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    1 year ago

    This is the same USSR that invaded poland alongside nazi germany in 1939 yeah?

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      They invaded at the same time. That’s what “alongside” means here.

      The alternative was for the nazis to roll all the way across poland — the only barrier between nazi germany and the soviet union — and subject the entire country to the holocaust instead of half of it, at a moment when the polish government had already fled and the country was not capable of repelling the nazis.

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        Man what a dumb take - they wanted a barrier from the nazis so decided to move their border closer.

        So when they rounded up and murdered the polish intelligentsia, that was to stop the nazis yeah?

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            I notice you ignored the part where the USSR murdered an estimated 65,000 poles.