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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus
Almost. The Soviets allowed the invasion of Poland to happen due to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact of 1939. They did not take part. |
i could have swore they did both invade and occupy poland, and so i did a quick google search:
Invasion of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
they basically agreed with the germans to invade and divide poland between them, after germany tried and failed to ally with poland in order to jointly attack the soviet union. correct? if so they seem pretty culpable for the war's escalation in my book.
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And without question, Stalin's USSR is definitely part of the conversation of all-time wicked regimes, which may explain why you don't see a lot of sickle & hammer symbolism anymore either.
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yea but it's not nearly as reviled as the swastika, is it? i've seen t-shirts with the sickle and hammer on it... i would tend to guess most people honestly either are unaware of how horrible the soviet regime was or they don't even know what that symbol means.