absolutely right. I remember reading in my high school history text book that “the Russians entered WWII to make the world safe for democracy.”
has anyone responded, “Back in the free world days you all were champs, so...what happened?”
“.. it was the Soviet Union that routed Nazism, liberated Europe and saved European democracy.””
—
Not sure what brought this on.. They must have legalized pot there if that’s what he and others believe. History says otherwise.
Bad weather and the blood&guts of countless patriots from many shores can never be discounted or diminished.
Stalin’s NKVD cooperated closely with the Gestapo well before the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed.. opened the way to war in Europe ...
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3719634/posts
Patton should have been given the reins in april 45 to make a deal with the Wehrmacht (not the SS ) and taken down the Marxist Russians after Hitler’s death. FDR and Truman and probably Marshall we’re soft on communists. Patton’s death was probably murder.
Yeah, that entire conspired-with-Nazi-Germany-to-start-WWII-thingy was a little bit controversial.
...and if it wasn’t for Hitler, a 1/2 Billion Europeans would be slaves to communism right now.
Hitler sucked but Stalin killed more people.
If Hitler hadn’t prepped Germany for war , the “International Socialists” would have rolled right over Germany and would not have stopped at the Atlantic Ocean.
Gee, thanks Russia for getting rid of Hitler then Threatening us with Nuclear annihilation for the next 50 years. F-You.
You mean they admitted they helped to start the war?
Varying opinions? Really? Just who today has the opinion that being Hitler's ally in launching wars of aggression against peaceful neighboring states is defensible?
Who? Silly me. Putin, the old KGB hand. And probably some leftist American academics. Glad you asked.
Perhaps someone will ask Bernie, or Bill de Blasio, or any of the other leftist hacks on the Democrat side. It would be interesting to see how many of them are willing to denounce Joe Stalin.
American equipment, officers to the rear shooting deserters, killing unarmed civilians and raping thru Poland.The proud Russians lol
“......was the Soviet Union that routed Nazism, liberated Europe and saved European democracy.”
While the allied soldiers watched over their shoulders to make certain they weren’t stabbed in the back while progressing against the Nazi’s.
Depending on your definition of “liberated”.
If liberated is a synonym for “enslaved”, he has a point.
Germany would never have invaded Poland without the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
A Polish soldier has a clear shot at both a German soldier and a Russian soldier. Which one does he kill first?
The German. Business before pleasure.
When World War 2 broke out the Soviet Union was on the Nazi side. Do they really want to be reminded of that?
For the first twenty one and a half months of the war, the Soviet Union was allied with Nazi Germany.
Was Japan considered a part of WWII? They invaded China in 1937. I guess that is not considered part of WWII?
tldr; does the article start with Russia negotiating a ‘nonaggression pact’ with Germany?