I certainly wasn’t trying to whitewash history. Rather the contrary, since Soviet forces engaging Polish forces during the Nazi invasion is rarely discussed.
Idk, that seems pretty clear that the soviets and nazis were working jointly. I don’t think the title would be improved by adding extremely specific language that changes the meaning very little.
I was going to find an example of a country being invaded by two major powers that weren’t working together and yeah, there’s not very many, but its a churlish point to make that misses the actual argument. I do see your point. Calling it ‘whitewashing’ is a bit of a stretch, but I can see how it underemphasizes the degree to which the nazis / soviets were coordinating.
so this happened.
Don’t whitewash history.
Nazi Germany and the USSR made plans to invade and partition Poland, and then they followed through on those plans.
Stalin and Hitler were allies right up until Hitler backstabbed Stalin with Operation Barbarossa.
Edit: the title has been updated since I posted this
I certainly wasn’t trying to whitewash history. Rather the contrary, since Soviet forces engaging Polish forces during the Nazi invasion is rarely discussed.
If you’re interested in accurately portraying historical events, I’d change the last part of the title to:
Because it was most definitely coordinated at a strategic level.
Idk, that seems pretty clear that the soviets and nazis were working jointly. I don’t think the title would be improved by adding extremely specific language that changes the meaning very little.
It sounds like they invaded at the same time, not together, and a “joint invasion” clarification in the title would be great.
I was going to find an example of a country being invaded by two major powers that weren’t working together and yeah, there’s not very many, but its a churlish point to make that misses the actual argument. I do see your point. Calling it ‘whitewashing’ is a bit of a stretch, but I can see how it underemphasizes the degree to which the nazis / soviets were coordinating.
The title has been updated since I posted the comment you’re replying to
Lmao oh, thank you. I forget Lemmy doesn’t indicate edits particularly well