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Originally Posted by LeEnfield Ollie...You state that Stalins hordes killed more than the German hordes,so did the Russians kill over 20 million people in Germany than the Germans killed in Russia. Now Britain had Treaties with Poland about there defence and Independence, so we come down to the questions should treaties be honoured or ignored when they don't suit us. Hitler was pushing all the time and had been allowed to get away with a lot before Britain and France decided enough was enough |
While there is no consensus for the number of civilians murdered by Stalin, one upper end figure is about 43 million Soviet citizens and foreigners. This is far in advance of any numbers killed by the 3rd Reich. Many of the civilian deaths attributed to the German Armies occupying the Soviet Union were due to indirect factors such as starvation, displacement and disease rather than direct action by German soldiers. Both armies were brutal towards each others civilian populations but the fact remains that Stalin killed FAR more of his own countrymen than Hitler did.
http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives...really-murder/
Poland was a country ressurected from a grave to give displaced ethnic peoples their own nation again. It is similar to the creation of Israel in some ways. One of the big sacrifices the Germans suffered for losing 2 major wars is that Prussia was given to the Poles. Initially West Prussia after the Great War and then East Prussia after WW2. It is like the UK having Scotland removed or the US having Texas, Arizona, California and New Mexico removed. In other words a big deal. It suited all the other Great Powers for this to happen but in essence it was an immoral act.