Posted on 05/12/2024 7:37:09 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
As the old line goes, war is God’s way of forcing Americans to learn geography.
Hitler played Stalin like a fiddle, knowing he would jump at the opportunity to split Europe with him. But before approaching Stalin, Hitler proposed Poland join the Anti-Comintern Pact aimed at the USSR. Poland, having a non-aggression treaties with both Russia and Germany (and not wanting to become a vassal state of Germany), declined. Stalin wasn't so concerned about treaties (nor was Hitler) and jumped in bed with the Nazis. Had Poland betrayed Russia instead of the reverse, we might live in a very different world today.
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