• PugJesusOPM
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    1 year ago

    I certainly wasn’t trying to whitewash history. Rather the contrary, since Soviet forces engaging Polish forces during the Nazi invasion is rarely discussed.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      If you’re interested in accurately portraying historical events, I’d change the last part of the title to:

      during the coordinated invasion of Poland by the USSR and Nazi Germany, 1939

      Because it was most definitely coordinated at a strategic level.

      • @Warl0k3
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        1 year ago

        The Soviet and Nazi invasion

        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.

        • @Maalus
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          31 year ago

          It sounds like they invaded at the same time, not together, and a “joint invasion” clarification in the title would be great.

          • @Warl0k3
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            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.

          • @Warl0k3
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            21 year ago

            Lmao oh, thank you. I forget Lemmy doesn’t indicate edits particularly well