Monsters Together: When Stalin and Hitler Were Allies

Re:Monsters Together: When Stalin and Hitler Were Allies by vetinari on Monday May 04, 2015 @01:32PM (#9487627)

Here it comes, demonizing Russians at the price of rewriting history.

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was similar to pacts that every other European country had - including Poland[1]. Except that Poland had it since 1934 and USSR only since 1939. Stalin made it after realizing that Britain and France were playing him from April to August 1939 [2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Polish_Non-Aggre...

[2] http://spartacus-educational.com/RUSnazipact.htm

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Re:Monsters Together: When Stalin and Hitler Were Allies by acqq on Monday May 04, 2015 @03:43PM (#9488565)

Also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement

"The agreement was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy."

and:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Pact

Initially: "Germany, Italy and Japan"

then:

"Hungary (20 November 1940), Romania (23 November 1940), Bulgaria (1 March 1941) and Yugoslavia (25 March 1941), as well as by the German client state of Slovakia (24 November 1940). Yugoslavia's adherence provoked a coup d'état in Belgrade, and Italy and Germany responded by invading Yugoslavia"

Note that some countries first signed and only then the Nazi regimes came to power in them. Hard time in Europe then.

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Re:Monsters Together: When Stalin and Hitler Were Allies by gumby on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @01:35AM (#9491024)

I did not read that article as demonizing Russia, or, really, even Stalin.

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