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Let's not forget that by attacking Poland, Finland, and by taking over Baltic countries, Russians help Hitler conquer most of Europe. They really should be cons
by 6d6b73 7y ago
Let's not forget that by attacking Poland, Finland, and by taking over Baltic countries, Russians help Hitler conquer most of Europe. They really should be considered the aggressor in WW2, not savior.
On the other front, if France and England helped Poland, as they promised in the treaty the later broke, Hitler would be stopped much earlier and World War 2 .
- dvfjsdhgfv 7y ago> They really should be considered the aggressor in WW2, not savior. One doesn't exclude the other.
- 6d6b73 7y agoJust because I put myself in harms way, I can't claim to be a hero after I get myself out safely.
- dvfjsdhgfv 7y agoBut this whole rhetoric of hero/savior and agressor are largery inadequate to war conditions. Tell me, what was Finland? Was it a victim (attacked by Russia) or an agressor (joining the Axis)? Or maybe it just wanted to live in peace, just defending their territory? And more importantly, the war was a tragedy for all people. Especially for the millions of Russians. They didn't want to go to war, they wanted to stay with their families, but they had no choice, otherwise Stalin would have them killed. These poor people suffered enormously and most were killed leaving widows and orphans. Putting any label on them, like 'agressor' or 'hero' is so terribly inadequate.
- 6d6b73 7y agoOh come on, let's get real. Nazis, or Soviets are not some mythical creatures that was summoned by the Hitler and Stalin to do their bidding - they are regular people, who decided that not to intervene even when they knew that what's going on around them is wrong! Soviets butchered their own people, Czars, and launched multiple wars against neighboring countries. They were aggressors, and not only during the world war 2, but before and after as well. Plain and simple.
- hardlianotion 7y agoA little churlish, I think, about UK and France. They both went to war, as promised. France was defeated and UK deployed all its resources to engage and try to win the War. When precisely do you think that these two nations could have halted Hitler?
- 6d6b73 7y agoRight when, they were supposed to - when Hitler attacked Poland. If Hitler had to fight on two fronts in September 1939 there would be no Blitzkrieg. And possibly Russian would not attack Poland, Finland and other countries at that time.
- whuaminot 7y agoHindsight is always 20/20, sure. But there were many points along the way where Germany could have been stopped dead. Their taking back the demilitarized Rhineland (a large industrial zone) was a gamble on Germany's part. There is a lesson to be learned from the pre-WW2 history. That lesson is - never give in to an aggressor. They only view diplomacy as weakness. Stalin, Hitler, Putin - they're all the same. And we're making the same mistakes with Russia now: Georgia, Ukraine.