HistoryPornEnglish • 8 months ago

Soviet (right) and Nazi officers celebrating the joint invasion of Poland as their countries both embarked on a genocide of the Polish people, Brest, modern-day Belarus, 1939

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Soviet (right) and Nazi officers celebrating the joint invasion of Poland as their countries both embarked on a genocide of the Polish people, Brest, modern-day Belarus, 1939

HistoryPornEnglish • 8 months ago

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They were disorganized because Stalin had just murdered the entire command structure of the military.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge
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  Ah that’ll do it

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