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You are both kind of right. The Soviets helped in a major way to defeat the Germans - on par with the US. But it's also true that they did not liberate anyone
by TheAlchemist 1y ago
You are both kind of right.
The Soviets helped in a major way to defeat the Germans - on par with the US.
But it's also true that they did not liberate anyone in Europe, just replaced the German occupation.
- arethuza 1y agoIf you leave aside their ghastly leadership there is no doubt to me that the people of the Soviet Union paid the highest price in defeating the Nazis.
- tremon 1y agoI think the argument is that that cost has been repaid after the war by the people of occupied eastern Europe, that's why they don't "owe" Russia anything. In contrast, western Europe paid a much lower price for its liberation.
- TheAlchemist 1y agoYou would also need to leave aside the fact that they were as responsible as the Nazi in the beginning of the war. They invaded Poland in a coordinated attack with Germany.
- philwelch 1y agoThey paid the highest price precisely because their ghastly leadership was all too willing to sacrifice their lives for conquest.