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NewRedDawn

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7. True but....

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:37 AM

Apr 2017

Don't forget Stalin & Hitler were once allied invaded Poland & split it between them. And the only reason Soviet Union got involved is Hitler invaded them in 1941 & damn near succeeded. It was a matter for survival. Lets not just cherry pick history.

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Did you know that Russia suffered more than anybody else in WW2? [View all] snooper2 Apr 2017 OP

Russia did suffer more than any other country in that war Kentonio Apr 2017 #1

And how many soviet deaths were due to Stalin executing officers mid-war? DetlefK Apr 2017 #6

They also recalled some from exile like Rokossovsky BSdetect Apr 2017 #12

Are you... making excuses for a guy famous for killing people on a whim? DetlefK Apr 2017 #14

The officer purges were pre-war... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #13

The civilian casualties for both Russia TheDebbieDee Apr 2017 #8

Let's not cry for Russian losses ExciteBike66 Apr 2017 #9

Russia did take the worst of it from the German's, partly Stalin's doing though. Won the brewens Apr 2017 #2

Is she that humanitarian worker reporting on the war from the safety of Damascus? DetlefK Apr 2017 #3

Churchill and Roosevelt's plan exboyfil Apr 2017 #4

And it was a fine plan ExciteBike66 Apr 2017 #10

No argument from me exboyfil Apr 2017 #11

They couldn't have won without help from the U.S. dalton99a Apr 2017 #5

True but.... NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #7

so, we just give them a pass? DiverDave Apr 2017 #15

the estimate for russia's dead for WWII varies between 15 and 40 million dead. Javaman Apr 2017 #16