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"between 1939 and 1941 Russia and Germany had an accord and were allies" That's false. Russia and Germany had a non-aggression pact. Also you should read about
by gdy 6y ago
"between 1939 and 1941 Russia and Germany had an accord and were allies"
That's false. Russia and Germany had a non-aggression pact.
Also you should read about the Munich Agreement[0], that preceded the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and clearly shown that no one was willing to fight Germany and protect Czechoslovakia besides the USSR.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement
- celticninja 6y agoYou say potato...
- gdy 6y agoYou are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. The fact is that the USSR and Germany signed a non-aggression pact, not a treaty of alliance. You can read the text [0] yourself and see that there is nothing resembling a war alliance. [0] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pa...
- eveningcoffee 6y agoI clearly looks like an alliance to take over other countries. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact#Secret_Additional_Protocol https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pa... They even divided Poland in a coordinated attack on two fronts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_military_parade_in_Brest-Litovsk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_military... It is not the name that matters but content and actions.
- sergeykish 6y agoOh, the start of the war was awful in so many aspects, there were no rights. Second Polish Republic was aggressive state [1], [2]. It partitioned Czechoslovakia with Germany and Hungary in 1938. Soviets border on Poland lies about what was defined in Treaty of Versailles [3]. It does not excuse anything just show mixed things were. Have no idea about other parts of the German Soviet border [4]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_border_conflicts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_bo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Ukrainian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Ukrainian_War [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Border_and_Commercial_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Border_a...
- gdy 6y agoHave you actually read the content?
- sergeykish 6y agoCan we agree that both Germany and USSR gained territories as result [1], [2]? And they were trade partners [3]? And, yes, France and UK helped that to happen. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_state... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_Agreement_(1939) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_A...
- gdy 6y agoThe USSR gained so much needed strategic depth, the Germany gained Lebensraum. Which country wasn't trading with Nazi Germany?
- sergeykish 6y ago"Germany gained so much needed strategic depth" - somehow Germany evil, USSR not - flawed logic
- gdy 6y agoYou are welcome to present a Soviet equivalent of the Lebensraum concept.
- sergeykish 6y agoGulag [1], Purges [2], man made famine [3], restriction of movement [4], population as means for World Revolution [5], imperialism [6]. Bolsheviks were terrorists [7], the state evolved from terrorists organisation. It should be shamed just as we shame Fascists. Meanwhile in Russia Stalin popularity is record high [8]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1932%E2%80%9333 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1932%E2%80%93... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_system_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_system_in_the_Soviet_... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_revolution [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Empire [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror [8] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47975704 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47975704